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PRE-TREATMENT, SURFACE PREPARATION, DEGREASING & CLEANING
Pegler Group invests in latest MecWash
MWX400 – 25 years after installing
its fi rst MecWash Midi system
One of the
world’s leading
manufacturers
of advanced
plumbing, heating
and engineering
products is
continuing to
invest in what it
considers to be
the best aqueous
component
cleaning system –
more than
25 years after
it commissioned
its fi rst one.
“Most importantly, the
MWX400 is producing even
higher levels of cleaning
standards than is expected.
It is an exceptional washing
system that will adapt to our
future production growth
and cleaning demands.
It is also highly efficient,
ensuring reduced costs.”
The MWX400 combines
ultrasonics with high
flow washing, rinsing,
dedicated jetting and
vacuum drying to provide
the highest quality of
component cleaning and
drying available.
The systems are designed
to process complex
and intricate machined
or pressed parts that
require high standards of
cleanliness, surface finish
and dryness. This includes
the removal of all types of
contamination, from soluble
and mineral oils to greases,
polishing compounds,
lapping pastes and dye
penetrants.
The Pegler Group, based at
Doncaster in South Yorkshire,
distributes its range of
plumbing fittings to more than
110 countries worldwide.
In 1994, the company
turned to Tewkesbury based
MecWash for a washing
system to replace its
inefficient dunk wash
machine and rotational basket spray wash
machine. Pegler was so impressed with the
levels of cleanliness produced and the ever
increasing throughput, it went on to install
three more MecWash systems over the next
six years.
During that time, Pegler has seen significant
growth and like other component manufac-
turers, it demands ever increasing levels
of cleanliness to cater for the expectations
of its own customers.
Committed to the MecWash systems and
based on the excellent cleaning results over
the past quarter of a century, the company
has invested in the MWX400, one of the
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latest generation in precision cleaning
systems.
Steve Potts, production engineer at Pegler
Yorkshire, said: “With growth we have seen
a need to increase the levels of production
and that means having a washing system
capable of keeping pace without
compromise to cleaning results.
“The existing systems we have still work very
well and continuously maintain our high
levels of cleanliness, and have always been
durable and reliable. The addition of the next
generation MWX400 ensures even greater
integration with our production systems and
it can be adapted more easily for future growth.
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John Pattison, managing
director of MecWash,
said: “Pegler Yorkshire
is a long established
customer and this is due to the cleaning
results they are achieving. They have seen
how a well developed and manufactured
washing system can surpass the results they
needed.
“By working with them, as we do with all of
our customers, we can ensure the right mix
of washing technology through our systems
combined with the right cleaning chemicals.
That is something we pride ourselves on and
can be seen in the returning business we
receive from customers such as Peglar.”
More information about MecWash
can be found at www.mecwash.com
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