Category: Automation Conveyors

April 30, 2019 Our customer wanted an easy way to align his long, skinny product from one machine to the next. The problem was that the receiving machine had a very small, round entry point. We experimented on our lab to see if guide rails and longitudinal V-guide cleats would to the alignment job needed. Success! No extra...
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April 16, 2019 Our LP Series conveyors got to be part of a bigger show! Here are some pictures of Losant’s IoT demo at the Hannover Messe show April 1 through 5, 2019. Cincinnati-based Losant is an IoT Application Cloud Enablement company, so everything on the iPad screen is what Losant does. The Mini-Mover LP Series conveyors were...
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April 2, 2019 Mini-Mover products offer affordable automation for machining and metal stamping operations. Shown here are a Mini-Mover Lite Series conveyor, teamed with a Mini-Mover RTA (rotary table accumulator) unit. They’re used for unattended parts unloading and collection for this precision-machining operation.
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November 27, 2018 Abe-Tech’s demo system uses two LP Series conveyor to compactly showcase various RFID, thermal transfer labeling, bar-code reading and bar-code validation equipment. Using a low-reflection belt material, this LP Series conveyor is ideal for use in data collection and printing applications that require a non-obtrusive conveying method.
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November 13, 2018 For this automotive parts manufacture, the addition of a Mini-Mover Lite Series conveyor freed up the operator from manual parts unloading. Shown here is the Lite Series installed on a Haas ST10 lathe.  
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October 30, 2018 Many of our customers remark that our LP Series low-profile conveyors look “too pretty” to do well in rather filthy conditions. Here’s a grimy little LP Series that’s been running flawlessly for this major tool manufacturer. The customer uses a variable-speed controller and parts sensor to space product exactly as needed.
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October 16, 2018 Mini-Mover conveyors form a reliable and cost effective solution in automation systems across many industries. Shown here is a print system designed by Kase Equipment of Valley View, Ohio. Serving the plastic packaging industry, Kase designs and manufactures silk screen systems, pad printers, thermal label transfer machinery, and digital printing machinery used to decorate plastic...
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October 2, 2018 Workplace robots equipped with AI will let automation creep into many more areas of work. They could replace people anywhere that products need to be sorted, unpacked, or packed. In this video (which just happens to include an LP Series Mini-Mover conveyor) we can see how AI software developed by Osaro of San Francisco, Calif....
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September 4, 2018 This collaborative robot (“cobot”) boosts production speed and accuracy at this subassembly cell. It acts to install O-rings on individual components. To keep production flowing, the LP Series conveyor collects the completed parts, moving them away from the cobot’s activity area, for human operator handling and further inspection.
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August 21, 2018 This multi-shift plant automated its machine unloading by using inclined Mini-Mover Lite Series conveyors. Each conveyor feeds finished parts up to a portable inspection station for each machine cell.
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