Peglers Tap into Rapid Manufacturing Technology - Castings ...

RAMP
Case Study
Peglers Tap into Rapid Manufacturing
Technology
The manufacture of advanced plumbing, heating and engineering products
has been the prime activity of Pegler Ltd., Doncaster, for over 100 years.
Their excellent reputation has been earned through a total dedication to
quality, innovation and customer service that has been the hallmark of Pegler
since the company was established in 1899.
This successful recipe has produced Pegler's current product portfolio that
continues to go from strength to strength with product development playing a
vital role in company strategy and reflecting the market’s changing needs.
In line with this, on 1st January, 2007, Pegler joined forces with its sister
company, Yorkshire Fittings, to face the market as a joint sales and marketing
function under the banner Pegler Yorkshire.
With the ever-changing market for new designs also comes the need to meet
increased legislation from a ‘Health and Safety’ viewpoint. This imposes
additional requirements on the product performance with the response to
change essential to anticipate and meet new directives.
It was from this background and a proven relationship with Cti that, when
Peglers looked into their new product development, advantage was taken of
using the Rapid Manufacturing processes available at Cti.
From a past history of safety issues from increased hot water temperatures,
Government directives were put forward to introduce the capability of
regulating the outlet water temperatures for domestic taps. This relatively
simple request has required a major step forward in the technology on tap
manufacture to introduce new designs with built in thermostats to control
outlet temperatures.
Copyright © 2009 Castings Technology International 13/07/2009

Internal waterway core and prototype casting produced by layer manufacturing
To ensure designs are correct and the product performance is achieved, initial
low volume prototype part manufacture was required before the manufacture
of the expensive and time consuming tool manufacture for high volume parts.
From discussions between Peglers and Cti’s Rapid Manufacturing team,
coupled with the availability of new ‘Patternless ® ’ mould and core
manufacturing techniques at Cti, a new product design was developed. The
required cores and mould components were produced using a layer building
process which provided a complete assembly ready for use in the foundry to
produce a cast unit for machining and testing.
Paul Cooke, Engineering Manager, continues with his support for the Rapid
Manufacturing developments at Cti where “prototype product manufacture
using Rapid Manufacturing has maintained our pressure on new product
development and enabled us to respond to changes in the product legislation
and market place”.
“With our new expansions to include Yorkshire Fittings, the demand for further
new products can only continue with our increased market penetration and
our ability to respond to the market demand is essential. We will seek
continued help from Cti as we look to capitalise further on their range of
services as we take our business forward in the future”.
The support provided to Peglers Ltd was made possible
through theRapid Manufacturing Capacity Building
Programme(RAMP) funded by Yorkshire Forward and
the European Union through the Objective 1 Programme.
Copyright © 2009. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this document, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without
the written permission of Castings Technology International.
13/07/2009