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In-house machining leads to rapid turnaround for textile customer
Here are details of a successful project that was rapidly turned around, thanks to the combined skills of Westin Drives and Westin Engineering. Working to tight deadlines for a textile customer, we integrated two Siemens motors – free-issued by the customer – with Radicon gearboxes supplied directly from our stock, ensuring minimal lead time. Our in-house machining capabilities were the key to success, enabling us to manufacture custom shaft extensions and flange adaptors for
Peter Woodward
May 291 min read


Successful emergency retrofit for recycling industry customer
Here's another successful emergency retrofit by the Westin Drives team for a customer in the recycling industry. A failed Flender geared motor shaft that was stopping production was replaced from stock within hours using a parallel shaft-mounted solution of Radicon gearbox and WEG motor. With gears fully shredded, a repair involving the manufacture of hardened and ground gears would have taken weeks, making a fast retrofit the only viable option. In short, the benefits were:
Peter Woodward
May 181 min read
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