Machined steel castings on a workshop bench beside a material certificate and callipers

Defence

Slewing bearings, steel castings and steel with full documentation for the defence industry, from suppliers with traceability at every stage.

Industry needs

The defence industry places the same demands on the component as other heavy industry, and adds one on top: the documentation. A steel casting or a tool steel has to be traceable back to melt and furnace, and material certificates have to come with the delivery without anyone having to ask. Pegol's suppliers work that way every day. Odlewnie Polskie's steel castings are found in the defence industry, where the documentation requirements are high, and the steel from voestalpine BÖHLER is delivered with complete documentation and full traceability. Slewing bearings are a primary product for Pegol in this industry.

We deliberately keep this page short. What sits where is the customer’s to tell, not ours.

What we can say is how we work: with a small number of European manufacturers, with documentation that comes along without a reminder, and with the supplier’s engineers in the room when the application is difficult. Tell us which component and which requirements it concerns, and we will take it from there.

Applications

Structural elements in combat vehicles

ADI, heat-treated ductile iron from Odlewnie Polskie, is used in structural elements for combat vehicles. The material exceeds steel castings in strength while keeping its toughness, and component weight can be reduced by up to 20 percent. Steel castings are delivered rough or finish-machined.

Slewing bearings in rotating structures

Slewing bearings from thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde let a structure rotate and slew under high load, from standard bearings to specially designed bearings with large outer diameters. Which defence applications this concerns is something we discuss in dialogue, not on a web page.

Products for this industry

Frequently asked questions

Does Pegol supply the defence industry?

Yes. Pegol's steel castings are found in the defence industry among others, where the documentation requirements are high, and slewing bearings are a primary product for us in the industry. Beyond that we supply specialty steel, tool steel and steel profiles to the same customers.

Do material certificates and traceability come with the delivery?

Yes. The steel from voestalpine BÖHLER is delivered with complete documentation and full traceability, and the foundry is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 for castings including machining.

Why ADI instead of steel castings in a vehicle?

ADI exceeds steel castings in strength parameters while keeping its toughness, and component weight can be reduced by up to 20 percent. Several parts can often be replaced by a single casting.

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