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Kevin Mauger started working for the parent company of Glide-Line the day after college and bought the company 12 years into his career when it was at an all-time low. The company has multiplied in volume 5X since and is growing at 20%+ year over year. Personally, his entire life is based upon spending time with his family, figuring out a way to get out deep sea fishing, and supporting his Philadelphia Eagles. His vision for Glide-Line is to make it the world’s most flexible multi-strand conveyor solution with tools for customers allowing instantaneous response and control of their own destiny along with the fastest deliveries in the industry.

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How To Reduce Maintenance Costs of a Roller Chain Conveyor Solution

Roller chain conveyors are often the first solution that comes to mind when you start looking for cost-effective, heavy duty solutions for a client. However, these traditional conveyors come with a host of expenses, from expected maintenance costs to unthought-of innovation opportunity costs. When application engineers come to us for outside-the-box ideas, we have a solution that addresses these challenges. Here are four common roller chain conveyor maintenance costs the Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor reduces or eliminates.
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The Medical Industry’s Elegant Indexing Conveyor Solution

Medical devices have important jobs to perform. From testing kits to surgical instruments to complex technology, there’s no room for error in assembly and no time to waste on damaged products. These elegant products need an equally elegant indexing conveyor solution, and that solution needs to have clean-room capacity, no jostling, and a completely controllable movement. Enter: the Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor from Glide-Line.
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The Beauty of Opportunity & Innovation in our New World

on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 By | Kevin Mauger | 0 Comments |
As we deal with our daily changing world amidst the Coronavirus, there are a LOT of thoughts going around in my head. Some of them are far too deep for a blog, and then of course some of them are more fun. Here’s a fun one…
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How to make a Manual Conveyor Assembly Line Safe and Efficient

on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 By | Kevin Mauger | 0 Comments | Solutions for Applications Engineers Flexible Conveyor Solutions
Often we find that the incorporation of manual assembly steps can be a good option for an assembly operation. Sometimes the payback wouldn’t exist by full automation, or other times it would be a very complex task for a machine. Either way, manual assembly may be a necessary part of your product build, but it doesn’t need to be inefficient or unsafe in the process.
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Elegant Design Tips to Reduce the Number of Stops on Your Conveyor System

Whether your stops are controlled manually or by using automation, they can encounter the same problems: inefficient operation of your conveyor, and product damage caused by herky-jerky movement on the line. While "stop-motion animation" might have worked alright for Gumby, anything resembling stop-motion needs to be eliminated from conveying fragile products, pronto.
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How to Easily Index a Product from Zone to Zone in a Conveyor System

on Thursday, March 5, 2020 By | Kevin Mauger | 0 Comments | Solutions for Applications Engineers Flexible Conveyor Solutions
Traditionally, customers accomplish indexing by either a series of pop-up stops, or starting and stopping a conveyor that’s moving your product. But how do you ensure fragile products are gently starting and stopping without slipping on the conveyor in each product zone? You can’t, and your client can risk the collisions typically associated with traditional indexing techniques. To solve this, you need a more elegant, more sophisticated handling solution.
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How To Prevent Conveyors From Damaging Products [Video Blog]

on Monday, February 3, 2020 By | Kevin Mauger | 1 Comment | Solutions for Applications Engineers Flexible Conveyor Solutions
So you’ve been wondering - why doesn’t my current conveyor prevent product damage? Shouldn’t that be one of the primary functions of a conveyor?
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Why the Zero Pressure Conveyor is Now the Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor

on Monday, January 27, 2020 By | Kevin Mauger | 0 Comments |
We’ve recently changed the name of our Glide-Line Zero Pressure Conveyor to a name that better reflects how we help your clients. It’s now called the Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor.
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How to Handle Varying Payloads with a Lightweight AMR or AGV Conveyor

on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 By | Kevin Mauger | 0 Comments | Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Conveyors
In today’s manufacturing world, your clients’ processes are adapting to an engineer-to-order mindset; their automation processes must be nimble and able to multi-task throughout their facility. Your clients’ AMRs, conveyors, and other machinery often need to handle multiple sizes and shapes of payloads, even within a single shift, in order to remain profitable and comply with the demands of the market.
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7 Questions to Ask When Choosing an AMR Multi-strand Conveyor Manufacturer

on Friday, January 3, 2020 By | Kevin Mauger | 0 Comments | Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Conveyors
As an integrator, it is important to choose the right manufacturer for your AMR conveyor topper application. When your clients face unique challenges using AMRs in their processes, a conveyor topper may help their process to be more efficient. Here are seven important questions to ask before selecting a manufacturer for your AMR multi-strand conveyor toppers & framework.
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Glide-Line offers the most versatile multi-strand panel and pallet-handling solution available for the assembly automation industry.

We solve problems that other conveyor systems manufacturers won’t. We developed Glide-Line from the ground up with a few key, driving factors in mind. First, our conveyors had to be robust and reliable. Second, they would be simple – easy to maintain and service. Finally, we insisted on flexible configurability, creating an efficient, hassle-free customer experience. We’ve built the most versatile multi-strand panel and pallet-handling solution available for the assembly automation industry.
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