COVID-19 – Business As Usual
We understand that this is a difficult time for everyone worldwide. We would like to take this opportunity to let you know that Webb-Elec are taking this situation seriously and have taken all of the necessary precautions to prioritise the health and safety of our staff, customers & suppliers. To help minimise the spread of […]
Dynamic Balancing with our new CEMB Hofmann Balancing Machine
We are pleased to announce that we are now offering dynamic balancing, in house, with our new CEMB Hofmann industrial balancing machine.
We’re Recruiting for a Skilled Engineering Operative
Electro-Mechanical Engineering Operative Webb-Elec Limited has an immediate requirement for a skilled electro-mechanical engineering operative to complement our existing team. Due to a successful programme of organic growth and moving into new service areas, we are looking for a skilled operative to join us as we move forward over the next 5 years. The successful […]
Why Do Electric Motors Fail?
Electric Motor Failure Case Study Why do electric motors fail? This week we are looking at a major electric motor failure that occurred recently with a customer’s machine in a steel production plant. Incoming motor for repair The motor had been flagged as beginning to sound noisy by the maintenance team. However, due to production […]
Agricultural Conveyor System
Recently we helped with the design of a belt conveyor system for an agricultural company. The units were being manufactured to process leeks. From being harvested, the leeks would come into the factory on these conveyors for preparing and then shipment to the supermarkets. Our project engineer calculated the necessary loads and speeds required and […]
Shutdown DC Motor Rebuilds
This Easter we carried out 3 DC motor rebuilds for a customer who needed to have major pieces of plant overhauled for their shutdown. Due to production schedules, they could not give us much advanced notice with regard to when the motors would be available for collection. All we knew was that they had to […]
Chiller Door Lifter Project
Last month we were called to site by one of our OEM customers to look at a chiller application. The site was a leaf vegetable processing plant where the products were prepared, washed, bagged & then crated & moved into the chiller before despatch. The chiller had 2 doors, one at each end & once […]
Energy Saving Project at Galvanizing Plant
Recently a galvanizing company contacted us who were looking at reducing their energy costs on one of their main production processes. They had a large galvanizing bath with closed doors at each end and a sizeable 37kw extraction fan unit. This fan ran constantly at full speed all day. While galvanizing was in process, the […]
Machine Refurbishment
This month a steel processing customer of ours was installing a large planer machine that they had recently bought. This unit was previously used and we were tasked with overhauling the main mill motors. Each motor was fully dismantled and degreased. Although they had been running, there was a lot of metallic debris inside the […]
Clay Cylinder Repair
A customer in the brick industry contacted us this month regarding a problem they had with their clay cylinder. This was essentially a large 3 metre diameter cylinder that the clay was placed into and rotated for the initial phase of the brick manufacturing process. The cylinder was supported via 2 large 3 meter diameter […]