Category: Lite Series Conveyors

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 27, 2022 Leg Stands for Mini-Mover Conveyors are simple to put together. Each leg assembly is shipped disassembled (with any needed tools and hardware). We made this quick “how-to” video to show what comes out of the shipping box, and the few easy steps to completing the stand setup.
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July 5, 2022 During many machining operations, the cutting fluids can cause drippy, oily parts to load onto the conveyor. When these accumulated fluids spill onto the floor, it’s a safety and a clean-up problem To solve this, Mini-Mover Conveyors offers drain pans that install under the conveyor. These must be installed in the factory, so ensure you...
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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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April 28, 2022 For unattended parts unloading from machines, Mini-Mover’s Uni-Mate® is a portable and adaptable solution. The Uni-Mate® consists of a Mini-Mover Lite Series conveyor and a Mini-Mover Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA). When bundled together as the Uni-Mate® kit offering, this unit becomes a free-standing parts catcher that’s easy to adjust (in both height and angle), with...
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April 12, 2022 We often receive questions about the usefulness or sturdiness of miniature conveyors — or even “what” makes a conveyor a mini conveyor. Explanations vary, so we’ve prepared a short FAQ on our view of the topic. First, mini conveyor belt systems can solve many problems associated with limited space or moving small, delicate parts. Sometimes...
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April 5, 2022 Tabletop conveyors are versatile! Set up at an inclined or decline angle, they’ll move product from one elevation to another. When space is especially limited, tabletop conveyors are ideal to move your small, delicate products throughout production. Shown here is a Lite Series Mini-Mover conveyor equipped with our “Shortie” stands. The customer for these units,...
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March 1, 2022 Mini-Mover Conveyors are ideal for pre-production product demonstrations at trade shows or customer meetings. Shown here is a portable Lite Series conveyor in a vision demonstration at a West Coast symposium. It fits securely on table tops and is easy to accessorize with the customer’s demo add-ons. The exhibitor, Headwall Photonics of Bolton, Mass., designs...
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