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Invest in operational excellence with a welding rotator from Redrock.
Welding rotators rotate pipes and cylindrical vessels to minimise handling, increase efficiency and dramatically improve the quality of workmanship from welders of all skill levels.
They provide precise control over workpiece movement and positioning, delivering high-quality welds that ensure results. Welding rotators provide operators with access to hard-to-reach areas with increased safety throughout the welding process, meaning increased productivity and consistently superior results.
Redrock’s comprehensive range of welding rotators provides industry-leading equipment that will enhance rotation speed and control throughout the process, whether you require a self-aligning or conventional welding rotator.
Welding Rotators
With multiple practical use cases, welding rotators provide an enhanced level of productivity and efficiency for your welding operations, ensuring a high-quality performance and optimal end results.
Investing in a welding rotator eliminates the ongoing price of machinery rental costs while providing a long-term solution for your welding operation requirements. With an in-house rotator, you’ll be equipped to streamline operations, reduce any outsourcing expenses and improve cost efficiency over time.
With controlled rotation speeds and fixed positioning, welding rotators ensure consistent, high-quality welds that adhere to key parameters. Elevated prevision results in minimised rework, reduced defects and ensures compliance with industry standards for critical structures such as pressure vessels and pipelines.
Welding rotators minimise the manual handling of heavy workpieces, and so reduce the risk of accidents in the workplace. Fewer injuries mean fewer absent operators, retaining a high level of productivity for your ongoing operations.
Selecting the right welding rotator to purchase is essential to ensure the quality and safety of your welding operations. The best choice of machinery for your business will depend on several key factors, including load capacity, dimensions and tilt angle.
Both machines can offer unique advantages depending on your project deliverables and welding rotation operations. If you’re unsure of which is the right choice for you, contact our experts for support and we’ll be happy to discuss potential options with you.
Welding rotators are critical equipment for industries focused on reliability and efficiency. By automating the rotating of heavy-duty workpieces, they consistently increase production scale and enhance workplace safety across multiple industries.
Frequently Asked Questions
With the use of welding rotators, you’ll benefit from a wide range of advantages, including:
Conventional rotators are ideal for performing both industrial welding and fitting out operations involving smaller or larger diameter vessels with longer length sections which sometimes require enhanced turning capacity.
Redrock’s conventional rotators for sale are suitable for industrial applications requiring a higher capacity of up to 2,000 tonnes. Our conventional rotators are suited to a wide range of fabrication shop setups. The wheel centre diameters can be adjusted manually with speed. All our welding rotators use replaceable polyurethane tyres, mounted to cast steel drums to give the units durability and superior traction.
Self-aligning rotators are suited to multiple applications including boilers, tanks, heat exchangers, barrels and pressure vessels.
Redrock’s self-aligning rotators are robustly built with capacities of up to 1,000 tonnes. Our self-aligning drive units are fitted with dual-sided motorised wheels and idling units allowing free-wheeling, making it easier to load vessels onto the rotator without damaging the drive unit.
Our self-aligning rotators utilise roller modules that adjust to accommodate the diameter automatically. A range of specifications can be accommodated, including various diameters and rotation speeds.
Our various models are well-suited for different weight capacities, including 2,000 tonne conventional welding rotators and up to 1,000 tonne self-aligning welding rotators. We offer numerous features and customisation options to provide the best possible result and weld quality with the purchase of any of our machines.
As standard, we supply a low-voltage remote-control pendant to give you full control over forward/reverse/stop/emergency stop and a potentiometer for variable rotation speed.
Our various models are well-suited for different load capacities, with 2,000t conventional welding rotators and up to 500t self-aligning welding rotators. We offer numerous features and customisation options to provide the best possible result and weld quality, including enhanced safety features and a remote-control pendant supplied as standard.
All our welding equipment is fully serviced, warrantied for three years and fully tested before dispatch, so you can ensure your welding rotators are suitable for extensive use.
The Redrock team is committed to providing you with the optimal rotators for your needs that will increase productivity – our highly experienced professionals can advise you on the right rotators that will suit your requirements.
