Precision Engineering in Action
🔧 Precision Engineering in Action – Industrial Extract Siemens Motor Fan Unit Overhaul 🔧 At Webb-Elec, we take pride in delivering expert repair solutions that ensure reliability and performance for our customers. Recently, we embarked on a complete overhaul of a Siemens motor fan unit for an Industrial Extract Application—a journey that showcased our commitment […]
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 […]