Category: Parts Catchers

September 16, 2024 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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September 12, 2023 Check out this innovative customer who found a clever solution for speeding up parts unloading at their CNC station. They attached a Lite Series Mini-Mover conveyor directly onto the lathe’s sliding door under the parts catcher. Now, whenever the operator needs access inside the machine, the conveyor and door slide aside simultaneously. Talk about a...
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April 18, 2023 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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March 28, 2023 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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October 25, 2022 Keep your work cell running during breaks, lunch hours or overnight with an economical time saver: the Uni-Mate® from Mini-Mover Conveyors. By the end of a work-week, you may well have saved a day’s worth of operator hours. It never takes sick days, either! For unattended parts unloading from machines, Mini-Mover’s Uni-Mate® is a portable...
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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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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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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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February 8, 2022 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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December 1, 2021 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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