Dorner is displaying four of its major automated assembly conveyor platforms – the FlexMove Pallet System, Edge Roller Technology ERT250 and ERT150, and its Universal Robot Pallet Loop – in booth 2435 at Automate 2023, May 22nd to 25th, at the Huntington Place Convention Center in Detroit. Leading off the show is Dorner’s FlexMove Pallet […]
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Consumer-product production and distribution top automation drivers
For the annual Design World Trends issue, dozens of industry experts shared their insights. Here is additional information from some of those experts on the design, manufacture, and distribution of consumer products. Especially since COVID, the manufacture and distribution of home appliances, consumer electronics, and have evolved with advanced automation technologies. MEET THE EXPERTS Abdullah […]
Dorner’s ERT250 Conveyor helps create zones for better control in accumulation and assembly applications
As automation becomes more integrated into medium- and heavy-load accumulation and assembly applications, the need for conveyors with zoning capabilities increases. Dorner’s Edge Roller Technology (ERT250) precision edge roller pallet and tray handling conveyors are engineered specifically to handle zone functionality. Creating zones along a conveyor is an important feature for applications where product accumulates […]
Columbus McKinnon to acquire conveyor maker Dorner Mfg.
Columbus McKinnon Corp., manufacturer and marketer of intelligent motion solutions, products, technologies and services for material handling, has agreed to acquire Dorner Mfg. Corp. “The acquisition of Dorner provides a catalyst for growth in extremely attractive markets and begins the process of reimagining the future of Columbus McKinnon. Dorner advances our strategy to broaden expertise […]
Dorner’s virtual showcase now open with nine product demonstrations
As industry professionals are still unable to visit Dorner in person due to trade show cancellations, Dorner is bringing the trade show to them! Dorner is hosting its own virtual showcase that includes nine demonstrations covering sanitary, automation and industrial applications. Each demonstration contains a video narrated by Dorner experts who point out features, benefits and […]
AquaGard 7350 V2 Sanitary Conveyor Platform is redesigned
The high sanitary and safety attributes of Dorner’s newly redesigned AquaGard 7350 V2 Series has earned it the coveted Baking Industry Sanitation Standards Committee (BISSC) certification for conveyors outlined in ANSI/ASB/Z50.2-2015. BISSC certification is recognized as the definitive sanitation standard for equipment used in the baking industry. Launched in October 2018, the redesigned AquaGard 7350 […]
Conveyor and material-handling trends (a Motion Trends report)
Conveyors are at the heart of an array of exciting changes in material handling — from the vast installations of automated warehousing to humbler stations only recently automated. Each conveyor installation has unique design requirements: Food and beverage conveyors might need to survive washdown settings; conveyors in airspace and defense operations may need to be […]
Dorner Latin America Now Manufacturing at New Facility in Mexico
Dorner’s new manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico (Dorner Latin America) enables the company to build and deliver belt and flexible chain conveyor systems more quickly and efficiently for customers throughout Latin America. Dorner is an industry leader in the design, application, manufacturing and integration of precision industrial and sanitary conveyor systems. The new facility, staffed […]
Improved tails allow better cleanings on sanitary conveyor platform
Perhaps the most important feature of a sanitary belt conveyor is the ability for it to be thoroughly cleaned. Dorner’s new AquaGard 7350 V2 Series with tip-up tails checks off that box…and then some. The AquaGard 7350 V2 with tip-up tails provides ample access to the inside of the conveyor for effective, fast cleanings and easy […]
Conveyors with direct-drive motors offer key advantages to Pa. facility
American Axle Manufacturing (AAM) is increasing the functionality of its St. Mary’s, Pa. manufacturing operations with conveyors sporting advanced drive technology. Small yet powerful direct-drive motors from Electric Torque Machines actuate Dorner conveyors that move small parts around the AAM facility. AAM designs, engineers, validates, and manufactures an array of driveline, metal-forming, powertrain, and casting […]
