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UK’s Leading Welding Automation & Positioning Specialists
The UK’s and Europe’s largest hire fleet of welding automation equipment — including rotators, welding positioners, column & boom manipulators, tractor welders, turntables, chucks, and complete automated welding systems.
At Spectrum Welding Supplies, we deliver advanced automation solutions engineered to improve weld quality, increase productivity, and reduce fabrication time across heavy engineering, structural steel, pressure vessels, pipework, and large-scale industrial manufacturing. With one of the largest specialist fleets in the UK, we provide full supply, delivery, installation, commissioning, and operator training, ensuring every automated welding process performs with maximum precision, safety, and repeatability.
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ESAB Miggytrac B5001 for hire
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800amp ESAB LAF 1001 A2 PEK 25mtr sub arc tractor for hire
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150mm light-duty 3-jaw chuck for hire
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250mm light-duty 3-jaw chuck for hire
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300mm 3-jaw chuck for hire
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400mm light-duty 3-jaw chuck for hire
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500mm 3-jaw chuck for hire
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1140mm 3-jaw chuck for hire
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8″ face plate jaws for hire
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100kg welding positioner for hire
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300kg welding positioner for hire
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500kg welding positioner for hire
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1 tonne welding positioner for hire
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3 tonne welding positioner for hire
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5 tonne welding positioner for hire
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10 tonne welding positioner for hire
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10 tonne adjustable height welding positioner for hire
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20 tonne adjustable-height welding positioner for hire
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1.8 x 1.8 column and boom welding manipulator for hire
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2 x 2 column and boom welding manipulator for hire
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2.8 x 2.3 column and boom welder manipulator for hire
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3 x 3 column and boom welding manipulator for hire
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2 tonne scissor pipe rotator for hire
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4 x 4 column and boom welding manipulator for hire
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10 tonne horizontal welding turntable for hire
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5 x 5 column and boom welding manipulator for hire
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5 tonne scissor pipe welding rotators for hire
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25 tonne adjustable height welding positioner for hire
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30 tonne welding positioner for hire
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20 tonne horizontal welding turntable for hire
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1000amp ESAB Versotrac EWT 1000 sub arc tractor for hire
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6 x 6 column and boom welding manipulator for hire
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25 tonne horizontal welding turntable for hire
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3 tonne self-aligning pipe welding rotators for hire
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5 tonne self-aligning pipe welding rotators for hire
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10 tonne self aligning welding rotators for hire
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10 tonne NARROW self-aligning welding rotators for hire
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15 tonne self aligning welding rotators for hire
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20 tonne self aligning welding rotators for hire
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30 tonne self aligning welding rotators for hire
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50 tonne self aligning welding rotators for hire
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60 tonne self aligning welding rotators for hire
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100 tonne self aligning welding rotator for hire
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1 tonne pipe welding rotators for hire
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3 tonne welding rotators for hire
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5 tonne welding rotators for hire
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5 tonne STEEL WHEEL welding rotators for hire
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10 tonne welding rotators for hire
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10 tonne STEEL WHEEL welding rotators for hire
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20 tonne welding rotators for hire
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30 tonne welding rotators for hire
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60 tonne welding rotators for hire
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100 tonne welding rotators for hire
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Benefits of Automated Welding Equipment
Welding Rotators
Heavy-duty welding rotators are essential for the safe and controlled rotation of pipes, tanks, vessels, and cylindrical fabrications, allowing continuous circumferential welding with improved access, faster travel speeds, reduced manual handling, and vastly superior weld consistency.
Welding Positioners
Welding positioners are critical for improving production efficiency by rotating and tilting components into the optimum weld angle, enhancing operator comfort, weld quality, fusion control, and repeatability whilst significantly reducing fabrication time.
Chuck Clamping Systems
Precision chuck clamping systems provide secure and accurate workholding for pipes, flanges, fabrications, and rotational welding applications, ensuring maximum stability, improved concentricity, enhanced safety, and highly repeatable weld results.
Column & Boom Welding Manipulators
Column and boom manipulators are fundamental to large-scale automated welding operations, providing smooth and precise torch positioning over long seams, pressure vessels, beams, and structural fabrications, dramatically increasing output and weld accuracy.
MIG Welding Tractors
Automated MIG welding tractors are designed to deliver high-speed, repeatable linear welds with consistent travel speed, improved bead appearance, reduced welder fatigue, and substantial productivity gains across repetitive fabrication work.
SAW Tractor Welders
Submerged arc welding tractors remain one of the most productive solutions within heavy engineering, offering exceptionally high deposition rates, deep penetration, outstanding weld integrity, and major reductions in production time on thick-section steelwork.
Complete Welding Automation Solutions
From individual positioners and rotators through to fully integrated automated welding systems, these machines are essential for modern fabrication, improving quality, operator safety, production throughput, and the long-term upskilling of welding operations.
