New Engineering Apprentice
Here’s our MD Julian Webb giving a warm welcome to our new engineering apprentice, Layton. Layton has a very keen interest in the engineering industry and is excited to learn and grow his career path. What a fantastic opportunity to start his apprenticeship with us! His first week has been challenging which he has taken […]
Apprenticeship Details
Are you looking for an Apprenticeship? Check out our latest blog: Webb-Elec Apprenticeship details. We are currently recruiting for 2 electro-mechanical apprentices to join our team. Job Role Description You will report daily to the Workshop Team Leader. You will learn a wide range of electro-mechanical skills and your typical daily tasks will involve the […]
New Adventure for Webb-Elec
Something a little different this week! Continue reading to find out the latest new adventure for Webb-Elec! 🚂⚙ We recently received this screwjack unit in our workshop for repairs. The unit is used to lift rolling stock on a preserved railway to enable engineers to safely carry out maintenance. The repair included a full overhaul […]
Demag KBA Brake Motor
Here we have a Demag KBA range brake motor that has recently arrived for repair. Can you spot the obvious fault? This particular motor is used to drive a rubber top chain conveyor; the application is to drive the belt forward with stops / starts every few seconds. The picture shows the remains of a keyway […]
Technical Sales Assistant Update!
Introducing our new Technical Sales Assistant Luke. Luke has been with Webb-Elec for almost 2 years, starting as an apprentice on the shop floor he has excelled in his achievements. He is particularly adept at dynamic balancing and is our current balancing king👑. Luke has now taken a step up the ladder and has joined […]
IOSH Managing Safely Course
Big congratulations to our Assistant Operations Co-ordinator Jobey Godfrey for completing his IOSH Managing Safely Course. Having taken on his current role in 2022, Jobey has become increasingly proficient in co-ordinating all areas of the workshop and site engineering teams. Our areas of work are very varied; we will often be supporting a steel processing […]
200kw Refinery Fan Repair
We recently carried out a 200kw Siemens refinery fan repair for one of our metal processing customers. This unit came into us with a reported vibration problem and the requirement for a fast turnaround. We collected the unit on a dedicated vehicle and once offloaded into our workshop the hard work began. The motor was […]
New Engineering Team Member
More good news from us at Webb-Elec as MD Julian Webb welcomes our new engineering team member, Gareth. Gareth has many years of engineering experience having completed a traditional apprenticeship in the steel industry. He then progressed from manufacturing and engineering into the compressor industry, vacuum pumps and then onto hospitals and facilities management. He has […]
Brake Motor Upgrade
We were recently asked to engineer a brake motor upgrade solution for a customer who had issues with his brake motors that were continually failing in production. The motors were used in a brick packaging application. In this instance, the customer was suffering from premature brake failure with the existing brake motors. The fault was […]
Introducing our new Operations Manager
We’re really pleased to announce the appointment of our new Operations Manager Dave Cooper. Dave started with the company way back when he was 16 years old and trained as a winder. He then progressed through the company, training in other departments as a fitter and site engineer and finally joined the office team as […]