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ELECTROPLATING, ANODISING & GALVANIZING
Jacquet Weston Engineering –
bringing experience, quality and
technology to every process line
Since the early 1970’s,
family run Jacquet Weston
Engineering Ltd. (JWE) has
built a leading reputation for
the design and manufacture
of anodising and surface
fi nishing equipment – both
at home and internationally.
Nick Weston, Managing
Director at the company’s
base near Newbury believes
its growing success is based
on a clearly defi ned series
of factors.
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“We have invested heavily in our design and
quality control facilities for a number of years
and are the only UK plant supplier with ISO
9001-2015, ISO 14001, ISO 18001 and
JOSCAR approval as well as a state-of-the-
art 3D Inventor design facility which allows
us to run FEA stress analysis on all of our
major components prior to manufacture,” he
says. “This ensures that they comply with the
appropriate British and European standards.”
One of the largest UK company’s in its field,
JWE fulfils a range of application needs from
traditional installations – including acid,
alkali and zinc – to specialist facilities that
include E-coat paint, aluminium treatment
using tartaric, sulphuric, chromic, boric and
hard anodising processes. Installations range
from small manual facilities to large acid
and zinc barrel lines capable of producing
four tonnes of work per hour and can
incorporate purpose-designed loading
and unloading systems.
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Apart from its own in-house manufacturing
capability, the organisation also turns to
Europe for the supply of a wide range of
ancillary equipment. These include La Fonte
filter units, Giussani rectifiers, Lando Mario
spin dryers, Progalvano barrel units and
Scandymet heaters.
“Our service is, of course, always centred
on ensuring that the design of a line
accommodates each customer’s specific
requirements and objectives,” continues
Nick Weston. “This is where our expertise
and detailed use of leading design tools,
including Autodesk Inventor software
to produce 2D and 3D drawings, can
help to create plant layouts, animations
and ‘fly-throughs’ that visualise operational
procedures.”
Significantly, JWE has noted a number of
recent developments in the marketplace
which, in many cases, help to shape its role.
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