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October 28, 2022 We’re preparing for winter here at Mini-Mover Conveyors! A main outdoor priority is trimming back overgrown oak and pine branches that overhang all office or outbuilding rooftops. Even though we still hope there’ll be good snowfall this year, it’s still wildfire season up here in our dry California Sierras. We’ll be ready either way. #defensiblespace...
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October 25, 2022 Keep your work cell running during breaks, lunch hours or overnight with an economical time saver: the Uni-Mate® from Mini-Mover Conveyors. By the end of a work-week, you may well have saved a day’s worth of operator hours. It never takes sick days, either! For unattended parts unloading from machines, Mini-Mover’s Uni-Mate® is a portable...
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October 18, 2022 How useful or sturdy are miniature conveyors? And what, exactly, makes a conveyor a mini conveyor? Explanations vary, so we’ve prepared a short FAQ on our view of the topic: Read more about our Mini-Conveyors Mini-Mover Conveyors — both the Lite and LP Series — can solve many problems associated with limited space or moving...
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October 11, 2022 The type of belting mounted on your conveyor can make a world of difference in how it performs for your needed tasks. Mini-Mover Conveyors recognizes the need to offer many options since our conveyors cover many applications. Conveyor belting can be made of many types of materials, each having different performance characteristics. Typically, the belting...
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October 7, 2022 It’s National Manufacturing Day! Gov.Chris Cristie of New Jersey proclaimed the first official Manufacturing Day in 2012. President Barack Obama signed the Presidential Proclamation in 2014. US manufacturing is on the rise, creating many new job opportunities. The US continues to develop products and explore new technologies for revitalizing and growing our economy. #usmanufacturing #NationalManufacturingDay...
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October 4, 2022 Conveyor indexing capabilities don’t need break your equipment or project budget. Mini-Mover Conveyors has affordable options for your ability to program the in-operation stops, starts, and belt direction changes on your running production line. Ask us about how we can help you with your next automation or integration project. #conveyorautomation #minimoverconveyors #usmanufacturing
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September 21, 2022 This night-time shipment of Mini-Mover conveyor/hopper feeder systems reminded us of something out of the “Alien” movie. Shipment went smoothly, without any extra-terrestrial intervention! Seriously though, here in the ‘real world,’ more and more automated parts handling applications combine feeder bowls with small conveyors like ours. #feedersystems #minimoverconveyors #partshandling
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September 6, 2022 The transport or belting surface on any conveyor is literally where “the rubber meets the road” for its effectiveness on your line. In addition to our many belt-material options, Mini-Mover Conveyors offers numerous belt-cleat options, especially configured for the task you must accomplish. Whether it’s the need for perfect product placement or positioning in automation...
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August 30, 2022 Give your line operators a breather! The Mini-Mover Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA) collects offloaded product from a prior conveyor, pauses it there for the time duration you want, and then passes it along (surge it) to the next station. In this photo, the Stationary-Fence option is being used. It acts to surge each product off...
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August 23, 2022 Conveyors and pickup trucks have these expectations in common: We expect them to start right up every time; do the work they’re intended to do, without hiccups; and be easy to maintain over the years. We can’t speak for pickup trucks, but Mini-Mover Conveyors builds its products for durability, reliability and a long working life....
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