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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…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (May 2022)
Following the success of Lincoln Electric UK’s kick-off Open House event in Sheffield earlier this month, we are pleased they will be continuing their ARC Roadshow, visiting Rapid Welding in Southampton on 21st June 2022 between 10am and 4.30pm. There will be 4 manned demonstration areas 1. Education – SEG/U-LINC, VRTEX2. Advanced Solutions – Powerwave 300C, Hyperfill3. Orbital Welding –…
The Day Has Finally Arrived!
We are Rapid, and we are absolutely delighted to announce that our new, improved, updated (and, in our opinion, just brilliant) website is now live for both desktop and mobile! Easy to use, and with over 50,000 products available to purchase and packed full of information, the brand new Rapid Experience has never felt better. The…
Customer Review – Optrel Panoramaxx CLT 2.0 Silver Auto Darkening Welding Helmet
There’s nothing better when you’re researching a potential new purchase than an independent customer review, and let’s face it, choosing a welding helmet is a bit of a complex task, especially when searching the whole market as there is so much to choose from. With this in mind, we were…
Customer Focus: British engineering company, A.J Wells
We’ve been delighted to complete a recent order with British engineering company, A.J Wells; a family firm based on the Isle of Wight, Newport. The company has grown over the last 50 years to now specialise in the manufacture and installation of signage, cladding and vitreous enamel furniture and surfaces, and Charnwood Stoves, specialising…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (April 2022)
Although we’re midway into April, there’s still time to enter this month’s Welding Warrior competition! Up for grabs are an amazing £60 M&S voucher courtesy of UltraMag Inspection Services, as well as a Rapid beanie and mug! Our latest competition runs until the 30th April, so head over to our Facebook page now and show…
Revolutionise the way you work with Powermax SYNC!
Hello Time Savings Hello Profit Hello Productivity Shaping Possibility Hypertherm introduces the SYNC series, the next generation of Powermax 65 / 85 / 105 plasma systems. Unlike any other plasma systems on the market, the Powermax SYNC series features built-in intelligence and a revolutionary single-piece cartridge consumable. All this combined…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (March 2022)
Congratulations to Dan Weeks on becoming our latest Welding Warrior! To be in the chance to win, post and share your latest welding project on our Facebook page and be in with a chance to win a £60 M&S voucher courtesy of UltraMag Inspection Services, as well as a Rapid beanie and mug! Our latest…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (Feb 2022)
Offering superior ergonomics and excellent productivity, the SPEEDTEC Pulse range is suitable for GMAW, FCAW-G, FCAW-S, Pulsed MIG, GTAW, SMAW, CAG processes. Built to withstand industrial environments, the SPEEDTEC 400SP and 500SP Ready to Weld Packages are modular in design and can be configured to meet your requirements, with a wide…
Innovative Optrel
With their industry leading innovations, Optrel gives customers and users enormous advantages world-wide. They have developed several innovations: the ADF with true colour view, welding helmets with low light state shade level 2.0, and the first autopilot automatic adjusting shade level for welders. Here are some of our favourites… The New Optrel…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (January 2022)
We hope you had a safe festive period with whoever you were able to celebrate it with. We would like to reassure our customers that we are fully open for business, operating as normal and looking forward to supporting and working with you and all our customers. A new year…
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