Industry Insights

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

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

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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