Welding
Wards welding offers a variety of welding processes across an extensive range of materials and thicknesses. With over 30 years of welding experience, you can be assured our work is of the highest standard possible. With the ability to optimise production runs and the quality for precision small batch work we can accommodate most jobs.
Wards Welding is certified to EN1090-Execution Class 2 and can legally provide fabricated and welded steelwork to the construction industry. We have an array of welding procedures covering practically every type of joint.
Processes:
Mild Steel MIG | Mild Steel TIG | Stainless Steel MIG | Stainless Steel TIG | Aluminium MIG | Aluminium TIG
Fabrication
With our extensive range of machinery Wards Welding is able to fabricate and manufacture a wide variety of products to suit all of your needs. Using our saws, drills and presses Wards can deliver the most effective processing option to the jobs at hand. Utilising a variety of manual and CNC machines, we can process one off jobs and large scale productions runs. Through the use of CAD, we are able to quickly and effectively interpret the most complex projects and ensure repeatability across repeat orders.
Working with projects ranging from a few kilograms to many tons Wards are comfortable working with all sizes of fabrication.
Services:
Sawing | Drilling | Tapping | Welding | Folding And Rolling | Machining | Rivnut Instillation
Folding, Rolling and Sheet Metal
Wards offers a wide range of bending and rolling services to suit the vast majority our customer’s needs. Our array of tooling and techniques allows us the bend a wide variety of materials and thicknesses.
We offer a cutting and folding service for those in the roofing industry with next day turnaround times on most projects. Folding sheets up to 3m long with our 120-tonne brake press, Wards has the capability to produce one off products, large orders and even production runs.
With the ability to guillotine up to 6mm mild steel sheet we can support a wide manufacturing range of Sheet Metal needs. For those more complex sheet metal profiles Wards offers an extensive knowledge of flat pattern development through the use of our in-house CAD/CAM capability and CNC plasma cutting.
Wards also has the capability to bend solid, tubular and flat items in house with a high degree of accuracy.
Processes:
Sheet Metal shearing (up to 6mm mild steel) | Sheet Metal folding (up to 3m long) | Sheet Metal rolling | Flat section rolling | SHS, RHS and CHS rolling | CHS tube bending | Solid section bending | Solid section rolling
Structural Steels
With our accreditation Wards is able to provide CE and UKCA marked steels to the EN1090: EXC 2 classification for all your structural section needs. Utilising a wide range of suppliers, we can source a variety of sections in differing grades to support virtually any requirement. We provide a large range of structural steel sections to local industry, with a prompt turnaround time to meet site requirements.
Services:
I-Beam | Channels | Box Sections | Flats | Angles
Finishes:
Hot dip galvanized | Red Oxide primer paint | Grey Oxide primer paint | Polyester Powder coated
Engineering and Machining
Wards is able to provide a wide range of engineering support to your projects from conception through to manufacture. From machined components to high accuracy fabrications Wards is able to offer its services. Utilising the latest in CAD and CAM technology in conjunction with our CNC equipment to allow swift turnaround of prototype parts, created either from your own drawings or through our in-house software.
Services:
CNC Milling | CNC Turning | Prototyping | Finishing | Assembly
Coatings and Finishing
Wards Welding is proud to be able to offer a complete service for all of the goods we provide and as part of this are able to offer a variety of finishing options to its customers. Through a diverse and reliable range of production partners we are able to offer the following high-quality finishes:
