About us

I am Massimo Portolani, founder and manager of DPS-Promatic srl. We design and manufacture quality machines, in Italy, since 1981. Our products are mainly measurement devices, like weighing machines and evapotranspiration weather stations, iot devices and amusement machines for family entertainment centers.

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AWX-ET Low cost evapotranspiration weather station
  • Autonomous operation with solar panel and rechargeable battery
  • Measures wind speed, solar radiation, air temperature and humidity, and air pressure that is what is needed for the complete calculation of evapotranspiration with FAO Penman-Monteith formula, or with Hargreaves one
  • Trasmits data to the internet with a LTE modem or with a LORA transmitter (to avoid using a SIM)
  • Display allows to read data on-site
  • Can be used also as a Frost Alarm
  • A Rain collector can be added for extra data acquisition
Royal TINA, professional weighing scale for the modern pharmacy
  • measures weight up to 200 Kg
  • measures height up to 199 cm
  • calculates BMI and shows it in numbers and graphics on the colour display
  • prints a ticket with pharmacy name on it, here are some examples:
  • works with coins, tokens or free of charge
  • Small dimensions: 33x56x229 cm
  • Small consumption, less than 20VA. Works at 110V or 230V
Royal TERA, professional weighing scale, without printer
  • measures weight up to 200 Kg
  • measures height up to 199 cm
  • calculates BMI and shows it in numbers and graphics on the colour display
  • works with coins, tokens or free of charge
  • Small dimensions: 33x56x229 cm
  • Small consumption, less than 20VA. Works at 110V or 230V
Royal BAG, professional baggage weighing scale
  • Ideal for hotels, to allow customers to weigh their luggage
  • price can be programmed, allowing a certain number of seconds to weigh the luggage
  • measures weight up to 160 Kg
  • works with coins, tokens or free of charge
  • Small dimensions: 33x56x110 cm
  • Small consumption, less than 20VA. Works at 110V or 230V


Special machines for family entertainment centers, parks and promotional events

DPS-Ppomatic is based in Forlì, and we have always been involved with tourism in the widely popular riviera romagnola. One of the very first machines we designed was a Wanted Poster printing system, in 1981, at a time when there was no personal computer as we know now. We have been pioneers in digital electronics. Some of our customers asked for horoscope machines, of for other specific machines of their interest, so we designed them, and we ended up selling many, world wide. This happened, for example, with the Bocca della Verità, the text of which was translated in almost 30 languages. Here are our most popular machines.

La Bocca della Verità

This machine is a palm reader with the famous face of the Bocca della Verità medaillon, that is the portico of the church S.Maria in Cosmedin, in Roma. Here are some facts about it:

  • Size: diameter is 175 cm; thickness is 19 cm.
  • Weight: about 1230 Kg
  • Age: about 1800 years
  • What does it represent: we think the Bocca della Verità represents the God Oceanus (Οκεανοσ in Greek) and was probably the cover of a water collector inside one of the round Herakles temples in the Foro Boario area. Massimo Portolani has written a book about it, you can dowload a free sample of the first 20 pages here.

This is our offering:

  • New Bocca Maxima (100x60x190 cm)
  • Reconditioned Bocca Maxima (100x60x190 cm), like new, for a special price
  • Kit to convert any model of Bocca della Verità that we have produced

The following are some examples of printouts:

Here are some videos of the Bocca della Verità:

The Wanted photo booth

The first machine we developed in 1981 was a Wanted printing device, that had to be operated by a person. We would put them in the street, on the seaside, during the summer, or in street festivals, or in popular exhibitions, like the MotorShow. After over 40 years we have similar machines, that are automatic and do not need an operator. There is a wooden version, exactly like a photobooth, and there is a smaller, standing version, looking like a sheriff photographer. These machines are still very popular in events where group of friends meet together, because, even in the age of smartphones, a wanted poster has its charme and everybody wants to be WANTED.

This is our offering:

  • WANTED sheriff photographer machines (size 60x60x180 cm)
  • Reconditioned WANTED sheriff photographer machines (size 60x60x180 cm)
  • Kits of electronics parts to recondition our previous versions

    Here are some pictures and video related to the Wanted Poster Machine:

    The Love Test machine

    The LOVE TEST machine was developed by DPS-Promatic in 1991 and over a thousand of them have been installed in many countries. The concept is very simple: insert coin, put the hand on panel and wait for your score, ranging from poor to sex bomb. Very popular in latin countries and Greece, where people are a little more warmed up, expecially in summer.

    Our offering:

  • New LOVE TEST version, with state-of-the-art electronics, that can also be operated by battery.
  • Special versions, with different colours and panels, like we developed for Ann Summers shops or other marketing campaigns.

    Here are some pictures and video related to the LOVE TEST Machine: