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New to the Rapid Welding Website – Create Your Own Quotes Instantly Online!
We love adding little extras to enhance your Rapid Experience, always aimed at making life as easy as possible for our customers. One of the latest additions to our website is the online quote function. Simply by adding your items to your basket, you can create a quote by selecting…
O-mazing Optrel Trade-In!
Benefit from a Trade-In Premium of up to £170! Exchange your old respirator for a new Optrel respiratory protection system and receive a new model with a discount of £170! Swiss Air System – PAPR system– Highest class particle filter (TH3)– Helmet-independant half-mask system– 14-hour battery– No mask fit test required How you benefit The Optrel…
Our Systems Are Now Even More Rapid – Major Systems Upgrade!
Our Systems Are Even More Rapid!!! Rapid has now completed the last phase of its major systems upgrade. This has seen significant investment across all areas of the business. Our continual development of new features for our award-winning website meant we upgraded our web server first – Handling over 56,000…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (October 2022)
We’re on the hunt again for our next Welding Warrior This is your last chance for 2022, as this competition is running until November 30th and then we will be having something special in December! If you’ve got a project you’re particularly proud of, you know the drill! Take a few…
Key Plant Automation Announcement – 4th October 2022
Key Plant Automation Ltd is pleased to announce that Rapid Welding & Industrial Supplies Ltd is now an official Key Plant distribution partner. Rapid Welding & Industrial Supplies Ltd began trading as a welding distributor on 1st April 1990 based in Portchester in Portsmouth. As part of Key Plant Automation’s business…
Cutting Tool Innovation – Speed Up Metalworking
Rapid delights in working with companies who identify issues, innovate solutions and lead industry. We have worked with Holemaker Technology for many years and still applaud them as new and exciting products come to the market. Initially working in a small family-run welding & engineering supplies business, they received a…
Joining Forces with Key Plant Automation
We are delighted to announce we will be working closely with Key Plant Automation – A global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of welding automation. Our collaboration will enhance Rapid’s offering of bespoke handling and positioning equipment from a British manufacturer, along with turnkey packages, robotic welding cells, Pipe stands…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (September 2022)
Congratulations to Mihály Bori on being our most recent winner! Our next Welding Warrior competition is running until November 30th and then we will be having something special in December! If you’ve got a project you’re particularly proud of, you know the drill! Take a few pictures and show off your…
Save Energy with Rapid Welding
With energy prices increasing we are all looking at ways to become more efficient, effective and to save money. Rapid can help your business: – Recoup energy price increases – Utilise the benefits of the Super Deduction for capital allowances – Reduce repair bills Whilst we do not sell electricity, the…
Welcome to the Shiny, New and Spatter Free Rapid Welding Blog
Rapid began blogging back in 2012 in conjunction with a major website overhaul; the vision being to provide our customers with a more informative, interactive and user friendly resource. The inclusion of a blog to share company news, product updates and the occasional Rapid escapade story, seemed a great addition…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (August 2022)
Good news, this month’s Welding Warrior submission date has been extended! You now have until 31/08/22 to get your submissions in!If you’ve got a project you’re 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…
Holemaker Technology – Innovative specialist metal drilling equipment
Combining the pioneering, impact rated and now patented VersaDrive® system with the latest generation of high-torque cordless power tools has created a revolutionary level of drilling speed & performance, never before possible with portable tools. Initially working in a small family-run welding & engineering supplies business, soon after being founded, HMT began to receive a stream of…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (July 2022)
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 Lincoln Arc Roadshow
Check out the below video to get a feel of the day! A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at the Lincoln Electric Arc Roadshow at Rapid’s Hedge End site on 21st June. It was a great afternoon, well attended, although possibly a little on the warm side for an action-packed…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (June 2022)
Welcome to June’s Newsletter. We hope you enjoyed HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations earlier this month, and of course the long Bank Holiday weekend! Read about the latest news, team updates and product announcements from Rapid Welding. Don’t forget to stay up to date and follow us on social…
Feed Filler Wire like a TIG Pro with CK WORLDWIDE’s EZ DABR Tool
Feed Filler Wire like a TIG Pro with CK WORLDWIDE’s EZ DABR Tool Learning the precision technique of feeding filler metal into the weld puddle is one of the most difficult skills to master in the TIG welding process, no less because the filler wire hand is usually the non-dominant…
“We welders have our own distinctive bond, as strong as the metals we join.”
Charles “Charlie” Coffin