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November 29, 2022 Shown in this demonstration video is “Hank,” a pneumatic robotic gripper created by Cambridge Consultants. Hank has a sophisticated sense of touch and slip. It can emulate the human ability to grip delicate objects using just the right amount of pressure. Also shown are a pair of Mini-Mover conveyors, which are an ideal choice for...
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November 24, 2022 Happy Thanksgiving! All of us at Mini-Mover Conveyors want to extend to you our best wishes on this annual day of gratitude. Whether your harvest feast features turkey or ham, we hope your gathering with family and friends are festive, joyous and delicious.
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November 22, 2022 “Waterfall” (or “cascaded”) conveyor-to-conveyor transfers are a handy, no-fuss way to deal with height differences between work cells. Just arrange your Mini-Mover conveyors end-to-end or at the angles you need. #automation #conveyorautomation #minimoverconveyors
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November 15, 2022 Ellison Technologies engineered this compact and effective turnkey system that inspects precision parts for critical measurements. The turnkey system uses a DN Solutions Lynx2100B lathe, a Doosan M1013 cobot, a Mini-Mover Uni-Mate® (conveyor and accumulator combo), a Keyence vision system and an air blast reject system. According to Ellison Technologies’ Lower Midwest Group (NOH location), here’s the...
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November 11, 2022 November 11th each year honors all men and women who’ve served in any of the United States Armed Forces. November 11 marked the end of significant hostilities at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when Armistice with Germany took effect at the end of World War I. Let’s...
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November 9, 2022 This custom-built automated bagging system includes a with Mini-Mover Lite Series conveyor for product transport between the vibratory feeder and the bagger. Custom Design & Automation (CDA) did a beautiful job designing this durable, reliable system. (This video links to CDA’s Facebook page)
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November 1, 2022 Beautiful Epson Robotics demo at The Assembly Show this October in Chicago. We were delighted to see our Mini-Mover Lite Series conveyors play a supporting role in the popular display of this remarkable feeding system. Phil Baratti, Epson’s applications engineering senior manager, showed Epson’s RS-Series and IntelliFlex Parts Feeding System in this LinkedIn video: Video of...
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October 31, 2022 There’s no end of Halloween ingenuity from our Mini-Mover Conveyor users! In the spooky spirit of Halloween, here’s a Lite Series Mini-Mover dispensing candy to trick-or-treaters. #happyhalloween
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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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