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      • Previous products >
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AEMT “Renew” magazine

9/5/2022

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Have you seen the AEMT (The Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades) “Renew” magazine?

Covering the latest news, innovations, applications and expert opinion, a story on Westin Drives has recently been featured about how a retrofit kept our customer’s Mangle operational.

Find "Retrofit keeps textile firm’s Mangle operational" on page 14.

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Becoming a Radicon Partner

29/4/2022

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Here at Westin Drives we are delighted to announce that we are now a Radicon distributor for West Yorkshire and will soon become a stockist and assembly centre.

We are also able to offer an in-house specification and support service, and crucially our assembly service will include emergency fast-builds.

With decades of proven reliability, Radicon, a brand we are proud to work with, are a premier Manufacturer of high quality, standard, modified standard and custom engineered gearboxes.

See here to find out more about Radicon and watch this space for further details.
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Wind turbine repair

21/4/2022

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Here you can see the ABB 68kW induction generator from a wind turbine we recently repaired.

The generator was sent in for a mechanical service – the rotor was balanced to G2.5, new SKF bearings and seals were fitted, and the windings were thoroughly tested.

We also found that the NDE bearing housing had worn slightly due to bearing creep in the housing, because of this we repaired the housing back to the correct tolerance.

The generator is now ready to be put back into service.

If you have similar requirements for repair/service work on generators from wind turbines or other applications, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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Retrofit of a Mangle for North Yorkshire based Textile firm

25/3/2022

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​We love a good before and after opportunity... on this occasion, here is another great retrofit by our team – this time we worked on a Mangle in a North Yorkshire based Textile firm.

Here you can see a 40+ year old 9.5kW Elektra-Faurndau variable speed brushed AC motor direct coupled to a W.Bothner & Co gearbox. The motors commutator had failed badly resulting in the speed not varying as it should.

Whilst this would no doubt have been repairable, it wouldn’t be a 2 minute job and the machine would have to be down whilst it was in the workshop.

A retrofit was opted for. We therefore assembled a WEG 5.5kW IE3 motor with Force vent kit with a Radicon K-Series Helical Bevel gearbox. To vary the Speed a WEG CFW500 IP66 inverter was used and controlled from a potentiometer on a dancing arm – this created a very efficient system.

We were able to maintain the shaft centre height so no major modifications were required other than the existing coupling machining to suit the new shaft and 4 new holes for the feet. The old unit can now be repaired as a spare for another machine.
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AHU breakdown at West Yorkshire hospital

15/2/2022

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A 16-year-old 15kW VACON inverter was beginning to fail intermittently on a critical AHU (Air Handing Unit) at a West Yorkshire hospital.

The onsite engineers had checked all the usual culprits for inverter overheating but to no avail. A repair may well have been an option but the downtime would cause more issues than the cost saving.

With the old drive being of a slim design an inverter of a similar footprint was required to avoid any extra downtime when moving the isolators, conduit, etc.
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Westin Drives quoted an IP55 Invertek ECO HVAC drive IP55 which was available the same day from stock. Engineer Adam Daffern and apprentice Mason Seed completed the retrofit with minimal downtime.

The onsite facilities team said: “as always a 5-star service – the engineers are great with very good knowledge”.
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The importance of screening pumps

7/2/2022

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​This is an impeller from a pump we currently have in the workshop for repair...

The customer reported that the pump wasn’t working and looking at the state of the impeller, it’s not a big surprise! Here we can see plastic bags, cable ties, pieces of wood and chunks of plastic.

Lesson learnt? Pumps should always be screened!
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Modifying a stock WEG IE3 motor

24/1/2022

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A customer brought in a non-standard motor from one of their machines. In this case, the motor was in very poor condition and a repair wasn’t feasible.
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We used one of our stock WEG IE3 motors and modified it to suit their requirements – the shaft was turned down and a new keyway was cut and at the NDE, a socket used for locking the shaft was fitted. We got it back to the customer the very next day.
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Input pinion and spiral bevel gear failure

11/1/2022

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Here we have a motor and gearbox in for repair – the gearbox drives a feeder for an industrial biomass boiler. The bearings are worn but the main problem here is that the input pinion and spiral bevel gear have failed.

​The solution? New gears from Tramec, SKF bearings fitted, servicing, re-charging with oil, testing and painted – job done.
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Pump control panels

6/1/2022

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Here we have a pair of pump control panels for a valued customer in the water treatment industry. They're designed and commissioned to be stand alone or remotely controlled as part of a bigger system. During a challenging time for sourcing electronic goods, Invertek P2 inverters offer reliable variable speed, safe torque off and fast availability – what's not to like?
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

17/12/2021

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​Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from Westin Drives!

​As 2022 is upon us, we'd like to thank our customers for their support in what has been yet another challenging year – we’re now looking forward to what 2022 has to offer…

Also, just a quick reminder that we’ll be closing end of play 24th December and reopening on 4th January. If not before, we'll see you in the New Year.
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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
    • Apprentices
    • Accreditations
    • Industries served
    • Testimonials
    • 5S workplace organisation
    • Job Vacancies
    • Privacy & Cookies >
      • Modern Slavery
  • Repairs
    • Electric motors
    • Rewinds
    • Pump repair
    • Fan repair
    • Servo Motors
    • Electronics
    • EX Motors
    • Balancing
    • Electro-Mechanical
  • Technical
    • Control systems
    • Training Courses
    • On-site services
    • Condition Monitoring >
      • Thermal Imaging
      • Vibration Analysis
    • Energy Saving
    • HVAC
  • Products
    • Lenze >
      • Inverters >
        • Lenze i510
        • Lenze i550
        • i550 protec IP66
        • Lenze 8400 Baseline
        • Lenze 8400 StateLine
        • Lenze 8400 HighLine
      • Servo drives >
        • Lenze 8400 TopLIne
        • Lenze 9400
        • Lenze i700
        • Lenze i950
      • Lenze motors >
        • Lenze MF
        • Lenze m300
        • Lenze m500
        • Lenze SDSGA
        • Lenze MCA
        • Lenze MQA
        • Lenze MDxKS
        • Lenze MCS
        • Lenze m850
      • PLC >
        • Lenze c300
        • Lenze 3200 c
        • Lenze c500
        • Lenze C750
      • Gearbox >
        • Lenze g500
        • Lenze g700
        • Lenze mpr-mpg
      • IoT Gateway >
        • Lenze X500 IoT Gateway
      • Software >
        • Lenze Easy Essentials
        • Lenze Easy Advanced
        • Lenze Easy Professional
      • HMI >
        • Lenze p300
        • Lenze p500
        • Lenze v200
        • Lenze v800c
        • Lenze v800p
      • Previous products >
        • Lenze 9300 servo inverter
        • Lenze 9300 PLC servo inverter
        • Lenze 9300 vector inverter
        • Lenze 8200 vector frequency inverter
        • Lenze 8200 Motec
        • Lenze SMD inverters
    • Sprint Electric >
      • Sprint JLX
      • Sprint PLX
      • Sprint 340/680/1220
      • Sprint SL series
      • Sprint XLV series
      • Sprint open chassis-mount DC drives
      • Sprint enclosed DC drives
    • WEG >
      • WEG motors >
        • WEG W22
        • WEG W21
        • WEG W21 modular
        • WEG 22xd
        • WEG W22 WIMES
      • WEG inverters >
        • WEG CFW10
        • WEG CFW100
        • WEG CFW300
        • WEG CFW500
        • WEG CFW700
        • WEG CFW11
        • WEG MW500
      • WEG geared motors >
        • WEG WG20
        • WEG MAS
      • WEG Softstart >
        • WEG SSW05
        • WEG SSW06
        • WEG SSW07
        • WEG SSW08
        • WEG SSW900
    • Radicon
    • Pumps
  • News
    • Newsletters
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