Eriez Metalworking Demo Truck kicks off tour in West Coast

A 32-foot demonstration truck from Eriez, Erie, Pennsylvania, is traveling across North America to train and educate customers and distributers. The diesel rig from Peterbilt, Denton, Texas, with a 24-foot equipment showroom, is starting off on the West Coast.

The Metalworking Demo Truck houses many of Eriez’s magnetic and vibratory material handling products as well as equipment from the company’s HydroFlow fluid recycling and fluid filtration lines. Demonstrations and workshops are tailored to assist participants in finding the material handling, fluid recycling and filtration equipment needed for their applications.

The rig serves as an interactive learning center that enables team members to customize drawings and fulfill other customer requests on-demand. The truck’s onboard database provides instant access to Eriez brochures, photos and video presentations.

The Eriez Metalworking Demo Truck has logged more than 130,000 miles since its 2014 maiden voyage, visiting 41 states and four Canadian provinces. Approximately 3,500 participants have climbed aboard over the course of the truck’s more than 1,000 visits. 

Andrew Kloecker, Eriez manager of metalworking distributor sales, says that in addition to demonstrating equipment on the truck, factory-trained staff can bring units inside customers’ facilities for analysis. “This mobile capability enables us to prove performance and show how Eriez technology can solve customers’ unique challenges,” he says. “For example, a fabricator can try out a range of SafeHold Lift Magnets to determine which one works best to move their steel parts, or a manufacturer can test their parts on a variety of Eriez conveyors to find the model best suited to their needs.”

To learn more about Eriez’ Metalworking Demo Truck and view a schedule of planned 2018 stops, go to www.eriez.com/MetalworkingDemoTruck. To request a visit, contact Eriez and ask to speak with a metalworking team member.