Year: 2020

June 2, 2020 Ford Motor Co., in collaboration with GE Healthcare, is now producing a special version of Airon Corp’s FDA-cleared ventilator at Ford’s Rawsonville, MI plant. Ford expects to produce 50,000 ventilator units within the next 100 days, for use on COVID-19 patients in hospitals. Ford plans to produce 30,000 units each month thereafter as needed. Future...
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May 14, 2020 With the COVID-19 threat, social distancing is essential. In both work and day-to day living, this practice will likely become the new “normal” for years to come. Many of our manufacturing customers are now realigning employee work spaces with social distancing in mind. Mini-Mover conveyors are helping to create this safe space.
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May 6, 2020 On May 5, 2020, President Donald Trump visited the Honeywell aerospace plant in Phoenix, AZ, which has quickly geared up to make millions of N95 respirator masks for the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. Mini-Mover Conveyors was able to assist Honeywell by delivering many essential conveyors for this expanded production process. The N95...
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March 31, 2020 Mini-Mover Conveyors is considered a critical supplier to businesses defined by the State of California as “Essential Infrastructure Industries.” These essential businesses we serve include packaged food production, N95 mask and medical supply production, logistics and companies in related industries. During this difficult time, we will maintain our normal business hours of Monday through Friday,...
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February 11, 2020 Using sensor-positioning indexing, this Mini-Mover Liter Series conveyor is the core of a high-volume LED tester system. In less than 8 seconds, the tester verifies all LEDs are working, all connectors are present, the bar-code is correct and the board is delivering the correct color-temperature light. The tester automatically sorts good and bad boards after testing, stops if...
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January 29, 2020 High volume precision parts production is worthless without quality results. And a parts catching solution is essential to keep products safe as they exit each running machine. Our customer, who produces automotive and medical parts to global markets, runs 3 plants, 3 shifts and 24/7 using our rotary tables (RTAs) at the discharge end of...
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January 14, 2020 This electronic components manufacturer uses the Lite Series Mini-Mover conveyor to move thousands of product pieces daily, from hopper to vibratory bowl.
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