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When sat in my office gazing longingly at the blue sky and sunshine, wishing that the weekend would hurry up so I could enjoy a perfect day strolling in the countryside, I was subjected to the most...
View ArticleCongratulations Aston Martin on your Centenary
CONGRATULATIONS! Aston Martin is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. The original company Bamford and Martin Ltd formed in 1913. From the original DB1 through to the current DB9, Aston Martin...
View ArticleWorldSkills Fair 2013 Germany
To learn a skill you need a great deal of practice and training. For decades, the WorldSkills Competition has forged links between education, industries and governments from all over the world....
View ArticleHow To… Sheet Metal Cutting Part 1
Pocket Guide to Sheet Metal Cutting… Obviously this hasn’t been written in gospel! More as a quick guide and overview of some sheet metal cutting tools available on the market. In this section (part 1)...
View ArticleIs Welding Automation for Me?
Are you looking to automate your welding process? Not sure whether fully or semi-automatic is the way to go? Fully Automatic Welding is generally used to describe a welding robot. Used widely in the...
View ArticleAfrican Industry booming with mobile phone technology
Today marks the 40th birthday of the mobile phone, astonishingly a landmark guaranteed to make those of us with clear memories of a mobile-free world feel very old indeed. Despite the first mobile call...
View ArticleLatest WestermansWelders YouTube Upload… 6m x 6m Column & Boom Demo
The latest upload to the Westermans YouTube channel is a 6m x 6m column and boom under power and function test. This machine is due into stock shortly… Column and boom manipulators are used in the...
View ArticleBlackrock expand for construction attachments
In January 2013 in was announced that Blackrock was creating 38 jobs in County Tyrone Although a relatively new company, Blackrock Manufacturing Ltd was set up by Pat O’Neill, co-founder of...
View ArticleEnd of an Era at Westermans…
For those of you that have visited our head office at Syston, Leicestershire, you may remember the view of the iconic swan as you turned up the driveway… The swan is no more! Having our yearly spring...
View ArticleSmarter welding machines to meet demands
The industry has experienced in the last few years a number of shifts, including the increasing role of software technology and automation, and the need for welders to be technical experts. The...
View ArticleLatest Uploads to WestermansWelders YouTube Channel…
The latest uploads to WestermansWelders YouTube channel come in the form of submerged arc welding demonstrations on an ESAB A6/A2 welding tractor, single and twin wire set ups can both be seen - Single...
View ArticleWestermans will be at USETEC 2013 – Used Machine Tools Exhibition
Two members of the Westermans International team are attending the USETEC exhibition in Cologne this week. Claire Spillane, Financial Director and Chris Whitaker, Assistant Buyer are heading to Germany...
View ArticleYorkshire and The Humber need an experienced welding engineer
Quantica Technology, recruitment specialists are currently seeking for a client, an experienced welding engineer to supervise an existing team of welders. The ideal candidate will be able to...
View ArticleWestermans Customer Damir Lukic Boat Building Project
Westermans’ customer Damir Lukic, purchased a Fronius 2700 alu edition pulse mig welder from us to aid his fabrication project of building a boat! Here we will be posting updates from Damir and his...
View ArticleAluminium Boat Building… First Update from Damir
Hi, New to all this, and very excited. Been wanting to build an ALU boat for some time now, dreaming about it is over. Live in Serbia now, moved here recently from Australia, looking after elderly...
View ArticleAluminium Boat Building – On With the Prototyping…
Ok…Just had a go at drawing a boat hull in Rhino3D and developing the surfaces. This is not the design I will be going with, was just practice. It developed quite well, a few gaps due to my poor...
View ArticleAluminium Boat Building – The Basic, Unfinished Design…
Ok here is the basic unfinished design… All the panels will be laser cut and CNC formed on the press brake. So hopefully she will assemble like a jig saw puzzle. Transom needs more reinforcement. Hull...
View ArticleA Recent Favourite from WestermansWelders YouTube – Merkle ColdMIG Welding...
One of the many videos on the Westermans YouTube Channel WestermansWelders is the demonstration of the Merkle ColdMIG welding process, which has become a recent favourite! Demonstrated here on the...
View ArticleMetal Shortages Created by LME Rules – European Steelmakers
LME – London Metal Exchange rules governing the release of stockpiles are creating shortages, in turn raising prices for consumers at a time of abundant supply, the European steel industry’s lobby...
View ArticleMIP Aviation need Fabricator Plater immediately
Experienced Plater / Fabricator / Welder to work within a busy workshop in Bedford. Recruitment Agency MPI Aviation (Hertford) Ltd Salary From £10.55 to £13 per hour Location Kempston Job term...
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