Category: Automation Conveyors

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 2, 2022 At the Seafood Processing Global Expo in Barcelona, Spain, Headwall Photonics demonstrated its hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system, using a Mini-Mover Lite Series tabletop conveyor. Small plastic fish placed on the conveyor were imaged to show that the imaging system can distinguish various fish types in real time. Hyperspectral imaging systems such as Headwall’s can instantly...
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July 19, 2022 Parts unloading was an awkward, manual process for operators at this machine. By replacing their old “collection box” and adding a Mini-Mover Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA) into this tight spot, the machinist no longer has to bend, twist or lift to collect parts. The machinist can also tend to other machines while this RTA is...
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June 28, 2022 Here’s Martin Supply’s ingenious solution for metal stamping environmentally-sensitive parts. Scrap removal was the final, labor-intensive hitch for the end-user’s operators. First, robots had been installed on the plant floor’s mezzanine, to stamp parts in isolation from airborne particulates emitted on the plant floor. To get rid of the scrap material, Mini-Mover conveyors were part...
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June 20, 2022 In our climate of skilled-labor shortages across the US, it’s just as important for manufacturers to automate for worker safety as well as for productivity. Manufacturing facilities such as high-volume machine shops, packagers, shipping docks and warehouses, have workflows that are very fast-paced. Heavy materials constantly need to be moved, staged, shipped — and far...
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June 14, 2022 Mini-Mover Conveyors can be configured for product transfers in the exact way you need it done. Whether it’s a 90-degree product transfer, or a transfer that lifts or lowers the product to another cell — Mini-Mover units can do it. Product transfers on a production floor often need to move parts from one level to...
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May 30, 2022 Just in: Here’s a report from a major Powered Metal parts manufacturer. This user is currently using the Mini-Mover Rotary Table Accumulators (RTAs) at presses for the powder metal process. Each press is capable of producing about 6-10 parts per minute depending on part configuration. The user has about ten (10) similar machines running automatically,...
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May 26, 2022 We’ve been moving Mini-Mover small conveyors out by the daily dozens! We see evidence that manufacturing industry is building back steadily, with many Mini-Mover customers gearing up their factory automation for better conditions ahead. While labor shortages and supply-chain slowdowns continue to affect all US manufacturers, strategic adaptations are seeing us though. We’re pleased, that...
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