  Here are pictures of a KSB Amarex hazardous area pump before and after it had been fully refurbished in our workshop. When electrical or electronic equipment is used in areas designated as hazardous, it must be ATEX certified as required by two EU directives. Our engineers are AEMT certified to repair ATEX low, medium and high voltage EX motors. We mainly repair motors from industrial compressors, pumps or fans which have been operating in hazardous areas. It is essential that businesses with motors operating in hazardous areas use certified technicians to undertake repair work. Failure to do so could result in serious consequences in the event of an accident.
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 By Fraser Lynch, Operations Manager Suffering inverter problems and long lead times for replacements? A West Yorkshire-based gearbox specialist contacted Westin Drives for support in replacing a faulty 110kW unit. Happily, we were able to offer a rapid solution thanks to WEG UK's impressive stock levels. At the time, it had 48 110kW CFW500's in stock, with a similar amount due in within the month. Other variants of the same power rating, such as the new CFW900, were also immediately available. Thanks to WEG UK, we're able to offer same day delivery of inverters up to 315kW at competitive prices and specification levels, backed up by our installation and commissioning service.
By Fraser Lynch, Operations Manager Ever been trapped by an OEM's password protection? You're not alone, we see it every day and help people get around it. Westin Drives makes a conscious effort to design and build control panels eternally supportable by anyone, not just us. We're not in the business of trapping customers into needing our services, we prefer to encourage them. Take these two top quality control panels leaving the workshop today: Housing 110kW VSDs, SIEMENS S7-1200 PLCs, off the shelf control gear and basic SIEMENS HMIs. The inverter is for a stone saw blade, straightforward and therefore not on a communication network to the PLC. Which means that if it fails over the lifetime of the machine, it can be retrofitted with any 110kw inverter on the market, by anyone. The PLCs and HMIs have the programs stored in them, and supplied separately. If they fail, they can easily be swapped without being dependent on us. These panels are replacing 20-plus year old Italian control panels, no longer supported by the OEM. We'd like to hear your stories of how your OEM's have trapped you into using them. And of course if you want support in getting around them, give us a call.  By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager Here are three recent builds by our engineers involving Radicon gearboxes, complete and ready to dispatch within 24 hours of receiving the order from the customers. They are:
 Engineers in our workshop are renowned for their good sense of humour – which is just as well when they are sent a motor like this for repair. Incidentally, the warning sticker is on the brake…  The new Radicon gearbox, above, and the failed SEW unit below.  A prominent food producer in Leeds suffered a breakdown on one of its machines which was sent to us for repair. Our engineers inspected the state of the SEW gearbox, which had been repaired and rewound previously by a third party, and concluded that it was beyond economic repair. To minimise downtime, a Radicon alternative was offered to the client who readily agreed. The new gearbox was built from stock to replace the old unit . From receiving the go-ahead to build the Radicon gearbox to placing it on the pallet ready for delivery, took one working day. If your company or organisation has rotating electric machinery that breaks down, please contact us for a speedy, efficient and affordable repair.  By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager A Nord motor gearbox which drives a rotating table from a shot blaster had failed. The customer who brought it in needed a swift solution for this critical piece of plant. The gears were shredded, but a repair was unfeasible given the lack of time. And a new unit from Nord had a minimum lead time of three weeks. Instead, our engineers managed to match the original Nord gearbox, below, with a Radicon C series helical worm gearbox, complete with a WEG motor, above. The existing mounting plate was modified to match the pitch circle diameter of the Radicon gearbox by laser cutting an adapter plate and welding it into the mounting bracket. Result: the customer will be back up and running in a days instead of weeks.
 By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager This 400kW ABB motor from a pump application, above, suffered a bearing failure at the non-drive end which also damaged the bearing cap and bearing housing. Our engineers repaired the housing, fitted a new bearing cap, balanced the rotor to G2.5 and replaced the bearings before rebuilding the motor, below, and giving it a final test run. An extract from the surge test report can be seen below.
 ,For customers with electric motor problems, Westin Drives is the first emergency service. Take Friday, when we received a call from a large confectionary manufacturer faced with a motor and gearbox failure on one of its lines. A quick solution was required to get the line back up and running and we collected the damaged units at once. But inspection showed that a repair, while possible, would have taken several days. So we proposed that we supply a new motor and build a new gear box using a our Radicon rapid build facility. The solution was accepted and both units were returned to a delighted customer on Saturday morning. A senior engineering manager at the company said: "The new gearbox seems much quieter and smoother than the SEW so the operations staff are very pleased. Thank you for the efforts and swift comms over the weekend, much appreciated."   By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager We received an order from a large fan manufacturer to modify four new WEG motors to meet their customer's requirements. As WEG approved repair agents and authorised distributors, we can carry out these modifications in accordance with WEG’s procedures. PT-100 temperature sensors are being fitted to the bearing housings to allow the user of the motors to monitor bearing temperature as an early warning tool to prevent catastrophic mechanical failure. We are approved by WEG carry out various modifications on new WEG motors. so if you have any requirements, please get in touch. |
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