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November Focus On…Introducing the Kemppi X5 FastMig
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…
November Focus On…Introducing the Kemppi X5 FastMig
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,…
Do you know if present airflow in your extraction system is strong enough?
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…
Extra Cutting Power, Extra Performance and ** Free Accessory Kit **
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…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (October 2020)
Will you be our Winter #WeldingWarrior? Thank you to everyone who has already entered our Winter #WeldingWarrior competition! If you haven’t already, there’s still time left to win yourselves a Rapid Beanie and a £60 Marks and Spencer Gift Card from UltraMag Inspection Services, all in time for Christmas! Simply head over…
CK Worldwide – The Standard in Tig Welding
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’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…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (September 2020)
Thank you for helping us reach 1K! A massive thank you for helping us get to 1K followers on Facebook! We can finally announce the winner of our giveaway! Congratulations to Dave Lambert from Norfolk, who has won themselves a fantastic welding prize bundle worth £100! If you missed out on this competition, don’t worry, we still…
The Rapid Experience
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……
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (August 2020)
Help us reach 1K followers – We’re so close! We’re less than 50 away from hitting 1,000 followers on Facebook! To celebrate, we’re giving away this incredible prize bundle worth £100! Everything featured here could be yours, all you need to do is simply click the link below for the details on how to…
Meet the team – Marianne
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…
Lincoln Electric 125 Year Anniversary
Lincoln Electric Welding Equipment are celebrating their 125-year anniversary this year, and as a long term supplier of Lincoln products, we can safely say that they have proven to be, and remain, some of the most reliable pieces of equipment in our rental fleet. The DX500 Diesel Welder Generator: Supplied on road…
Rapid presents Women in Welding
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 History of the Iconic ‘Rosie The Riveter’
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…
Ruth Amos, Co-Creator of “Kids Invent Stuff”, Speaks to Rapid
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…
Women in Welding History: The “shipyard girls” of WW2
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…
“We welders have our own distinctive bond, as strong as the metals we join.”
Charles “Charlie” Coffin