Recently, there was a great deal of interest in an article I wrote about the resurrection of a DC motor. This reminded me of a much more interesting recovery and refurbishment of a DC motor. Let me start with a bit of history In the 19th century a French engineer and eccentric, Thomé de Gamond spent nearly 40 years and …
On first viewing you can see the rotor lamination pack on the left-hand side, then the cage extended to a length greater than the lamination pack, there are air agitation fins on the extended cage and what looks to be another alloy cladding the extended cage. I’ve had 35 years in and around the motor repair business and this was …
Everyone Knows The Importance Of Core Loss Testing, But Why Do So Many Rewinders Dismiss It? “One of the most important quality assurance tools in the motor rewinding trade is the core loss tester Websites and promotional material from electric motor rewind companies from around the world tend to push one message “Quality Electric Motor Rewinds”, after all, nobody is …
How over £500,000 was saved when an already obsolete unit became……more obsolete! Obsolescence is an issue in industries there’s no getting away from it, however, there are many ways to tackle it. One of the things I see all too often is the willingness to strip out systems where there’s another, usually more cost effective solution. There are many great …
A “Can Do” Approach Really Pays Off When Supporting Customers As happens most Saturday mornings at Fletcher Moorland, the phone starts to ring and there’s a customer on the line with an urgent breakdown which needs sorting. Most calls at the weekend will be calmly and professionally handled by our on-duty team. Who then put the wheels into motion to …
Online Condition Monitoring Since 2016 Usually, when you price up permanent online condition monitoring solutions the price is usually in the thousands of pounds, putting it out of reach of many businesses, Fletcher Moorland have developed a solution not in the thousands of pounds but in the hundreds! The image above shows the equipment we are using in our next …
A 3 phase electric motor has 3 coils. These coils can be configured or connected either end to end (as a triangle) in Delta configuration or with 3 ends together as a Star. Why use 2 types of coil windings? If a stationary electric motor were started directly in Delta mode the current drawn would be very high. To handle this …
The time & temperature display on Fletcher Moorland’s building is famous in Stoke-on-Trent, If you’ve ever driven, or walked down Elenora Street, part of the A52 one-way system in Stoke town, you’ll have seen it. Many people only know us as – “That place with the clock on the front”. Now let’s just wind back to the early 1980s where …
ServiceView Provides Transparency Wouldn’t it be great to see exactly what happens when you send equipment for repair or servicing? We’ve created SERVICEview for greater transparency and trust for our customers. Now, when you send an item of equipment away for servicing or repair, you’ll receive a video link to the condition of it and the faults found. What’s more, …
The photo above shows part of our variable speed drive (VSD) workshop, each engineer is busy working on repair and servicing to a whole range of VSDs. Put quite simply we are in need of more repair engineers to service our customers. We are a well-established family run business in Stoke on Trent, this year we celebrate 70 years in …
Why You Should Look Beyond The Rewind Price When Selecting An Electric Motor Repair Supplier Why it’s not the price of the rewind you should be concerned with when making a decision who to choose to rewind your electric motors. Too many times we see companies only concentrating on the repair price of an electric motor, when in reality, it’s the running …
Electrical & Electro Mechanical skills are needed for Servo Motor Repairs Servo motors are very specialist and high precision motors. They contain both precessions mechanical and miniature electronic components. Repairs to them require a specialist set of skills in electronic, electrical and mechanical repair along with specialised test facilities.Fletcher Moorland is unique in that we are a fully integrated electromechanical and …