Category: LP (Low Profile) Mini Conveyors

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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January 3, 2017 Mini-Mover conveyors are built not only for rugged daily use but for simple periodic maintenance, which is recommended to keep each unit humming at the lowest operating cost. Many common maintenance issues we help users correct have often stemmed from overzealous tightening of the belting on the conveyor module. Extreme belt tension and improper tracking...
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December 6, 2016 While we specialize in small conveyors, there’s a time when “super-sizing” is just what our customers want us to do. Because of their very light weight and high rigidity, our “extended length” Lite and LP Series conveyors are ideal for applications such as multi-function assembly lines, packaging and suspended applications that span high over a work space of other machinery....
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November 22, 2016 Yes, there really is a Mini-Mover LP Series conveyor in here somewhere. This complete labeling system runs about 2-3 million parts per year. For each product, it tamps the package’s label, turns the part, and then uses a wipe-on clear label applicator for the lid. Then the part is moved into an automatic L-Bar sealer and...
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October 11, 2016 Here’s an offline coding system for a small veterinary supplier, using an Anser U2 Thermal Ink-Jet (TIJ) printer with an LP Series Mini-Mover conveyor. Our integrator customer, Automation-Plus of Wichita, Kan., reports that everything went together smoothly and his end-user is very happy.
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September 13, 2016 Our LP Series conveyors keep riding along with the “Building Buddies” traveling exhibition for children’s education. For the summer of 2016, “Building Buddies” is on its way to Mongolia… and beyond! This colorful role-playing experience teaches construction basics to preschoolers, using kid-safe plastic “plumbing,” wall painting (with lights) and brick wall construction with conveyors used...
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August 30, 2016 By ganging several narrow LP Series conveyors to a single gearmotor, a single piece of material placed across them can move forward, in identical speed and in perfect alignment. This is important in applications such as metal stamping, where conveyors can be integrated into the machine to move material though the stamping dies located inside (with...
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August 16, 2016 By automating the materials-loading, using LP Series conveyors at these CNC machining stations, the operator is free to attend to other production tasks during cycle time. With the resulting labor cost and time savings, these conveyors have paid for themselves.
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August 2, 2016 Many people asked, so here’s a short video of how our new Reflective Sensor option for the LP Series works. As we posted previously, this economical photoelectric laser sensor is based on object detection on the conveyor belt. It’s a quick and easy way to make sorting and other material handling tasks even easier. It functions to...
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July 6, 2016 Who says conveyors can’t be fun? Our LP Series conveyors get to play daily, as part of the Pachinko Gizmo at the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County, located in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Gizmo is located in the Science & Imagination Gallery. Children fire balls across the gallery into the Gizmo and watch the balls...
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