Case Studies

Industrial supplies company rolls out high quality compressed air products

Thomas Graham, the UK’s leading one stop shop for industrial supplies, has chosen PCL as one of its main brands.

With four branches - Carlise HQ, Morecambe, Kendal and Egremont – and five divisions - industrial, hygiene, workwear and PPE, welding and steel – Thomas Graham is known for its diligent sourcing, stock and delivery of high quality products.

PCL is therefore proud to be part of the company’s portfolio, supplying a carefully selected range of compressed air products - from safety blowguns, air drills and ratchets, to impacts wrenches, air hoses and couplings - predominately for professional fabrication and engineering workshops.

POS merchandise stands have been installed in Carlisle and Morecambe; and PCL Area

Lancashire-based hydraulics specialist becomes distributor of world-leading pneumatic products

The Preston franchise of hydraulic hose giant Pirtek has joined forces with pneumatics expert PCL as a local distributor of its market-leading tyre inflation and compressed air products.

Pirtek Preston, based at Walton Summit, prides itself on providing a swift and convenient air and hydraulics service across Lancashire. The Preston depot has five mobile technicians on the road covering breakdowns 24/7/365.

The company operates a fully stocked trade counter for applications in agriculture, automotive, construction and plant hire and manufacturing.

In order to maintain its reputation for operational excellence, Pirtek Preston requires the best solutions available, therefore Sales Director John Osborne has partnered global brand PCL to supply a portfolio of products, including tyre inflators, couplings,

PCL’s SUP Inflation Station is set to make even bigger waves in the world of watersports with the help of new distributor SUP-air Cymru.

PCL Partners Prime Parizon to supply Air Towers to oil & gas gaint PTT

PCL’s plan to re-energise the market in Thailand has got off to a flying start with a contract to supply Air Towers to PTT’s service stations via local distributor Prime Parizon.

As a supplier of products from the world’s leading manufacturers, Prime Parizon offers first class service and warranty expertise, making them the ideal partner for PCL, as both companies pride themselves on dedication to customer satisfaction.

The contract involves the installation of PCL’s bespoke Air Towers on state-run PTT’s service station forecourts. The newly designed units feature a stylish stainless-steel casing, with all components, from the housing through to the tyre inflator and hose, built for ease of use, reliability and long life.

PCL’s ability to customise products from their standard specification to suit individual customer

PCL set to revolutionise the tyre fitting market by getting service providers mobile with nitrogen

PCL has opened up a whole new market for mobile tyre service providers by designing and engineering an innovative OEM nitrogen generation and inflation product that can be run from existing engine mounted on-board compressors.

This new small and lightweight system can be installed from manufacture or retro-fitted around all the existing equipment on-board and removes all the previous barriers to this market associated with conventional workshop Nitrogen generators.

And as the first UK tyre manufacturer to incorporate PCL’s unit on to its service vans, tyre manufacturer Bridgestone is excited about the opportunities this will bring for fleets and commercial vehicles.

Prior to the release of PCL’s bespoke vehicle-installed tyre inflation unit, mobile operators could not access a nitrogen

Energy efficient high performance alternative to water separation and filtration technologies proves a success in North Scale, Lincoln

G H Chennells Ltd run a privately owned farm based in North Scale, Lincoln. The company farms a total of 3.5k acres and grows a diverse range of vegetables, including potatoes, carrots, onions and sugar beet. The farm operates in a truly harsh environment with temperatures dropping well below zero during the winter period.

The farm has a workshop where most of the repair work is carried out to their fleet of tractors, trailers and cropping machines, plus a remotely located packing line situated approximately 100 metres from

Previously, Honda's distribution centre used a calibrated handheld gauge, meaning pressure reports had to be handwritten - which was time-consuming and couldn’t guarantee accuracy.

So the operation had six of PCL's ACCURA D10 digital units installed, and these are now providing a high performance tyre inflation service during pre-delivery inspection tests, and servicing.

Each unit is also linked to a printer which produces a "receipt" detailing the pressure of each vehicle's tyres, confirming their accuracy to the customer.

The innovative "menu-driven" D10 unit encloses digital technology in a modern, die cast aluminium housing, offering repeatable accuracy. It provides reduced maintenance and lifecycle costs, increased fuel economy and increased safety. The attraction of the product is also its simplicity of use with the easy setting, auto start, and default to safe setting, which all make it very straightforward to maximise the benefits of the unit.

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Sheffield-based tyre inflation expert PCL has provided Glasgow City Council with a safer solution for tyre maintenance on its Environmental Protection Services vehicles.

This followed reports being circulated in the industry about a fatal accident where a private sector employee was killed when a tyre blew out during inflation.

This prompted the council to look at enhancing safety procedures when its staff were taking tyre pressures as part of their vehicle checks.

PCL's Brian Beech, in Technical Sales, was asked to recommend the best product to service the Council's varied fleet of vehicles, including vans and lorries, at four city depots.

Brian recommended PCL's ACCURA 10 wall-mounted gauge which is self-calibrating, fail-safe, and easy to use. He said: "Tyre inflation with the ACCURA 10 provides superior vehicle performance through greater safety, increased fuel economy and longer tyre life. Glasgow City Council employees were given training to enable