Category: Automation Conveyors

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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July 24, 2018 Overnight or unattended machine operation becomes a labor-saving reality with Mini-Mover Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA) units. This 24-inch-diameter RTA, equipped with drain pan, is ideally suited for parts collection where there are ample oily machine fluids.
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June 26, 2018 Mini-Mover conveyors are easy to build right into CNC machines for parts removal. Here’s a Lite Series conveyor that’s used to discharge parts from this machine to a nearby sorting station, which saves the customer the labor of manually doing the task.
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June 12, 2018 This LP Series conveyor is used to cure sensitive components. The pieces are set to move across the three-foot length of the conveyor over a five-minute time period. Since the product isn’t to be handled during the curing process, a Lexan shield was installed, covering the entire top of the conveyor work area, to prevent...
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May 29, 2018 In this robotics implementation, a Mini-Mover LP Series conveyor proves ideal for precision pick-and-place operation.
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