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Dorner Manufacturing

Dorner’s new universal conveyor drive simplifies motor and mounting package options for 2200 Series conveyors

March 23, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Dorner’s new Universal Drive — a universal conveyor drive — for its 2200 Series low profile end drive belt conveyor platform, features a single part number that covers all speed, load and mounting positions. This new drive technology, developed by Electric Torque Machines (ETM), along with Dorner’s unique mount package is designed to integrate universally […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear Tagged With: Dorner Manufacturing

Trend in conveyors is toward compact and custom setups

March 15, 2016 By Lisa Eitel 1 Comment

Conveyors today are high-performance motion systems that incorporate more engineering than ever before. They outperform legacy iterations thanks to material advances and modular builds to suit specific applications. More specifically, many of today’s conveyors, from large conveyors for material handling to miniature varieties engineered for discrete product sorting, sport increasingly job-specific features. Just consider how many […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear, Industry news Tagged With: Dorner Manufacturing, iwis, QC Industries

Dorner celebrates 50 years of conveyor excellence

February 2, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

What started out as a little tool and die shop has evolved to become an industry powerhouse in the design and building of low profile conveyor platforms … and 50 years later Dorner Mfg. is still going strong. Dorner, this year, commemorates its 50th anniversary in business. Although the brand has become a household name […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear, Industry news Tagged With: Dorner Manufacturing

Dorner AquaPruf VBT, other conveyors on display at WestPack

January 26, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Dorner Mfg. will be exhibiting several of its major conveyor platforms aimed at the food, packaging, industrial and automation industries; including its new AquaPruf VBT, in booth No. 5010, at WestPack 2016, Feb. 9-11, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The new AquaPruf VBT (Vertical Belt Technology) is engineered to move bulk products […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear Tagged With: Dorner Manufacturing

Dorner completes building addition to meet current and future conveyor production needs

January 12, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Dorner Mfg. Corp’s newly completed 25,000 square-foot facility expansion, which became fully operational in mid December, better positions to company to become even more responsive to customers, meet future production goals and anticipated growth in the low profile conveyor market. The new area houses machining equipment that is used in the manufacturing of frames, stands […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear, Industry news Tagged With: Dorner Manufacturing

Dorner appoints Southeast Regional Sales Manager

January 6, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Lincoln Frazier has been appointed Southeast Regional Sales Manager for Dorner Mfg. Corp. In his new position, Frazier will be working with sales channel partners and key accounts to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business throughout the Southeastern United States. Frazier brings strong sales and regional management experience from an extensive career in […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear, Industry news Tagged With: Dorner Manufacturing

Dorner exhibits two new conveyor systems at Automate 2015

March 23, 2015 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Dorner SmartFlex Pallet Systems

Dorner Mfg. is now offering pallet system options for both its 2200 Series SmartFlex and 2200 Series Precision Move conveyor systems for accurate positioning and routing of parts for assembly, robotic and inspection applications.   The new pallet systems provide users with greater customization capabilities for use in a variety of industries. The 2200 SmartFlex […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear, Industry news Tagged With: Conveyor, Conveyors, dorner, Dorner Manufacturing

Small to big, conveyors get job-specific features

March 3, 2015 By Lisa Eitel 1 Comment

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Today’s conveyors perform better than ever thanks to material advances and modular designs tailored to applications. That’s true of miniature conveyors for discrete product sorting, extra-large conveyors for bulk material-handling operations, and everything in between. Discrete medical, pharmaceutical and assembly applications use the most miniature conveyors, but until the last decade or so, most such […]

Filed Under: Applications, Belt + chain drives for linear, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: ContiTech North America, Dorner Manufacturing, Hudson-Sharp

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