Dorner Conveyor Blog

Being able to see just how a conveyor system can improve efficiencies is pretty remarkable. Such was the case when I visited Elite Manufacturing Technologies outside Chicago a few years ago to write a story on their three new Dorner conveyors. Elite produces precise fabricated sheet metal products for numerous industries. Of course, the manufacturing… Read More »

At Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama spoke about job creation, and specifically mentioned Milwaukee-based Master Lock and its efforts to bring jobs back to the United States. “Insourcing” is the phrase coined by The White House to illustrate this process of moving jobs back to the country. Master Lock reports it… Read More »

A recent TV ad for the Horseshoe Casino near Chicago, IL, shows the production of their red Horseshoe dice.  The video starts off with a row of dice traveling on a sequence of conveyors towards a manual inspector. The inspector then places the dice onto a Dorner 2200 Series conveyor, which is interfacing with a… Read More »

Dorner’s 2200 Series low profile belt conveyor with the latest advancements in belt and drive technology increases its weight carrying capacity to a 200 pound maximum load.  The 2200 Series is able to move these heavy load while maintaining a 1.4” diameter pulley for optimal part transfer and machine interface.  This compact design allows the… Read More »

The latest issue of New Equipment Digest features an interview with John Kuhnz, Dorner’s Director of Marketing, on our new Cantilever Stand Mounts for the 2200 Series and 3200 Series conveyors. Here is the transcript from the interview. . . Why did Dorner decide to develop this particular product? Customers have requested ways to reduce… Read More »

On a past project, we installed an AquaPruf® 7400 Series sanitary conveyor at California-based Hollandia Produce. Its mission: move discarded lettuce to a bin for disposal. Sounds easy enough right? In reality, this is a very demanding environment for any conveyor, much less one that’s specifically designed to work in these conditions. That’s because of… Read More »

  On a past project, a customer had problems consistently sealing the bottles of wine they produced. The challenge was to evenly apply heat all around the seal at the top of the bottle.  Their solution was to use a Dorner 2200 Series conveyor in conjunction with the main line chain conveyor. The 2200 conveyor… Read More »

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Dorner! Throughout the years, we help people around the world move products from pennies and packaged cheese to chicken breasts. But this time of year, we’re helping a “special someone” get ready for Christmas. Every year we choose a local charity to support as a company. It’s refreshing to… Read More »

La presencia de Dorner en el mercado Latino Americano ha crecido y reconocemos la importancia de eliminar la barrera linguística. Para mejorar el servicio en Latino América Dorner ahora ofrece una variedad de materiales informativos en español, que incluye una página en español, folletos y un seleccionador de producto. Además de nuestra página web y… Read More »

It’s important to remember where you came from in order to keep a clear vision moving forward. Our AquaPruf® platform of sanitary conveyors has been operating in companies across North America since 2003. And one of our initial launch customers for AquaPruf 7300 Series (now branded as AquaGard®) was a Pittsburgh-based bakery that used the… Read More »