Our wooden manrider: Sustainable floor conveyor technology
MINDA has been developing reliable conveyor technology for the automotive industry for more than 45 years. With the new wooden manrider, we want to take a step further and focus on ecological responsibility and sustainable materials. Our goal is to create conveyor technology for automotive production that combines ergonomic personnel transfer and sustainable systems. With this development, we support a resource-saving, future-oriented production environment for our customers.
Wood as high-performance, ecological material
The base frame of the manrider consists of around 60 percent Finnish birch plywood – a renewable raw material with high stability and durability. The decision to use a wooden chassis reduces the carbon footprint in automotive production as well as the weight of the conveyors, which makes assembly and handling considerably easier.
Full performance is maintained: the wooden manrider is flame-retardant and can be used and replaced in existing assembly lines with full compatibility.
A significant ecological advantage is achieved by using wooden panels as a sliding base instead of conventional plastic elements. This significantly reduces abrasion and thus the release of microplastics, demonstrating how consistently sustainability has been implemented in the design process. Customers benefit from easy integration, lower modification costs, and high flexibility in the production layout.
Efficiency in everyday production remains unchanged!
The new wooden design offers the same ergonomic advantages as our well-known manriders: workers do not have to run alongside the conveyor, fatigue is reduced, and precision is increased. With construction heights from 120 mm and transport speeds of up to 18 m/min, they are suitable for a wide range of assembly and inspection tasks.
Sustainable success for MINDA
With the wooden manrider, MINDA combines long-standing knowledge from the corrugated board and solid wood industry with the development of conveyor technology. The wooden manrider reduces emissions and microplastics, while our customers benefit from more efficient production processes, less rework, shorter throughput times, and a considerable optimization of processes.
For us, sustainability is not just a buzzword, but an integrated approach being incorporated step by step into our conveyor technology solutions.