Conveyor Solution for Disposal of Lettuce Scraps

6 Jan

Harsh Conditions for Discarded Lettuce Conveyor

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 »


Beverage Packaging Solution Takes Wine Bottles for a Spin

22 Dec

Beverage Packaging Solution

  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 »


Santa Automates the North Pole with Conveyors

9 Dec

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 »


¡Se habla Espanol! – We speak Spanish!

21 Nov

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 »


A Look Back at AquaPruf Conveyor Solutions

8 Nov

Pittsburgh Bakery

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 »


Multi-tiered Conveyor System for World-class Contract Manufacturer

1 Nov

Two-tiered Conveyor System (2)

In today’s fast-paced production facilities, machines move quickly, workers are busier than ever and space is at an absolute premium. That’s why Canon recently connected with Dorner. Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, Va., is the American manufacturing facility for Canon – well known around the globe for its copiers, printers and cameras. However, the company… Read More »


2200 Series Belt Conveyor Receives Cleanroom Certification

28 Oct

2200 Cleanroom Certification

Dorner’s 2200 Series low profile belt conveyor platform has received the Ultraclean Products Approval Laboratory certification for use in ISO Standard 14664-1 Class 5, and Federal Standard 209 Class 100 rated cleanrooms. This means that 2200 Series conveyors using Dorner’s urethane belts types will not contribute to the contamination of cleanrooms conforming to those standards…. Read More »


New Sanitary Accessories Add Functionality to Dorner Conveyors

21 Oct

Aqua Conveyor Incline Hopper 1, 2, 3

Dorner is enhancing the functionality of its AquaPruf® and AquaGard® sanitary conveyor platforms with the addition of two new accessories: infeed chutes and incline hoppers. Both, infeed chutes and incline hoppers, are ideal for all bulk handling applications where items are being fed onto the conveyor. For cleaning, simply rotate the chutes and hoppers away… Read More »


Design World Video on Dorner Conveyor Technology

16 Oct

Design World Video

While exhibiting at the recent Pack Expo in Las Vegas, Design World stopped by our booth to ask our Director of Marketing, John Kuhnz, about the industry leading conveyor technology we had on display.  The technology includes iDrive, sanitary solutions, precision timing belt, and our plastic chain curve conveyors.  Watch the video to see what… Read More »


True Story – Effective Conveyor Maintenance Keeps Production Moving

6 Oct

Conveyor Belt Maintenance

If something can break on a conveyor, Jeff Bonaparte has seen it…and repaired it. As a maintenance technician at Sussex IM, a custom injection molding manufacturer for a variety of industries located in Sussex, Wis., Bonaparte has literally seen it all when it comes to conveyor maintenance, and picked up a few tips along the… Read More »