Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (November 2023)
Christmas Closure
Rapid will be having a break over the festive period and will be closing at 12pm on Friday December 22nd 2023 and re-opening at 8am on Tuesday January 2nd 2024.
Of course, our wonderful website will be available for you to place orders during this time, which will then be dispatched from January 2nd onwards.
So, with only 16 work days from now until we finish, we have some offers & news, just for you.
Welding Wizardry
Hurry, hurry, hurry – last chance for 2023. It’s the perfect time shout loud and proud about your welding prowess. Then why not head to our Instagram or Facebook and show us your skills.
We would also like to thank Lincoln Electric for their sponsorship and support of our Welding Wizardry competition during 2023.
This is our final WELDING WIZARDRY GIVEAWAY of 2023 and you could be in with a chance of winning a LINCOLN ELECTRIC VIKING 3350 MOJO AUTO DARKING WELDING HELMET.
Worth over £288 (SSP)!
Don’t delay, this competition closes on 30/11/23.
Kemppi Special Offer
Spoil yourself or drop a hint for to find this under the tree on December 25th!
Limited Time offer!
Receive a free Kemppi Beta e90A Auto Darkening Welding Helmet and Kemppi Hoodie (Size XL) with this MinarcMig 200 Package, while stocks last.
MinarcMig Evo 200 packs huge MIG/MAG welding capacity and quality into its portable, compact size. Weighing only 13Kg and providing 200A welding power at 35% duty cycle from a 16A, 1-phase power supply, MinarcMig Evo 200 delivers premium results wherever your work takes you. The package includes a 3m Kemppi MMG22 Torch, a cable set and a carry strap. The Machine has a 3-year warranty.
All this for just £1165.00 + VAT.
Here are the full details, brochure, manual and set up guide
What a “present” we have given ourselves, and you, with our latest collaboration.
Our latest partnership (the ink has only just dried!) is with Smooth Robotics – experts in robotic welding, Smooth Robotics helps you deliver your best work by putting you in charge of the automated welding process.
Robotic welding has changed over the decades and they saw an opportunity to develop software to make it as easy as possible for welders to use cobots for automated welding. With SmoothTool, you can put your welding robot to work without the need for complex programming and deliver a flawless result every time. Using the SmoothTool Programming Flange you can usethe ‘freedrive’ (freehand) mode to show your robot how you want the job done, making this process a lot easier and faster.
Rapid saw an opportunity to continue to be at the forefront of welding technology and to add this to our extensive portfolio of quality products, ensuring you are exposed to the latest and greatest in the welding industry.
- Multipass welding – Easily create a weld consisting of multiple passes.
- Offset welding – Copy and offset welds in X, Y, and Z direction and any rotation.
- Stitch welding – Control your stitch weld with parameters.
- Weaving – Add weaving patterns to both linear and circular paths.
- Angle system – Simply type in the desired work- and travel angles.
- 3D universe – Visualise and touch up your welding program in 3D.
- Power source agnostic – Use your preferred power source.
- Programming flange – Use the programming flange to show your robot how you want the job done.
Having already made our own purchase, we are in the process of setting up our demonstration robot at our Portsmouth site, ready for the New Year.
(Sneak Peak – there will also be a laser welder but that’s for us to share with you, in more detail, another time!)
We think this video is great and why not grab a coffee, in a Rapid Mug if you have one, and have a watch.
For further information, our Sales Team are there for you, sales@rapidwelding.com,
+44 (0) 23 92 214 214
With 33 years as a welding distributor and now with 40 employees, we have fought and sought hard to make sure we are able to offer top products, at a competitive price, with fast delivery and the best customer service. We are truly proud of what we have achieved but will always be searching for ways to make the lives and working environment, for you and all our customers, healthier, more efficient and with the most savings. We’ve been with Kemppi and Binzel since the start in 1990, picked up Hypertherm early on and our latest partnerships bring Bester (by Lincoln Electric) and SpiderHand into the Rapid fold. Who knows what will be next?
