Category: LP (Low Profile) Mini Conveyors

August 8, 2017 No, they’re not racing stripes. The longitudinal cleats, or ribs, on these LP series conveyors are specially spaced to hold and align cylindrical parts as they’re moved in staggered pairs along the belt. We suggested to the customer a ribbed-belt configuration on a single conveyor, which allowed them to save floor space — and avoid the cost of...
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July 18, 2017 Our customer needed to move very thin polycarb or PET type laminate sheets across their vision cameras, mounted below, while keeping the sheet material completely flat. Our solution was to insert polycarb windows in the bedplate slot we machined into these LP Series conveyors, to ensure no sheet sagging or catching while in motion.
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July 5, 2017 Metal stamping operations gain a great deal of efficiency with ganged Mini-Mover Conveyors integrated into the machine. Built to withstand the tough and often oily, grimy work environment, both Lite and LP Series conveyors can be built to exactly suit the user’s stamping progression, for both parts and scrap removal.
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June 20, 2017 Tabletop feet have become a popular accessory for Mini-Mover Conveyors in bench-top applications. These sturdy, rubber-bottomed feet keep the unit stable on the surface, yet completely portable. The feet alone can bring the conveyor up to about 3″ max from the bench surface in most cases. But if a little more height is needed, the...
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June 6, 2017 Sometimes, small changes in a work sequence can save operators a lot of aches and pains. This application uses an inclined LP Series conveyor in a semi-automatic packaging system in the company’s R & D lab. Before the conveyor was added, the operators had to manually place the pallet on the top belt or push...
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May 9, 2017 From product assembly to visual inspection to container laser coding, a combination of LP Series conveyor and RTA set up with surge function, allow this lab to automate the most time-consuming section of its process.
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April 25, 2017 In a custom quality-control system nicknamed “Gizmo,” developed by Post-Logix, six LP Series conveyors help guide cabinet doors though a bar-code reader. The reader scans each cabinet’s UV bar-code to gather dimensional details, product details and quality conformance. By March 2017, Gizmo had so far scanned 150,000 doors. Already, it has helped the cabinetry company...
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March 14, 2017 Every Mini-Mover conveyor is fully tested and “burned-in” for a minimum of fours hours before we pass inspection on it and get it ready to ship to a customer. To ensure uninterrupted testing time, we’ve devised portable stack racks fit into limited spaces to better allocate shop-floor space. The rack shown in the video holds...
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February 28, 2017 Vibration-free conveyor operation can be a make-or-break deal in successful product labeling and marking applications. Our customer used a group of Mini-Mover LP Series Conveyors equipped with our Compact drive packages to achieve a smooth-running labeling station. The ability for our Mini-Mover units to maintain consistent and smooth running speed made all the difference to this system.
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February 14, 2017 When equipped with the stationary-fence option, the Mini-Mover Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA) can also be reversed, and used to unload collected products. Typically, the fixed-fence option provides a surge function for temporary collection of products, before returning them in single-file to the downstream conveyor line. The video shows just a quick setup we did in our product...
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