News Archives - LBBC Beechwood

LBBC Beechwood dished ends for Britain’s Strongest Man competition

Written on 26th February 2019. Posted in News.

LBBC Beechwood has manufactured 8 x 900mm dished ends in 6mm thick mild steel for Rebel Strength based in Essex.

Rebel Strength designs and manufactures high quality, gym, fitness and strength equipment to suit all needs and abilities including Strongman, Strongwoman and CrossFit. All products are made from scratch in our own workshop using British Steel.

The finished items were to be used as part of the Britain’s Strongest Man competition at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield in front of 7,000 people and a televised audience. They will be used again in May at the First Direct Arena for the Europe’s Strongest Man competition with an expected audience of 12,000.

To find out more about the range of dished ends we manufacture please click here.

LBBC Group has gained the renewal of their China Manufacturing Licence

Written on 18th December 2018. Posted in News.

LBBC Group has gained the renewal of their Manufacturing License of Special Equipment for the People’s Republic of China (Pressure Vessel).

2018 Nov – 25 years service award presentation

Written on 6th November 2018. Posted in News.

Trevor Jones a Machinist with LBBC Beechwood has been presented with a watch to mark 25 years service with the company. The presentation was made last week by Group, Managing Director, Howard Pickard.

2018 Sept – LBBC Beechwood retains inter-company golf trophy

Written on 2nd October 2018. Posted in News.

A team from LBBC Beechwood have retained the trophy for the third year running at the annual inter-company LBBC Group golf event on Friday 28th September 2018 at Fulneck Golf Club in Pudsey, Leeds.

Pictured: the winning LBBC Beechwood team, L-R: David Bryan, General Manager; Kevin Boyle, Sales and Marketing Manager; Kevin Allen, Machinist; Howard Pickard, Managing Director; Chris Hayward, Machining Manager; and Alan Hollings, Maintenance Engineer.

The annual inter-company event has run for over 10 years with teams of 6 players from LBBC Technologies and LBBC Beechwood. The Fulneck Golf Club was founded in 1892 and is believed to be the oldest golf club in Leeds, which is appropriate venue as the original Leeds and Bradford Boiler Company was founded in 1876.

Danny Hazell from LBBC Technologies and David Bryan from LBBC Beechwood won the two Nearest the Pin competitions and Alan Hollings from LBBC Beechwood won the Longest Drive.

2018 Aug – LBBC Beechwood highlights specialist manufacturing capabilities

Written on 18th September 2018. Posted in News.

As part of a visit to LBBC Group the Conservative Party Chairman, Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP visited LBBC Beechwood, the specialist pressure vessel manufacturer who supply a range of industries including oil & gas, marine and power generation. These industries all demand high standards of quality with LBBC holding a range of accreditations including ASME ‘U’ stamp and China Manufacturing Licence.

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Case study: Hyperbaric Lifeboat Mating Trunk and Mating Clamp Assembly

Written on 24th April 2018. Posted in Case study, News.

Client: Submarine Manufacturing & Products Ltd (SMP Ltd)

Sector: Marine

LBBC Beechwood have manufactured for Submarine Manufacturing & Products LTD (SMP Ltd) a Hyperbaric Lifeboat Mating Trunk and Mating Clamp Assembly, which enables the emergency transfers under pressure of evacuated divers, from a 24 person Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) into the 24 Man capacity Hyperbaric Rescue Facility (HRF) which was manufactured by SMP for Sea-force Hyperbaric Inc located in St Johns Newfoundland Canada.

The state of the art HRF facility provides emergency life supports services to enhance offshore safety requirements during commercial diving offshore Canada.

In the event of a vessel emergency offshore, where for safety reasons the saturated divers must be evacuated from the mother vessel, they are transferred into the SPHL which carries the evacuees to the St Johns Sea-force Life Support Hyperbaric Rescue facility (HRF).

For transfer under pressure (TUP), medical treatment and controlled decompression once the emergency situation has been stabilised.

The LBBC mating assembly was manufactured in accordance with ASME VIII Division 1 and ASME PVHO and ASME ‘U’ Code Stamped & Canada registered (CRN) with the ASME U Code inspections carried out under British Engineering Services.

Client testimonial

“The end result was a first class job from LBBC Beechwood, for both SMP and our client in Canada.”

Andrew Scott, Engineering and Technical Director, Submarine Manufacturing & Products Ltd (SMP Ltd)

2017 July – Machining of red acrylic lens

Written on 18th July 2017. Posted in News.

LBBC Beechwood have been heavy machining of a red acrylic lens for the subsea sector.

2017 Apr – Expanded Sub-arc welding capacity

Written on 4th April 2017. Posted in News.

Due to increase in demand, LBBC Beechwood have expanded their sub-arc welding capacity. The submerged arc process used for heavy steel plate fabrication work and is ideally suited for longitudinal and circumferential butt and fillet welds.

SAW is a fully-mechanised or automatic process, which improves productivity with high quality welds, high weld deposition rate and travel speed.

LBBC Beechwood use the submerged arc process in the manufacture of medium to larger diameter vessels for pressure and storage with the welding of the longitudinal seams and circ’s. It is also used for surfacing and buildup work, maintenance and repair.

To find out more about our specialist fabrication capability click here.

2017 Mar – LBBC manufacturing large fabrications for international markets

Written on 21st March 2017. Posted in News.

LBBC are manufacturing a number of large fabrications for the rubber manufacturing industry, the current contracts will see supply to international markets.

LBBC Beechwood are completing machining and fabrication on the vulcanisers, more details to follow as the job progresses.

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