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Trevor Price

Trevor Price is the Lead Application Engineer for Glide-Line. He has began his career here straight out of college from Widener University. Being a former collegate football athlete, Trevor embodies all of the characteristics of being a leader and embracing the teamwork mentality. In his personal life, he enjoys spending time with his dog, family, and the outdoors.

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Material Handling Conveyor Solutions for Aerospace Parts

on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 By | Trevor Price | 1 Comment | Conveyor System Designs Wide Products Direct Product Handling
Sometimes working with wider products that are common in the aerospace industry, application engineers may need to get creative with a conveying system design that fits within the floor layout and various constraints. Additionally, material handling systems that convey aerospace products have other special considerations. They require smooth starts and dampened stops – and of course requirements to transfer and present products at different stations for efficient assembly operations.
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Configurable Conveyor Technology Software That Dynamically Updates As You Design

The NORMAL Design Technology Accurate CAD blocks are obviously required in the world of application design. As you’re developing an automated assembly system layout, estimate, proposal, and final design, accuracy could be hindered as conveyor system blocks or configurators that lack flexibility, innovation, or generally slow you down. 
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VTU Conveyor Solutions to Challenges Design Engineers Have to Solve Every Day

on Monday, June 29, 2020 By | Trevor Price | 1 Comment | Flexible Conveyor Solutions Vertical Transport Conveyors
In the world of conveyor systems, VTUs, or vertical transport units, go by many different names: elevator, lift, and vertical reciprocating conveyor just to name a few. No matter what you call it, a design engineer’s goal in using a VTU is usually fairly commonplace: lift a section of the conveyor, and the product on it, from one level to another. But...
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How VTUs Solve Unique Challenges in Conveyor Automation System Design

Glide-Line offers several vertical lift conveyor application options. These VTUs can be applied to solve unique challenges in your conveyor automation system design. For instance, you can reduce floor space for your conveyor system, utilize the precision aspect of our VTU in interesting concepts, and increase automation system throughput with these vertical lift conveyor applications. And, at Glide-Line, these VTUs are part of our standard product offering of automated conveyor solutions.
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The Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor is a Gentler, Energy Efficient Conveyor Solution

on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 By | Trevor Price | 0 Comments |
Kevin Mauger, our President, took some time to explain the "what", "how", and "when" of Glide-Line's Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor.  What is it? How does it work? And, when is a good time to take advantage of its benefits?
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Mini VTU Feature

A Creative Mini VTU Solution for Cost and Space Savings

on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 By | Trevor Price | 0 Comments | Vertical Transport Conveyors
Glide-Line’s Low Cost Mini VTU is a simple, cost-effective option for a vertical transport unit (VTU). If your client doesn’t have a height limitation for their product, or is returning empty pallets, this VTU may be the right fit.
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Pallet Stop Feature

Traffic Handling Made Easy with Specialized Pallet Stops

on Thursday, June 13, 2019 By | Trevor Price | 0 Comments | Solutions for Applications Engineers Flexible Conveyor Solutions
Glide-Line offers a wide variety of Pallet Stop mechanisms to suit the traffic handling demands of your clients’ applications. We offer three types:
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Gentle product handling

Why Glide-Line's Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor = Gentle Product Handling

Pallet accumulation leads to rough product handling that can compromise the integrity and quality of products being accumulated as well as lead to additional wear and tear. Accumulation is a necessary part of many asynchronous assembly processes. But when pallets bang into each other, get dislodged in their fixtures, or otherwise get damaged on the conveyor line, you need to find a solution!
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Where to Find Curve Mechanisms in 1-Degree Increments for Conveyor Systems

on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 By | Trevor Price | 0 Comments | Conveyor System Designs Configurable Conveyor Technology
Curves are mechanisms designed to change the direction of a pallet within a conveyor line or system. Glide-Line offers a variety of angles:
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4 Ways That Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor Controls Simplify Conveyor Operations

Efficiency. Simplicity. Optimization. To us, these aren’t just buzzwords! With the Glide-Line's Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor, we have built a solution that minimizes cost/effort and maximizes results.   How?   By tackling common conveyor pain points head on. Through the use of well-designed control functions, the Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor line attacks multiple issues at the source. Read on to learn how the Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor control functions minimize effort and maximize results!
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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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