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October 11, 2016 Here’s an offline coding system for a small veterinary supplier, using an Anser U2 Thermal Ink-Jet (TIJ) printer with an LP Series Mini-Mover conveyor. Our integrator customer, Automation-Plus of Wichita, Kan., reports that everything went together smoothly and his end-user is very happy.
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September 27, 2016 This high-volume precision machining customer employs a gentle method to transfer their turned automotive parts for inspection and packaging. Using a custom hopper, collected parts are released onto an inclined, cleated Lite Series conveyor for transport to the next station.
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September 13, 2016 Our LP Series conveyors keep riding along with the “Building Buddies” traveling exhibition for children’s education. For the summer of 2016, “Building Buddies” is on its way to Mongolia… and beyond! This colorful role-playing experience teaches construction basics to preschoolers, using kid-safe plastic “plumbing,” wall painting (with lights) and brick wall construction with conveyors used...
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August 30, 2016 By ganging several narrow LP Series conveyors to a single gearmotor, a single piece of material placed across them can move forward, in identical speed and in perfect alignment. This is important in applications such as metal stamping, where conveyors can be integrated into the machine to move material though the stamping dies located inside (with...
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August 16, 2016 By automating the materials-loading, using LP Series conveyors at these CNC machining stations, the operator is free to attend to other production tasks during cycle time. With the resulting labor cost and time savings, these conveyors have paid for themselves.
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August 2, 2016 Many people asked, so here’s a short video of how our new Reflective Sensor option for the LP Series works. As we posted previously, this economical photoelectric laser sensor is based on object detection on the conveyor belt. It’s a quick and easy way to make sorting and other material handling tasks even easier. It functions to...
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July 19, 2016 Our customer uses this Lite Series conveyor to feed caps into a secondary hopper, which in turn feeds the capping machine on the bottle packaging line. Along with a 24″ x 24″ metal hopper, a control sensor was added to allow the conveyor to start and stop. All components – conveyor, hopper and controls – are mounted on a...
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July 6, 2016 Who says conveyors can’t be fun? Our LP Series conveyors get to play daily, as part of the Pachinko Gizmo at the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County, located in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Gizmo is located in the Science & Imagination Gallery. Children fire balls across the gallery into the Gizmo and watch the balls...
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June 21, 2016 We all have familiarity with LCD displays and touch screens in our everyday lives – such smart phones and tablets – but ever wonder how all the display’s multiple layers get sandwiched together? The UVCS 6000 UV curing system (shown below), designed and manufactured by E3 Displays of Phoenix, Ariz., is used in clean room...
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June 7, 2016 Get the most productive time out of your machine and materials investment, while saving labor costs. At half the cost of competitive alternatives, the highly portable Mini-Mover Uni-Mate™ family is a purpose-built bundling of our RTA units and conveyors, expressly suited for unattended collection and protection of sensitive parts during daytime or overnight runs. For...
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