Not everyone is meant for the classroom – some people are born to build. James never had a five-year plan. In fact, he wasn’t even sure what he wanted to do after school. He didn’t thrive in lectures, but he always loved figuring things out – bikes, Meccano, anything he…
As the nights draw in and the clocks go backwards, let your welding arc light the way! We are sure you know many tricks of the trade so, why not brush those cobwebs away and treat the rest of us with your knowledge on our social media, don’t forget to tag us in #rapidwelding #weldingtrickortreat – or why…
Customer Feedback Feedback is always important to us and we wanted to share this amazing positivity from one of our of lovely customers….. “I’ve always said that you can’t judge a company by things like this (machine fault), but you can judge them by their response and how they handle it….
It’s T-minus ten days until we announce our next Welding Warrior! If you’ve got a project you are particularly proud of, why not take a few pictures, show off your work and be in with a chance of winning £60.00 worth of MARKS & SPENCERS VOUCHERS kindly donated by ULTRAMAG INSPECTION…
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…
Rapid’s Service Manager, James Edwards, has been with Rapid most of his working life having started with us aged 17. Sixteen years later, James has worked his way up from Trainee Service Engineer to his current role as Service Manager. As well as his ‘hands on’ role in servicing, maintenance and…
Recently a MasterTig ACDC 3500 machine was recently spotted by one of our reps in a workshop during a site visit, the customer had written the machine off thinking it wasn’t worth being repaired due to its age. The MasterTig was bought in 2000 and used sporadically until about a…
When equipment goes wrong, it’s usually at a time when you need it working at its best. Having to part with welding machinery for it to be repaired or serviced can be inconvenient, and in some cases costly to production, which is why choosing a fully approved warranty and repair…