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Mini-Mover Conveyors
a division of Whipple Enterprises

21150 Shake Ridge Road
Volcano,CA 95689 USA

Toll-Free Phone: 800-586-4585
Local Phone: 209-296-5128
Fax: 866-900-5124

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Category: Automation Conveyors

Backlit LP Series Conveyor Adds Speed to Automation Functions

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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1-inch Wide Mini-Mover Conveyor is Standard “Skinny” for Us

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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Chain of Support for Ford’s COVID-19 Ventilators

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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Social Distancing with Mini-Mover Conveyors

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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Lite Series Indexing Conveyor Saves Operator Time

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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Parts Catcher Solutions with Mini-Mover Units

High volume precision parts production is worthless without quality results. And a parts catching solution is essential to keep products safe as they exit each running machine. Our customer, who produces automotive and medical parts to global markets, runs 3 plants, 3 shifts and 24/7 using our rotary tables (RTAs) at the discharge end of...
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4 Tips For a Personalized Mini-Mover Quote

All Mini-Mover conveyors are personalized – built to the exact specifications you request. But it’s not always obvious what to ask for. That’s why we’re here to help. Here are four general areas to consider when getting a quote started for your personalized conveyor. You don’t need to know every answer to the areas below...
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Automated Parts Feeder with Inclined Lite

This automated parts feeder system can run without need for operator to manual feed. It uses an inclined Mini-Mover Lite Series conveyor equipped with cleats to hold the parts in place on the belt.
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Lite Mounted on Sliding CNC Lathe Door Speeds Operation

This customer decided to speed up operations at his CNC lathe. He mounted his Lite Series Mini-Mover directly onto the sliding door under the parts catcher. This way, wherever the operator needs access inside the machine, the conveyor and door slide aside simultaneously. This setup saves them time and occupies very little floor space.
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Dairy Operation Suits this LP Just Fine

Let’s face it. Stainless steel conveyors are darned expensive. But for sanitary food-prep applications, such as working raw meat, dough or other unpackaged food, stainless steel is a must for USDA-complaint cleaning. You really have to be able to hose them down. However, stainless steel units are not necessary in all sections of the food...
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