Win a Hamper to arrive before Christmas!All orders placed during the 12 days from December 5th to December 16th (inclusive) will win one ticket into our draw for our Christmas Hamper Raffle. The more orders you place, the more tickets you will receive and the greater your chance of winning! The lucky ticket will…
Christmas has come early with all these great prices and special offers! FRONIUS TransSteel 3000C Pulse MIG Welder Package What a Welder, what a Package, what a Discount.Use ‘PULSE20’ to receive a 20% discount.Offer valid until 31/12/2020 and whilst stock lasts. Click here to shop. ALFRA ROTABEST RB35B Special offer…
Rapid’s Monthly Spotlight30% off Package Prices and FREE Wise Performance Software*Elevate your welding performance with the X5 FastMig, with this fantastic discount & free Wise arc process software with every machine ordered until 31/12/2020.Wise Steel – Wise Fusions – Wise Penetration+ Use voucher code “KEMX530” for 30% discount* off our package prices. Experience next-generation steel welding…
EXTRAORDINARY ARC WELDING PRODUCTIVITY 30% on Package Prices and FREE Wise Performance Software* Elevate your welding performance with X5 FastMig with this fantastic discount & receive free Wise arc process software with every machine ordered until 31/12/2020. Wise Steel – Wise Fusions – Wise Penetration+ Experience next-generation steel welding with X5 FastMig,…
Introducing the FlowGuard airflow sensor for extraction arms, from Plymovent. Available to shop online now. Click here. Health and safety regulations such as the British Health and Safety Executive HSG 258 guideline ‘controlling airborne contaminants at work’ require, among other things, that users of welding fume extraction systems have the…
The Lincoln range is very popular with our industrial and automotive customers and offer 2-YEAR PARTS & LABOUR WARRANTY. The most flexible plasma cutting machines you could envisage; the units arrive ready to go, able to cut fast and precisely. Each machine comes with You can shop the Lincoln Range online…
Rapid’s Monthly Spotlight – CK Worldwide Rapid Welding have long been proud to be the sole official importer of CK Worldwide products in the UK. For over 50 years, CK Worldwide has produced the highest-quality TIG torches in the industry. As a family owned company, as is Rapid Welding, it’s…
Rapid’s New Sticker Collection Coming Soon! Rapid are excited to announce that we will soon be releasing our very own sticker collection! A cool addition to our own merchandise, we know that welders love to be creative and have seen a trend of personalising welding equipment, from customised helmets and…
Investing in our technology for your benefitAs one of the largest independent welding distributors in the South, here at Rapid Welding we don’t believe in sitting on our laurels but are continually investing in new technology to make it easier for customers to find solutions and place orders… Here’s how……
After 22 years at Rapid, mainly working in Sales, Marianne now looks after Rapid’s HR and oversees the Credit Control team. Not adverse to taking on new challenges, earlier this year Marianne took on the Marketing role within the company, too! “It’s been hugely rewarding to watch Rapid grow from…
Celebrating Women in WeldingThis month, Rapid Welding are celebrating ‘Women in Welding’ as Weldline by Lincoln Electric presents the WELD’her range, a line of Personal Protective Equipment designed exclusively for female welders. The WELD’her range is now available to shop on the Rapid website, including a range of gloves, clothing and helmets….
The “We Can Do It!” poster, which years later became widely recognised as the uplifting image of “Rosie The Riveter”, was one of a number of works produced by Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric, an American manufacturing company making turbines, generators and motors. Evidence suggests the poster was…
As part of our August focus on “Women in Welding”, we’re delighted to share our chat with Ruth Amos, co-creator of the amazing “Kids Invent Stuff” YouTube channel. “You don’t look like an Engineer…….!” Comments like this certainly didn’t stop Ruth Amos from missing out on the career she now…
By mid-1943, almost ’90 per cent of single women and 80 per cent of married women were working in factories, on the land or in the armed forces, filling vital roles while men were required to go to war (www.gov.uk). These jobs included women stepping into positions that had never been available…
Terry has been part of the Rapid Family for almost 8 years and works within the Stores and Logistics team. Having previously been one of our delivery drivers, Terry is an allrounder and was also part of the team working throughout lockdown to ensure our customers’ orders were still fulfilled…
Believe it or not, it’s not unusual for us to inform our customers that their order is ‘booked to arrive on the island by Hovercraft’. Well, that’s what can happen if you need a plasma cutter delivered to the Isle of Wight, anyway! For some businesses it has been a…
July Focus – Used Machines and PlantRapid Welding are proud to announce our range of bargain priced used and refurbished welding machines & positioners. You can now shop our top-quality brands at reduced prices, helping you to save money whilst continuing to weld with the best-in-the-industry products. Our latest additions are the Shindaiwa ECO 165 Welder Generators…
The Kemppi ArcValidator is a systematic and accurate validation solution for our customers that links both workshop and office-based process, meeting both local quality control and national validation standards requirements to EN 50504 and IEC EN 60974-14. At Rapid we have 3 validators, and 6 members of staff in our service…
Dave Austin, Rapid’s IT Manager, has been at Rapid for the past 15 years, in a diverse and challenging role, working with others to innovate and enhance both Rapid’s offering and our systems. Whether it’s a new feature on the web, a mod to an internal system, or just keeping…
June Focus – Hypertherm Plasma Cutters The worlds of manufacturing and fabrication are constantly being re-shaped. So Rapid and Hypertherm work tirelessly on innovations to help meet market needs. Hypertherm have a history of delivering industry-leading cutting technology and when they look at the future all they see is possibility….