29 April 2022
Final Form Winding Machine Is a First
ROTARY ENGINEERING has designed and built the first ever ‘final shape’ winding machine to wind and form round wire diamond coils in just one process. When a leading UK motor repair business won
a high-volume contract, they needed to be able to manufacture coils as efficiently as possible.
Rotary’s engineering team
took up the challenge by looking at the
problem from first principles, and the final
form winding machine was developed.
The new machine has been in service for
a number of months and has proven to be
highly efficient and reliable with excellent
repeatability.
Creating an accurate former, able to
guide multiple wires into the final form,
required some innovative design work and
several iterations were produced before the
optimum shape was developed. Working
from coil drawings, formers were developed
and produced using 3D printing technology.
Trials took place at the company’s Sheffield
factory, where the machine was thoroughly
tested prior to despatch. The machine incorporates touch screen PLC control with
fully variable speed and accurate turn count
with automatic stop.
Commenting on the new product,
Simon Swallow, Managing Director at
Rotary Engineering, said: “We are keeping
up to date with developments in motor
technology and regularly contribute to
design groups working on research in this area. This allows us to share our experience
with others, and it ensures we are up to date
with future requirements. This project was
a perfect example of bringing together our
experience with new innovative methods of
manufacture to give our customer a great
outcome.”
www.rotary.co.uk
Old Lane, HALFWAY, SHEFFIELD, S20 3GZ
07944644792
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