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Mini-Mover Conveyors
a division of Whipple Enterprises

21150 Shake Ridge Road
Volcano,CA 95689 USA

Toll-Free Phone: 800-586-4585
Local Phone: 209-296-5128
Fax: 866-900-5124

[email protected]

Category: Metalworking Conveyors

Tough Conveyors for Metalworking Mfg.

Manufacturing and metalworking can be pretty dirty, with dusts, oils and fluids. Mini-Mover conveyors were designed specifically for factory tasks. These tough little units require no expensive maintenance or heroics to remain reliable. This picture shows an example from one of our customers who manufactures high-volume industrial components. The conveyor has been in regular service...
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Unattended Machine Unloading with Uni-Mate®

Unattended machine unloading and collection is easy with a Mini-Mover Uni-Mate® product: it’s a combined Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA) and Lite Series conveyor kit with indexing timer, variable speed controls — with great kit pricing. These hardy units can accumulate delicate parts with care, and even fluid-soaked or gritty parts are no problem. Just set...
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Time & Cost Saved with Mini-Mover Parts Unloading

Mini-Mover conveyors can help your CNC operator save all that machine unloading for more varied tasks. Instead of manually unloading workpieces, add a conveyor-aided unloading system. The operator is then free to tend several CNC machines or work on other time-critical jobs. With this simple (but effective) bit of conveyor automation, sensitive workpieces can also...
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Safety First with Drain Pans

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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Sky-High Metal Stamping Scrap Removal

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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The Skinny on Mini (Conveyors)

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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Automated Punch-Press Unloading with LP Series Conveyor

This sheet metal punch press operation runs more efficiently with an LP Series Mini-Mover conveyor in this HVAC manufacturer’s facility. After shearing and initial punch shown here, the sheets are automatically stacked for staging to the next operation. This simple automation step eliminates the need for continuous operator supervision.
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Parts Catchers Protect Precision Machined Parts

Whether they’re called parts catchers or unloaders, these handy additions to a machine cell can protect sensitive parts without constant operator supervision. Mini-Mover Conveyor products, such as our Lite Series or LP Series conveyors, integrate easily into, and onto, machines. When faster cycle times also require an un-manned accumulation strategy, our Rotary Table Accumulator (RTA)...
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Sparks Fly at Big Al’s

Sparks are always flying at Big Al’s Carponents, a precision maker of parts and components for hot rods, drag racers and specialty cars and trucks. Now based in Idaho, Big Al’s was founded in 1986 by late drag racer Nick Cirino. Current proprietors, Mark and Kathy Mathre, continue the legacy of designing and manufacturing high...
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CNC Machine Tending with Mini-Mover Products

Despite rampant staff shortages for US manufacturers today, production capacity can still be boosted — using affordable automation solutions for the plant floor. Mini-Mover Conveyor products are there to help. High-speed machine tending systems for CNC turning centers, such as those designed by Toellner Systems, Inc in Wisconsin. are designed to handle the repetitive, predictable...
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