Tour of Weiler Manufacturing Facility
We will kick off our fall schedule of Section meetings with a tour of the Weiler manufacturing plant in Knoxville. Please join us before the tour for dinner at Casa Grande, 110 E Main St, Knoxville, IA 50138. We have a meeting room reserved.
Weiler manufactures heavy-duty equipment for the asphalt paving, mining, and construction markets sold through Caterpillar dealers worldwide. This equipment makes extensive use of microcontrollers/microprocessors and a variety of sensor types for equipment control and monitoring.
Mr. Huizer, Project Engineer, will first give us an overview of Weiler's business activities. This will be followed by a tour of the plant.
This will be a joint meeting with the Central Iowa Section PES.
Date and Time
Location
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Registration
- Date: 20 Sep 2018
- Time: 05:30 PM to 08:30 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
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- 815 Weiler Drive
- Knoxville, Iowa
- United States 50138
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- Co-sponsored by Central Iowa Section PES
- Starts 11 September 2018 01:00 AM
- Ends 20 September 2018 06:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Mr. Brett Huizer, B.S. of Weiler
Overview of Weiler's Business Activities & Plant Tour
Biography:
Brett Huizer received a BS in Industrial Technology – Manufacturing from Iowa State University
He has been employed at Weiler for 8-years, starting in machine design and field
service support. In 2013 he took on the role of machine controls and machine
electrical systems development. Now Brett manages three engineers and two electrical
designers to develop machine controls, user display interfaces, electrical
schematics, machine electrical harnesses, as well as sources electrical
components/sensors for Weiler equipment.
Email:
Address:815 Weiler Drive, , Knoxville, Iowa, United States, 50138
Agenda
5:30 PM Gathering/Networking at restaurant - we have meeting room reserved
6:00 PM Dinner - everyone will order from the menu
7:00 PM Drive to the plant for presentation followed by tour
After dinner we will drive approximately 2.4 miles to the plant for the tour. At the plant please park and enter at the main offices on the north side of the building. To help us plan, please register by clicking the Register Now button. Thank you!