Coil Winder

Main Duties:

• Assembles and tests electric motor and generator stators, armatures, or rotors: Inspects cores for defects and aligns laminations, using hammer and drift.  
• Files burrs from core slots, using hand file, portable power file, and scraper.
• Lines slots with sheet insulation and inserts coils into slots.
• Cuts, strips, and bends wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers.
• Twists leads together to connect coils.
• Taps coil and end windings to shape, using hammer and fiber block.
• Tests windings for motor-housing clearance, grounds, and short circuits, using clearance gauge, growler, spring-steel blade, telephone receiver, insulation tester, and resistance bridge.
• Winds new coils on armatures, stators, or rotors of used motors and generators.
• May rewind defective coils.
• May be designated according to motor part wound as Armature Winder; Rotor Winder; Stator Winder.

Types of equipment you will be expected to work with:

• All types of AC/DC Motors

Work hours

• 07:30am – 16:00pm Monday to Friday only
• 37.5 hour week

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