WELDING
Westermans International combines welding performance and cost gains in tube fabricator sector
T
he importance of quality welding in a vast range of fabrication processes needs little emphasis and
is an area in which the needs of tube manufacturing and installation companies have a particular, specialist interest. It is also a field in which Westermans International Ltd. has provided proven and effective, high quality solutions worldwide for almost 60 years. Mark Reaney, Technical Director at
Westermans’ head office and factory in Leicestershire, explains why the company’s approach can open up opportunities for customers – “Our well-established role in this
sector centres on the supply – both on a purchase and hire basis – of expertly refurbished equipment that can provide welding and allied solutions at a fraction of the cost of new investment,” he says. “Clearly, this commitment and approach often allows our customers to benefit from a level of technology that would invariably require far larger expenditure if new equipment
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were sourced.” The tube manufacturing sector is a prime example of a field in which this principle can be clearly demonstrated. The company readily points to examples where the supply of equipment of all sizes and applications can be seen. In Coventry, for example,
Westermans has helped specialist
gas system installers, Sentinel Gas Systems, enhance its services to a range of industries with the supply of two AMI 207 orbital welding units, enabling the organisation to optimise both its on-site service and its clean room facility. “We meet a series of application needs in industries as diverse as automotive, pharmaceutical
and research and, in all cases, we design systems that can handle gas supplies up to 300 bar – often of a hazardous or toxic nature,” says Stephen Kane, Sales Director at Sentinel Gas Systems. “In many cases, this calls for tube welding of the highest quality, which has pointed us towards the AMI units and the services available from Westermans International.” Small diameter pipework of
between an eighth of an inch and two inches, and often made of specialist material such as stainless steel, is at the heart of most of the installations undertaken by Sentinel Gas Systems. On a somewhat larger physical
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scale, Responsive Engineering in Newcastle upon Tyne is a further excellent example of a company in the industry that is benefitting from Westermans’ approach and track record, particularly as its need to highlight a range of welding technology and techniques to customers is paramount. “Responsive Engineering provides a ‘one-stop’ facility that offers a
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