Year: 2009

December 24, 2009 How do you move hundreds of pounds of live clams and oysters each week, without hurting your shellfish or your workers? Whipple Mini-Mover Conveyors helped solved the problem for an East Coast aquafarmer with this custom washdown incline cleated conveyor.
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August 10, 2009 Whipple Mini-Mover is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Parts and Service Manager, Lori Miers. Lori previously served the company as Inventory Specialist. She recently completed one year of in-house technical training on all aspects of assembly and quality testing of both standard and custom Mini-Mover conveyor products. With Lori’ s 15 years...
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August 4, 2009 If you like e-Books, you’ll like viewing our digital Mini-Mover Catalog. It’s a fast, easy way to navigate through this document online, from cover to cover — in magazine, presentation or paper view. Your can view it here: Mini-Mover Catalog Our downloadable Mini-Mover catalog is still available in PDF format as well.
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August 3, 2009 Piston air motors are highly suited for low-speed stop/start applications under load, as well as for conveyor operation in sensitive or volatile environments such as paint or chemical manufacture, woodworking and food processing. Our heavy-duty 1/8 hp piston air motors emit no sparks and are 100% explosion proof. They offer high torque (1628.4 in-oz), reversible...
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May 21, 2009 A major cosmetics manufacturer came to us with a container labeling problem. With a few modifications to our Lite Series conveyor, we agreed on a design that solved the problem. Each square container needed to be coded on the underside, and it made sense to accomplish this task via a dual belt configuration and a...
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May 12, 2009 Now how many conveyor manufacturers can say they’ve been around since 1949? Just one: Whipple Enterprises. To celebrate, we have a Spring Special coming up, just to say “thank you” to all of our loyal customers who have made it possible for us to serve you. So, watch your email Inboxes! Whipple Enterprises began operation...
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April 22, 2009 A large west coast catering company with lunch program contracts at 130 private schools needed a conveyor to perform as an assembly line for 6000 sandwiches prepared daily. They required a 24 ft length of conveyor with a low cost alternative to stainless steel construction, it must be easily dissembled by one person for sanitizing and...
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April 21, 2009 Chembio Diagnostics, a leading supplier of medical diagnostic kits, came to Mini-Mover Conveyors looking for a worker ergonomics solution. Their goal was to minimize chances of repetitive-motion injuries by making it easier for workers to pick parts off a conveyor for inspection and packaging. Solution: Our sales engineers suggested a Lite Series conveyor which, as...
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April 7, 2009 They’re tough little guys. Busy loading docks? Filthy, dirty, oily parts to move? No problem for the Mini-Mover Lite mini conveyors. This photo was submitted by a happy customer — 5 years of around-the-clock of hard service, and it keeps going strong for every work shift in the warehouse.
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April 1, 2009 Many conveyor companies now say they have them. We started the wave: Mini conveyors. That’s all we make. We’re seeing scaled-down versions of maxi-sized units, touted as mini, hit the market lately. Try “midi.” There’s only so small you can ratchet down a design when “huge” was your starting point. What looks small to another...
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