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Our expertise in hazardous area motor servicing and repair
Our qualified engineers have wide experience in the repair and servicing of hazardous area motors. And here are two examples that have...

Agnieszka Piedo
Feb 31 min read
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Guiding students towards a career in engineering
It is a pleasure to join King James’s School in Huddersfield each year for their Business Breakfast, an event designed to help students...

Michael Limb
Jan 311 min read
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Ensuring this 90kW Siemens motor runs at its peak
Our engineers overhauled this 90kW Siemens motor which drives a pump for a Yorkshire-based utilities company. To ensure motors run at...

Steve Ormondroyd
Jan 141 min read
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Overhaul of an agricultural side channel blower
The side channel blower after overhaul These are the stages of an overhaul of a side channel blower from the agricultural sector...

Agnieszka Piedo
Jan 101 min read
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SEW MOVIGEAR restored to peak condition
A large food and beverage manufacturer asked us to repair a SEW MOVIGEAR motor. These energy efficient units combine motor, gears and...

Agnieszka Piedo
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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Comprehensive service of a Verity slip-ring motor
A slip-ring motor manufactured by Verity's, which drives a pump, arrived in the workshop for a routine service. The comprehensive...

Agnieszka Piedo
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Westin Drives wins AEMT Skills and Training Award
Collecting the award: From left, Adam Daffern, Technical Services Manager, Agnieszka Piedo, External Sales Representative and Fraser...

Robert Cockroft
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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WEG motor solves production breakdown
A valued customer suffered a production breakdown when a non-standard fan motor with an extended shaft failed. The motor was from an...

Agnieszka Piedo
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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Manufacturers from CKMA gain insight into our operations
We were delighted to host members of the Calderdale and Kirklees Manufacturing Alliance and offer them a glimpse of our daily operations....

Agnieszka Piedo
Nov 21, 20241 min read
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Engineers complete compressor motor overhaul
Westin Drives supports many companies in the air compressor service sector with quality motor repairs. Atlas Copco compressor motors make...

Steve Ormondroyd
Nov 21, 20241 min read
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Quick turnaround on WEG 55kW compressor motor
A customer requested a 55kW WEG motor for a variable speed compressor application. It was wanted urgently but required modifying, with an...

Steve Ormondroyd
Oct 21, 20241 min read
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Refurbishing a 132kW fan motor for increased performance
This large fan motor was refurbished by Westin Drives engineers to improve its performance and reliability. The 132kW unit drives a fan...

Steve Ormondroyd
Oct 11, 20241 min read
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Westin Drives is named finalist in three categories of AEMT Awards
We are delighted that Westin Drives has been named a finalist in three categories of this year’s AEMT Awards: Supplier of the Year,...

Michael Limb
Oct 9, 20241 min read
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Customised Menzel motor provides a unique solution
Our engineers have extensive experience in fixing motors that arrive with complex problems. But occasionally, as with this old Brook...

Steve Ormondroyd
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Urgent repair completed on compressor fan motor
We were pleased to complete an urgent repair on this 7.5kW, 6-pole compressor fan motor. The work involved rewinding the stator and...

Steve Ormondroyd
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Happy outcome: A WEG motor coupled to Radicon gearbox
A WEG motor coupled to a Radicon gearbox solved a problem for a customer in the glass recycling industry. When failed industrial...

Steve Ormondroyd
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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Praise for KSB centrifugal pump repair
We have been praised for repairing this KSB centrifugal pump which arrived from a food processing factory in a poor state. The motor had...

Steve Ormondroyd
Jul 11, 20241 min read
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Efficient processes ensure fast lead time for client
Efficient processes at Westin Drives ensured the delivery today of a variety of WEG motors to one of our clients, a major player in the...

Richard Bruffell
Jul 10, 20241 min read
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Temperature sensor retrofit for compressor motor
Westin Drives was tasked with retrofitting a PT-100 temperature sensor to the windings of a 90kW variable speed motor from an Atlas Copco...

Steve Ormondroyd
Jul 5, 20241 min read
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Apprentice Callum's biggest rewinding project
Our motor rewinding apprentice Callum puts the finishing touches to his biggest project to date: a 75kW 4 pole WEG stator which he has...

Steve Ormondroyd
Jul 5, 20241 min read
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