Dorner brings the trade show experience to life! See how Dorner conveyors can work with your applications; registrants have chance to win prizes 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… Read more »
Category: Press Release
55 Years and Still Going Strong
Dorner Celebrates its 55th Anniversary as an Industry Leader of Conveyor Systems After 55 years, Dorner is only getting stronger! Dorner this month is celebrating its 55th anniversary in business. From its humble beginnings as a little tool and die shop, Dorner has evolved through the years to become one of the most recognized global… Read more »
FlexMove Helix Conveyors More Responsive for Customers
Dorner has improved its FlexMove® Helix Conveyors with several new enhancements. The addition of D-Tools accessibility and shorter lead times make for a more responsive, user-friendly experience. FlexMove Helix Conveyors allow for tight turns and a small footprint. This provides facilities with greater flexibility in layout for applications such as accumulation, buffering, cooling product… Read more »
Dorner Appoints Matthew Kelley as New Regional Sales Director
Matthew Kelley has been appointed as Regional Sales Director for Dorner. In this newly created position, Kelley will lead a team of Dorner regional managers to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business. Kelley brings more than 14 years of sales experience to Dorner. He was most recently a regional sales manager at… Read more »
Build Your Own ERT250 Conveyor with Dorner’s DTools
CAD models of Dorner’s new Edge Roller Technology (ERT®250) conveyor are now available in D-Tools, Dorner’s online conveyor configurator. Downloading CAD models on D-Tools gives product engineers, plant managers and others the ability to easily design an ERT250 conveyor to fit their exact application in a matter of minutes. D-Tools, which includes 2D and… Read more »
Dorner Latin America Now Building 2200 Series Precision Move Pallet Systems
Dorner Latin America continues to grow their capacity by adding the 2200 Series Precision Move Pallet System Conveyor as its fourth major platform to be assembled at their facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. The 2200 Series Precision Move Pallet System Conveyor is designed to increase efficiency and reduce downtime in assembly automation processes for their… Read more »
Hold Back or Pace Products with the New Clamping Module
Dorner is now offering a Clamping Module on its FlexMove® conveyor system that gives users the ability to hold back or pace products for accumulating applications. The Clamping Module is ideal for totes, boxes, bottles and square, round and rectangular containers. As products pass through the Clamping Module, pre-programmed photo sensors trigger a pneumatic-clamping actuator… Read more »
New ERT250 Conveyor Receives Class 4 Cleanroom Certification
Dorner’s new Edge Roller Technology (ERT™250) conveyor has received certification for use in ISO Standard 14644-1 Class 4 rated cleanrooms. This means Dorner’s ERT250 will conform and not contribute to the contamination of cleanrooms to those standards. Cleanrooms and other controlled environments provide management of airborne particulate contamination to appropriate levels for accomplishing contamination-sensitive… Read more »
Merge Product Smoothly from Two Lanes into One
The new FlexMove Side Acting Merge Module from Dorner is a fully mechanical design to simply and easily merge products from two lanes into one on FlexMove conveyors. The FlexMove Side Acting Merge Module is a mechanical dual merge gate that operates in a first-in, first-out style of merge. As products in lane one reach… Read more »
New ERT™250 Conveyor Provides Unique, Beltless, Zone Control for Pallet and Tray Handling
Need a pallet handling conveyor capable of zoning for accumulation and automation assembly applications? Then you need the new Edge Roller Technology (ERT™250) conveyor from Dorner. As implied by its name, the ERT250 uses rollers to move pallet conveyors smoothly with no friction (a byproduct often seen in belt-driven platforms). The conveyor’s open design… Read more »
Dorner Now Offering Dry and Wet Cleaning Modules for Continuous Cleansing on FlexMove® Conveyors
Dorner is now offering two cleaning modules for both dry and wet applications on its popular selling FlexMove® system that allows continuous cleaning while the conveyors are operating. Designed for FlexMove conveyors, the Dry Cleaning Module provides continuous cleaning of conveyor chain for applications involving powder, dust and other dry contaminates, whereas the Wet Cleaning… Read more »
Dorner Continues its European Expansion by Building 2200 Series LPZ Conveyors from its German Manufacturing Facility
Hartland, Wis., (February 26, 2020) — Dorner GmbH is expanding its presence throughout Europe by adding the 2200 Series LPZ (Low Profile Z-Frame) Conveyor to its lineup of conveyor platforms being manufactured in Jülich, Germany. Dorner (https://www.dornerconveyors.com) is an industry leader in the design, application, manufacturing and integration of precision industrial and sanitary conveyor systems.… Read more »
AquaGard and AquaPruf Conveyors Earn BISSC Certification for their High Sanitary and Safety Attributes
Dorner’s AquaGard and AquaPruf sanitary conveyor platforms have again earned 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 and safety standards for equipment used in the baking industry. BISSC is a not-for-profit corporation that, working with the American Society of… Read more »
Dorner’s Engineered Solutions Group Injects Automation and Ingenuity into Conveyor Systems for Complex Applications
When a customer needed to upgrade their existing food processing line to merge two lanes of frozen pizzas into a single lane, Dorner’s Engineered Solutions Group designed the perfect custom solution. Dorner’s Engineered Solutions Group (ESG) gives extra attention to building conveyor systems with unique dimensions and performance characteristics above and beyond Dorner’s regular… Read more »
Dorner Latin America Now Building 2200 Series Modular Belt Conveyors from New Facility in Mexico
Dorner’s facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, (Dorner Latin America), is already expanding its manufacturing capabilities by now building its popular-selling 2200 Series Modular Belt Conveyor for customers throughout Latin America. Dorner is an industry leader in the design, application, manufacturing and integration of precision industrial and sanitary conveyor systems. Dorner Latin America is staffed with experienced employees… Read more »
Dorner’s FlexMove Conveyor Platform Represents a Merger Between Two Existing Product Lines
FlexMove conveyors include the best attributes of the former SmartFlex line; three new purchasing options available to best meet customer needs Dorner has consolidated two existing product lines and unified them into a single platform, which is now called FlexMove. While the FlexMove name isn’t new to Dorner, it now incorporates the features and strengths… Read more »
Dorner Showcasing its FlexMove Conveyor Platform in Booth C-1844 at PACK EXPO 2019
The ability for conveyors to make tight turns in and around existing equipment is paramount as floor space continues to shrink in manufacturing and packaging facilities. The answer is Dorner’s FlexMove conveyor platform, which will be on display in booth C-1844 at PACK EXPO 2019, Sept. 23-25, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las… Read more »
Dorner Exhibiting its AquaGard 7350 V2 Series, Aquapruf VBT Sanitary Conveyors in Booth 4559 at IBIE 2019
Dorner is showcasing several conveyor systems that are designed to make baking and food processing/packaging applications safer and more efficient, including the newly redesigned AquaGard 7350 V2 Series, in booth No. 4559 at the International Baking Industry Exposition, Sept. 8-11, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. IBIE attendees can see the belted, modular belt and… Read more »
Power Four Curves on a Single Motor
Dorner’s innovative, new AquaGard 7350 V2 Curve Conveyor chain features a center bearing to eliminate friction, carry a heavier load and allow four curves to be driven by a single motor. This unique design improves productivity, along with saving valuable floor space as the conveyor can make tight turns around existing machinery and equipment without… Read more »
Jacob Gaspari Named Recipient of the 2019 Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship
Jacob Gaspari, a student at Columbus Central Community College (Nebraska), has been named recipient of the 2019 Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship, funded by Dorner. This $2,000 scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in a two- or four-year program at any of PMMI’s partner schools. The scholarship was established in honor of… Read more »
Sanitary and Safety Attributes Help Earn BISSC Certification on AquaGard 7350 Series
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… Read more »
Dorner Conveyors and UR+ Solutions Optimize Performance and Efficiency in Assembly and Packaging
Dorner 2200 Series Conveyors is now a certified UR+ Solution that simplify robot and conveyor integration for a wide variety of automated applications. Easy programming, fast set-up, and flexible deployment make the Dorner 2200 Series ideal for systems that need an infeed and discharge to a Universal Robot. Dorner worked with Universal Robots to develop… Read more »
Dorner’s 2200 Precision Move Pallet System Conveyor Drives Automation Applications at Automate 2019
Dorner is exhibiting its 2200 Precision Move Pallet System conveyor, along with other platforms aimed at automation and robotic applications, in booth No. 7732 at Automate 2019, April 8-11 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Dorner’s 2200 Precision Move Pallet conveyor is designed to provide accurate positioning and routing of parts for assembly, robotic… Read more »
Got Parts? Having the Right Replacement Parts On Hand Will Keep Your Conveyors Up and Running
By Kelly Tebon Manager, Aftermarket Sales Picture this – your conveyor system, which is integrated with a form fill seal machine, is moving two-and-a-half-ounce fractional pillow packs of coffee. After landing on the conveyor, the packs of coffee move through metal detection and are routed into lanes for packaging. The line is humming along nicely,… Read more »