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August 12, 2020 The increased visibility offered by a backlit conveyor allows automation systems to perform faster and more accurate functions — such as quality control, measurement and gaging, packaging, coding or ink jet printing, assembly and more. This LP Series Mini-Mover conveyor is being used by a robotics integrator as part of a custom automation vision system.
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August 11, 2020 In the big world of conveyors, Mini-Mover Conveyors are remarkably simple and inexpensive to maintain. But by giving in to the temptation to “save” money by skimping on your routine maintenance checks or essential spares inventory, it can cost you a lot more in the long run. Three (3) Essentials to Keep on Hand We...
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July 15, 2020 For over a decade, our Mini-Mover Conveyors have performed reliably in many applications, with an increasing number of these in severe-duty or 24/7 operating environments. For even longer-lasting performance in many of these scenarios, we’ve developed the Mini-Mover Flex Coupler, which offers robust protection for our LP Series Mini-Mover conveyors with side-mounted drive packages. Our...
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June 30, 2020 We take the “mover” part of our conveyor name seriously. Mini-Mover conveyors can easily travel anywhere on the shop floor with our selection of stands. Shown here is our steel base stand, which allows great stability and easy adjust-ability of height and angle.
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June 16, 2020 It’s not just a low profile, or depth, that defines a small conveyor. Mini-Mover Conveyors is among the few U.S. manufacturers who also make skinny, 1-inch wide units as a standard width option. For applications such as metal stamping or machine integration, these skinny little units solve the space and fit problems.
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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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