Author: Roberta Crowell

May 9, 2023 Waterfall conveyor transfers are not only useful for corner-turn applications. When arranged in-line, two or more shorter conveyors become core modules to form a long waterfalled line. Portable Mini-Mover conveyors are ideal choices for this use. In-line waterfall transfers are especially useful for assembly, label reading, printing or counting, where the top-most infeed conveyor can...
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May 2, 2023 It’s important to have cleanroom-certified equipment when working in sensitive environments such as those in medical research, labs, food and beverage packaging, PPE production and electronics manufacturing. Mini-Mover Conveyors is dedicated to making the transition to Class 100 – ISO 5 compliant automation as seamless as possible for its users. The Lite Series and LP...
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April 25, 2023 Mini-Mover Conveyors can take the heat! This manufacturer of miniature high voltage electronic devices uses Mini-Mover conveyors in its potting work cells. (In electronics, potting is a process of coating sensitive parts with a protective material that hardens.) In this potting unit, a Mini-Mover conveyor is used to transport freshly coated components or subassemblies through...
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April 25, 2023 Mini-Mover Conveyors can take the heat! This manufacturer of miniature high voltage electronic devices uses Mini-Mover conveyors in its potting work cells. (In electronics, potting is a process of coating sensitive parts with a protective material that hardens.) In this potting unit, a Mini-Mover conveyor is used to transport freshly coated components or subassemblies through...
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April 18, 2023 Unattended machine unloading and collection is easy with a Mini-Mover Uni-Mate® product: it’s a combined Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA) and Lite Series conveyor kit with indexing timer, variable speed controls — with great kit pricing. These hardy units can accumulate delicate parts with care, and even fluid-soaked or gritty parts are no problem. Just set...
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April 11, 2023 Here’s a Mini-Mover LP Series Conveyor used in “squeeze” mode for package integrity testing on medical gel tubes. The tubes are being ejected from a tube filling machine. The LP conveyor mounted over the conveying surface is set to squeeze each tube. This tests each tube to verify a complete seal of the seam along...
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April 4, 2023 Product separation of critical workpieces is no small matter for precision or high-volume parts manufacturers. Mini-Mover conveyors, whether Lite or LP Series units, have proven a favorite solution toward protecting sensitive parts. Small, touchy components – such as those made for electronics or aeronautics applications — cannot just be dumped into a bucket when exiting...
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March 28, 2023 Mini-Mover conveyors can help your CNC operator save all that machine unloading for more varied tasks. Instead of manually unloading workpieces, add a conveyor-aided unloading system. The operator is then free to tend several CNC machines or work on other time-critical jobs. With this simple (but effective) bit of conveyor automation, sensitive workpieces can also...
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March 21, 2023 These Mini-Mover Rotary Table Accumulators (RTA) in production will ship to a high-volume manufacturer of metal connections, valves and complex assemblies. Most of the precision components made on this customer’s line are delicate and tiny, with slow cycle times. These smaller-diameter 16-inch RTA tabletops are ideal for space-saving at each station, while safely collecting each...
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March 14, 2023 Conveyors can give your feeder system a big boost in output. Mini-Mover Conveyors are popular in various types of feeder systems because they are virtually vibration free, reliable, and can be easily integrated and accessorized. Whether you’re offloading from a vibratory bowl, card reader or counter, the conveyor can speed up product output and add...
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