News from Westin Drives

By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager

We have been asked to balance this 85kg fan impeller, manufactured by a Batley-based customer. It will be done to the customer's desired grade and rated speed according to ISO 21940-11.
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The two machines at Westin Drives allow us to accurately balance rotors from 200g up to 2000kg and we provide certificates with all items we balance to give customers confidence in our service.

For impellers, the machine has a maximum length of 1.9 metres, a maximum swing of 1.9 metres and the maximum weight is around 1.5 tonnes.

So if you need a rapid response and quality balancing service, please get in touch.

By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager

An Atlas Copco industrial air compressor was sent to us with a leaking seal which had caused the stator to fill with oil. 

After a thorough examination in our workshop, our engineers gave the motor a complete service using an Atlas Copco service kit.

The customer wanted it back for a Thursday so were pleased to complete the repair and have the compressor tested and ready for dispatch early on the Wednesday morning.

By Richard Bruffell, Internal Sales
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​A geared motor essential to powering a conveyer in a town's waste recycling plant was failing. It needed replacing and downtime must be minimised. Could we help?
 
Our solution was to replace the old Flender helical bevel gearbox with a Radicon unit, built in our workshop from stock component parts, plus a new IE3 premium efficiency WEG electric motor, also from stock.
 
To ensure a swift changeover, the Radicon unit was made to slot straight into place in the customer’s plant. The build took Oliver our engineer just three hours from start to finish.
 
Westin Drives is pleased to be a Radicon distributor, stockist and assembly centre for West Yorkshire and we welcome any enquiries.

By Fraser Lynch, Operations Manager
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​It still seems to be a little known fact in industry how much money motor users can save by upgrading to higher efficiency models.
 
One of our customers was notified of a dramatic increase in the company's electricity bill and turned to Westin Drives for advice on where to save energy.
 
Starting with long running, larger machines, three 90kW motors were picked out as prime candidates.
 
It was worked out using WEG’s online calculator that upgrading to IE4 motors would create an annual saving of around 21,000kWh of energy, per motor, equating to a 1.4 year payback on investment.
 
Could you be saving this sort of money on your site? Please contact us to see how we can help you combat the recent rises in electricity bills with our range of energy-efficient motors.