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DATE   Tuesday, May 15, 2012  
TOPIC/PRESENTER

Tour of Eriez Magnetics - World Headquarters http://en-us.eriez.com/

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTE:   Anyone with a Pacemaker cannot go on this tour - there is a constant magnetic field present in the facility at all times.

 

Eriez Magnetics, world authority in advanced technology for magnetic, vibratory and inspection system applications... designs, develops, manufactures and markets magnetic separation, metal detection and materials feeding, screening, conveying and controlling equipment for process and metalworking industries.

HISTORY

In 1941, Orange Fowler Merwin, or "O.F." as he was known, sold equipment to grain millers. Among the most common complaints heard from his customers were about "tramp iron" - stray pieces of metal, such as bits of wire, nails and bolts, even horseshoes and hammers, that somehow found their way into the grain the farmers brought to the mills for grinding.

Merwin investigated a new magnetic alloy called "alnico" (a combination of aluminum, nickel, cobalt and iron), which possessed exceptional magnetic qualities, including peak magnetic strength up to 30 times that of cobalt steel. He devised a permanent magnetic separator in 1942, sold it to a grain miller and his company was on its way.

GLOBAL PRESENCE

Through innovation, organization and diversification, Eriez Magnetics has evolved into a technologically advanced, financially sound, international company with manufacturing facilities in Australia, Brazil, CanadaChina, Europe, India, Japan, Mexico and South Africa, as well as its Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. headquarters. Eriez has sales offices across the United States and some 80 international markets on five continents.

 
LOCATION  

2200 Asbury Road, Erie, PA 16506

 

Dinner to follow at Colony Inn, West 8th Street, Erie, PA

TIME

3:30 PM - Tour begins

 

COST

  $25.00* per person  

RESERVATION DEADLINE

& INFO

  Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Contact Tanya Zaunegger @ tanya.percast@earthlink.net , fax to 814-454-1176, or phone in to 814-454-1243

 
   

*Cost of the meeting is $25.00/person with reservation called in before the deadline date or $30.00 per person at the door after the deadline date.  You will be billed for any reservation made and not kept.  Reservations called in after the deadline does not guarantee a seat.  You will be billed for any reservation made and not kept.

 

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