Tom Murphy

The new 1100 series belt conveyor systems from Dorner are soon to be available from AS Conveyor Systems.With a 19mm thick frame, it's one of the thinnest mass produced belt conveyors available.And because it's a Dorner conveyor, it's the real deal, with drive options, a decent load capacity and speed capability.We think it could be a massive success. Have a...

Flexmove slat band conveyors can be used in a multitude of interesting materials handling applications, but one of the more interesting ones is puck handling. A puck is used often where the product (Normally a bottle to be filled) is housed in a puck for stability and positional accuracy. The plastic slat band conveyor transports the puck with bottle on...

  A recent application from Dorner Conveyors illustrates how a standard belt conveyor can be adapted easily for a special application. In high speed packaging and production environments, it's often very desirable to make a pouch or similar package descend or ascent in a very short space. Normally, conveyors without flights can incline products at angles up to about 35°...

Bridge rollers can be very useful to carry products from the end of one slat conveyor to the start of another if the product is short or irregularly shaped.These bridge roller sets may be powered or gravity based.When bolted on to the Flexmove slat conveyor drive end plates, where holes are pre tapped, these roller sets assist the product to...

In high speed packaging and production environments, it's often very desirable to rotate a product while it's traveling on the conveyor belt and present it in the correct manner to the next operation on a production line. This can be because a labeler or marking machine needs to have the product presented in a certain direction, or maybe a robot...

We are happy to announce the addition of the following new items to the Dorner DConfig conveyor belt configurator.2200 Series & 2300 Series additions consisting of:Mid drive conveyors and mounting packagesRedesigned gravity roller (2200 only)Brushless DC gear motorsCompact VFD gear motorsType 73 nose bar belt (2200 only) All industrial product lines:Basic VFD controllerType 53 belt is now a non-stocked specialty belt7200...

On it's way, the stainless steel option for Flexmove slat conveyors. The conveyor systems is available in SS (63mm wide chain) SC (83mm wide chain) and SM (103mm wide chain) The SS multi-flexing conveyor systems uses a plastic chain that permits horizontal as well as vertical change of direction. In addition to the standard types, several special purpose chain links...

Conveyor belt wear can be a problem in many different applications and environments. Often this can be simply due to wear and tear, but sometimes the damage can be done by parts not doing what you want them to do while on the belt. One such application can be with small thin products like paper, scrap paper or envelopes, where...

Flexmove have developed high speed diverters for Flexmove slat conveyors. One of the major benefits of plastic chain conveyors like the Flexmove system is that products travelling at high speeds can be brushed across the belt with no loss of belt tracking or belt wear. This is due to the fact that the belt is positively located in the aluminium...

Traditionally when a long narrow product is to be transported, metal chains and wherever relevant, rollers have always been used.Usually the longer the product the more lanes would be necessary to transport the product without it sagging and creating quality problems and well as conveying issues.These conveyors would usually have a common drive shaft and this drive shaft would ensure...