Industry Insights

July 2, 2015May 24, 2019

Pack Expo Las Vegas 2015

It happens every year. No matter how many months there are between trade shows, the Pack Expo always surprises me with how quickly it gets here. This year the show is in late September, and that means that it is already time to start considering free passes to the show. There are a limited number …

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February 13, 2015May 24, 2019

Choosing your System Partner

Building off of last weeks post on 5 questions to ask yourself about your product before you decide to choose your conveyor type, I wanted to sit down and give you my insight into how you choose your conveyor supplier. Now there are several blogs like this out there floating around on the web, and …

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February 4, 2015May 24, 2019

Five things to think about your product before you buy a conveyor

o, you have products that need to be moved from point A to point B. Naturally, you decide that you need a conveyor, right? Sure you could use a cart, or have people wearing their backs out toting boxes, but why not enter into the wonderful world of conveying options? Except maybe that the world …

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January 23, 2015May 24, 2019

7 Easy Elevating Options from Flex-Line Automation!

It seems like every trade show that we do someone asks us about elevating solutions. There are so many great ways of incline/declining products out there that it can be a little confusing, not to mention overwhelming, to try and figure out what the best solution is when you don't live and breathe material handling …

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January 21, 2015May 24, 2019

Thinking Outside The (Material Handling) Box

We had dinner with one of our salesmen last night, Don Petsch of Mike Petsch and Associates. As you might guess by the name, he is second generation in this business and has the experience that goes with that. He has been building conveyors with his dad since high school and has seen a lot …

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December 16, 2014May 24, 2019

Custom Solutions

At the last minute you realize that you forgot to draw a column, and you dont have room to shift your conveyor system over six inches. What do you do? Well, if you are like this customer and work with Flex-Line Automation, Inc. you just let us know and we will do whatever we can …

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December 16, 2014May 24, 2019

Pack Expo

Did you attend Pack Expo this year in Chicago? We did, and we got a lot of attention. People spent a lot of time stopping to gape at the drawbridge conveyor, an innovative box moving solution that we designed for the show. It functions as both an elevator and a singulator, utilizing a combination of …

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December 16, 2014May 24, 2019

Re-Orienting Solutions

It happens often. You have a package that comes out of your machine upside down or sideways; for whatever reason it needs to be turned, flipped, angled, or otherwise adjusted. What do you do? Call us of course! We have experience from across industries to know how to handle your product. We have fixed and …

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December 5, 2014May 24, 2019

The Not-So-Secret Origins of Flex-Line Automation.

Would you like to know more about the founders of Flex-Line? Well, duh. Of course you would. You're here aren't you?Let me introduce myself, Im Lauren. Im proud to be third generation with the company. I have literally grown up with it. See that picture? Yes. Thats me in the diaper. Miraculously, despite the lack …

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October 1, 2014May 24, 2019

Flex-Line Automation Builds Popeye Themed Bike!

In celebration of Popeye's 75th Anniversary, Rhett Rinne and the crew of Flex-Line Automation, Inc. designed and built a special commemorative motorcycle. The bike features original art by the current Popeye comic strip artist Hy Eisman. The bike also features the autographs of both Hy Eisman and the former Popeye comic book artist and editor …

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