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February 22, 2022 Conveyor side guides that properly direct or contain your transported products are essential for smooth operation. Standard Mini-Mover side guides are constructed of aluminum with a brush finish. They are also available with with laminated UHMW product guide surface. Guides may be installed on LP Series conveyors with or without the T-slot profile. They are...
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February 22, 2022 Conveyor side guides that properly direct or contain your transported products are essential for smooth operation. Standard Mini-Mover side guides are constructed of aluminum with a brush finish. They are also available with with laminated UHMW product guide surface. Guides may be installed on LP Series conveyors with or without the T-slot profile. They are...
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February 8, 2022 Whether they’re called parts catchers or unloaders, these handy additions to a machine cell can protect sensitive parts without constant operator supervision. Mini-Mover Conveyor products, such as our Lite Series or LP Series conveyors, integrate easily into, and onto, machines. When faster cycle times also require an un-manned accumulation strategy, our Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA)...
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February 1, 2022 Product inspection and testing techniques for manufacturers are as varied as the products they make. For this high-volume electronics maker, it was is was essential to automate the in-process test and rejection process for thousands sensitive semi-finished components. And space was limited. Our LP Series conveyors are highly configurable to meet many needs. For this...
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January 25, 2022 High volume metal or plastic stamping machines need parts- or scrap-removal conveyors that are tough and precise. To ensure the exact same simultaneous belt speed from a row of conveyors, Mini-Mover conveyors can be ganged on a single gearmotor and speed controller. This capability ensures the stamping equipment can run without risk of impediment or...
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January 18, 2022 Sometimes the product or the process requires a different conveyor setup. We call it our Mini-Mover “L configuration.” It can achieve inclined or declined product movement, with a combination of belting types to suit the application. Either the Mini-Mover Lite or LP Series can be used in the L configuration.  
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January 11, 2022 For high-volume parts production, there’s also a high volume of sorting and aligning of each part for transport to the next process. Manufacturing workers would soon become overwhelmed without the aid of automated feeding systems. Typically such a system will include a hopper or vibratory bowl for collection, and a conveyor or alignment chute for...
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January 6, 2022 Hold on, three people didn’t lose their jobs here. This automatic box-fill station simply took over the tedious job of counting and organizing piece parts while loading shipping boxes. It’s doing the work of those three people, who are now free to do more challenging projects during the work shift. This box fill-station is one...
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December 30, 2021 From our families to yours — we wish all of our partners and customers a prosperous and bright New Year. We deeply thank everyone for your loyalty and friendship over the years, and for many more to come. [Just a reminder, we’ll be closed during the day on New Year’s eve, Dec. 31, 2021.]
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December 20, 2021 As we close out this year, all of us at Mini-Mover Conveyors wish to express our heartfelt thanks to you, all of our partners, customers and friends who have allowed us to be a part of your business in 2021. We’re very grateful to have had the opportunity to serve you, and to offer you...
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