Welcome Steve

Steve Smith - Sales Depot Assistant, Stroud

Previously Storeman for a diesel system’s company, Steve joined Rotec at the beginning of July. He was attracted to the Sales Depot Assistant position because of the variety it offers. The combination of hands-on-work and office based responsibilities appealed to him and he decided to apply.

Steve is a self-proclaimed football fanatic and a staunch Liverpool supporter. He used to train with the Forest Green Rovers and continues to play 5x a week with a variety of local amateur clubs. He also mentors his younger brother, who qualified for the Aston Villa under 18s.

Steve likes to keep busy and enjoys spending time outdoors climbing and loves hitting the board – whether it be skateboarding, snowboarding and kite boarding.

After spending a week at our HQ in Taunton, getting hands on with a variety of hydraulic equipment and learning about our products and services, Steve joined our Stroud depot. His great attitude, strong IT background and technical aptitude make him a valuable addition to the small but busy team.

On behalf of the Rotec team, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Steve!

Hose Doctor: minimizing downtime at local quarry

Rotec were pleased to be recently joined by two Hose Doctor operatives: Matt Bearpark and Phil O’Connor. Matt covers Somerset and Bristol areas, while Phil covers areas surrounding Cardiff, Gloucester and Bristol.

Tower Leg Winches

Matt was recently called out to a local quarry, where two rams were leaking and needed to be back at work asap.

Matt relates:

“One ram was bent and the other had deep gouging in the rod causing leaking from both rams. Brand new rods had to machined and fitted along with new seal kits fitted. After removing rams from the excavator arm fitted inside the crusher housing I took them to Ram Reman” (Rotec’s sister company based in Wimborne, specialising in repair and manufacture of rams – hydraulic cylinders).

 

 

“The removal and refit took me 4 hours in total, while Ram Reman spent a day repairing and testing the ram functions, ready for refit. I was very happy with the feedback I received, the customer was really pleased with the short breakdown period and now the arms are working a lot tighter than they had before.”

Due to time constraints the repaired rams were not re-sprayed, but now work better than ever! Visit Ram Reman’s website for more information (new site currently under construction).

Date: 19/09/2017

Author: Sarka Humpolcova

Rotec staff training

Rotec are pleased to announce that a number of our engineers have attended and passed the National Fluid Power Centre accredited training programme.

Claire Brown – ‘qualified electronics engineer’ has now passed Stage 2 Hydraulics (industrial) , Claire’s additional skills qualification is on the back of many years’ experience with Rotec covering manufacturing and service support on site with a wide range of industrial, mobile and marine applications.. Well done Claire!! 

Phil Mees – Phil, Hydraulic Engineer has passed Stage 1 Hydraulics, Phil joined the team 2 years ago providing a wide range of skills from manufacturing, fabrication and now hydraulics. Phil will now be headed for Stage 2, well done!

Phil Murrant – Hydraulic Engineer – Phil has now passed level 2  Industrial Hydraulics, whilst majority of Phil’s time is spent working on mobile machinery, the Industrial course provided course topics that had benefits across mobile and industrial applications. Well done Phil!

Dan Foster – Dan is our electrical apprentice, currently 2 years into his HNC apprenticeship supported by Bridgwater College. Dan’s determination has seen a transition from the hose and connectors side of the business to a dedicated and keen member of the engineering team. Dan has attended and passed Stage 2 Hydraulics – Well done Dan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Introducing the Stroud Hose Doctor

Rotec would like to welcome Andy Greenway to our team. You will find Andy out on the road in the GL area as your local on site ‘call out’ hose doctor.

Hose Doctor benefits include:

  • Coverage in the GL area,24 hours a day,every day
  • National freephone number 0800 373 587
  • 1 hour maximum waiting time(unless othewise informed)
  •  Trained technicians using only genuine Parker parts
  • No hose assembly,clearing or pellet charges
  •  No consumables charges
  • This service is available 24/7- 7 days a week

National Number: 0800 373 587