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Slotting machine offers key to expansion of our capability

Ryan Ainley

Nov 291 min read

Slotting machine offers key to expansion of our capability

The range of precision services offered by Westin Engineering has been expanded with the arrival of a large slotter. Slotting machines...

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Ryan Ainley

Nov 211 min read

Perspex machining for collet holder

Collets – vital components in construction and manufacture – are casings or sockets used to hold a tool in a central position as it...

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Skilful reverse engineering of damaged components

Ryan Ainley

Oct 221 min read

Skilful reverse engineering of damaged components

A pump that had suffered severe damage in a harsh working environment was repaired through skilful reverse engineering of key components....

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High quality custom-made shafts and blocks

Ryan Ainley

Oct 161 min read

High quality custom-made shafts and blocks

These custom-made shafts were machined from 316 stainless steel with left-hand and right-hand trapezoidal threads on either side. The...

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Ryan Ainley

Oct 151 min read

The quality of our batch CNC work

Here are recent examples of the batch CNC work we have completed, from quantities as few as seven to as many as a thousand. These...

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Check our expertise in wheel and worm manufacture

Ryan Ainley

Sep 251 min read

Check our expertise in wheel and worm manufacture

Here's a good example of our recent work: A phosphor bronze wheel with a cast iron turned and machined hub and a EN36 steel case-hardened...

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Ryan Ainley

Sep 231 min read

Geared up to make classic vehicle parts

Our engineers are experienced in manufacturing precision components for a wide variety of classic vehicles – some going back to the start...

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Ryan Ainley

Sep 131 min read

Reverse engineering for urgent repair

A local company needed a steel block with bronze insert for an urgent machine repair. Could we reverse engineer the component? We...

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Ryan Ainley

Sep 91 min read

Pulley pins batch machined in steel

We completed a batch of these pulley pins in stainless steel 316 for a client in the commercial vehicles industry. They were turned and...

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High quality bronze valves from Westin Engineering

Ryan Ainley

Aug 111 min read

High quality bronze valves from Westin Engineering

Here's an example of the high quality bronze valves manufactured by Westin Engineering. The main body is of bronze and the sealing face...

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On the ball for a commercial vehicle client

Ryan Ainley

Aug 61 min read

On the ball for a commercial vehicle client

Here’s another good example of our machine shop’s capabilities. This ball joint is one of a batch we manufactured for a client in the...

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Ryan Ainley

Jul 291 min read

Crucial component for bath company

We are pleased to showcase this job where we manufactured a crucial component for a production line of a bath manufacturer. The original...

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Vacancy for experienced manual machinist

Ryan Ainley

May 141 min read

Vacancy for experienced manual machinist

We're hiring! We'd like to recruit an experienced manual machinist.

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Parts made for restoration of historic racing car

Robert Cockroft

Jan 81 min read

Parts made for restoration of historic racing car

It has been a privilege to help with the restoration of a piece of British motoring history – a 76-year-old racing car. We were asked to...

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Pipe scrapers for welding machine manufacturer

Ryan Ainley

Nov 30, 20231 min read

Pipe scrapers for welding machine manufacturer

This is one of a batch of 120 pipe scrapers made by our engineers for a Yorkshire firm that designs and manufactures electrofusion...

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Machining worm wheel sets to exacting specifications

Liam Medley

Oct 5, 20231 min read

Machining worm wheel sets to exacting specifications

Machining worm wheel sets for applications requiring high-ratio speed reduction is a speciality at Westin Engineering. We manufacture...

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Top quality machines in service and repair section

Ryan Ainley

Jul 9, 20231 min read

Top quality machines in service and repair section

It's nearly two years since we cleared a space to house our new service and repair section. What was a void is now filled with top...

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Customer's delight at Mather and Platt pump rebuild

Graham Sykes

Feb 2, 20231 min read

Customer's delight at Mather and Platt pump rebuild

We completed an overhaul and rebuild of a 50-year-old, 12-stage Mather and Platt pump, used on a large Northern UK canal network. This...

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Anti-backlash gears cut by our experienced engineers

Ryan Ainley

Jan 4, 20231 min read

Anti-backlash gears cut by our experienced engineers

Cut in the workshop by experienced engineers on a Fellows Gear Shaper, here are examples of our anti-backlash gears. Made from shock...

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Westin Engineering wins ISO 9001: 2015 certification

Robert Cockroft

Jan 20, 20211 min read

Westin Engineering wins ISO 9001: 2015 certification

Westin Engineering has achieved the British Standards ISO 9001: 2015 accreditation.

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