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Importance of using certified technicians for hazardous area motor repairs

21/9/2023

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A hazardous area motor before repair by qualified technicians at Westin Drives
A hazardous area pumps after refurbishment
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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Problems? We offer same day delivery of WEG inverters

3/9/2023

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A Westin Drives engineer installing a WEG CFW500 inverter
A WEG CFW500 inverter on site
WEG inverter CFW500
By Fraser Lynch, Operations Manager

Suffering inverter problems and long lead times for replacements? 
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​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.


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We build control panels supportable by anyone

24/8/2023

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A control panel leaving Westin Drives
A Siemens control panel ready for dispatch from Westin Drives.
By Fraser Lynch, Operations Manager
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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. 

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Swift assembly of three Radicon geared motors

22/8/2023

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By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager
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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: 
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  • A Radicon K-Series fitted with a WEG motor, replacing an SEW motor gearbox from a food manufacturing process.
  • A Radicon C-Series fitted with a WEG motor, replacing a Flender motor gearbox for a major utilities company.
  • ​Another Radicon C-Series which is part of a new machine for a company that services the railway industry.

Westin Drives is a Radicon distributor, stockist and assembly centre for West Yorkshire and we look forward to helping you with any enquiries.
A Radicon geared unit assembled by our engineers
A Radicon geared motor

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Oils well that ends well? Not with the brake on this motor

15/8/2023

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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…

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Radicon gearbox replacement for food producer

4/8/2023

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A Radicon gearbox built for a client.
The new Radicon gearbox, above, and the failed SEW unit below.
A broken down SEW gearbox in for repair
A prominent food producer in Leeds suffered a breakdown on one of its machines which was sent to us for repair.
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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.


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Innovative Radicon solution for gearbox that was shot

23/6/2023

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The completed Radicon gearbox
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.
The modified plate on the Radicon gearbox
The failed Nord gearbox in our workshop

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Repair of 400kW-rated pump motor after bearing failure

20/6/2023

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ABB pump motor after repair and testing
By Steve Ormondroyd, Workshop Manager
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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.
Surge test report for ABB pump motor
ABB pump motor before repair

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Radicon build brings sweet success for confectionery firm

19/6/2023

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Damaged motor from confectionary manufacturer
,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."


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Early warning sensors fitted to four motors

12/6/2023

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 WEG motor being modified in our workshop
Temperature sensors being fitted to a WEG motor
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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Grove Works, St Andrew's Road
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6NA. 
​Phone: 01484 453399
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​Westin Drives Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, number 03933060 | VAT number: 746 540 817 | 
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Registered address: The Courtyard, Phoenix Mills, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6NG
  • Home
  • About
    • Meet the team
    • Accreditations
    • Industries served
    • Testimonials
    • Job Vacancies
    • Privacy & Cookies >
      • Modern Slavery
  • Repairs
    • Electric motors
    • Rewinds
    • Pump repair
    • Fan repair
    • Servo Motors
    • Electronics
    • EX Motors
    • Balancing
    • Electro-Mechanical
  • Technical services
    • Control systems
    • Training Courses
    • On-site services
    • Condition Monitoring >
      • Thermal Imaging
      • Vibration Analysis
    • Energy Saving
  • Products
    • Energy saving >
      • Energy saving motors and controls
    • Lenze >
      • Inverters >
        • i510
        • i550
        • i550 Protec IP66
        • 8400 BaseLine
        • 8400 StateLine
        • 8400 HighLine
      • Servo drives >
        • 8400 TopLIne
        • 9400
        • i700
        • i950
      • Motors >
        • MF
        • m300
        • m500
        • SDSGA
        • MCA
        • MQA
        • MDxKS
        • MCS
        • m850
      • Automation >
        • C300 controller
        • 3200C controller
        • C500 controller
        • C750 controller
      • Gearbox >
        • G500 helical gearbox
        • G700 planetary gearboxes
        • MPR / MPG
      • X500 IoT gateway
      • Software >
        • Easy Essentials
        • Easy Advanced
        • Easy Professional
      • HMI >
        • p300
        • p500
        • v200
        • v800c
        • v800p
      • Previous products >
        • 9300 servo inverter
        • 9300 PLC servo inverter
        • 9300 vector frequency inverters
        • 8200 vector frequency inverter
        • 8200 motec frequency inverter
        • SMD frequency inverters
    • Sprint Electric >
      • Sprint JLX
      • Sprint PLX
      • Sprint SL series
      • Sprint XLV series
      • Sprint 340/680/1220
      • Sprint enclosed DC drives
      • Sprint open chassis-mount DC drives
    • WEG >
      • Electric motors >
        • W22 induction motor
        • W21 three-phase motor
        • W21 modular motor
        • W22 WIMES
        • W22Xd flameproof motor
      • Inverters >
        • CFW11
        • CFW100
        • CFW300
        • CFW500
        • CFW900
        • MW500
        • ADV200
        • ADP200
        • Inverters Legacy
      • Geared motors >
        • WG20
        • WATT MAS
      • Soft-starters >
        • SSW05
        • SSW07
        • SSW08
        • SSW900
        • Soft Starters Legacy
      • HMI >
        • MT Series
        • cMTX Series
      • PLC >
        • PLC300
        • PLC500
        • CLIC02
    • Radicon >
      • Industrial Gearboxes >
        • Series C – Helical Worm Industrial Gearbox
        • Series K - Helical Bevel Industrial Gearbox
        • Series M – Helical In Line Industrial Gearbox
        • Series F – Shaft-mounted Helical Industrial Gearbox
      • Heavy Industry Gearboxes >
        • Series E – Industrial Reducer EON & EOS
        • Series G – Helical Heavy Industry Gearbox
        • Series H – Inline Heavy Industry Gearbox
      • Worm Gears >
        • Series AJ – Junior Worm Gear
        • Series AM – Mid Worm Gear
        • Series BS – Compact Worm Gear
        • Series ER – Heavy Duty Worm Gear
      • Couplings >
        • Elflex Pin & Bush Couplings
        • Elign Gear Couplings
        • Nylicon Gear Couplings
        • Cone Ring Couplings
    • Pumps
  • News
  • Contact