Electrical OEM Success Stories

$10,000 Dollar Savings
submitted by Ron Hipp

 

Customer: Located in the Midwest.

Product(s) Manufactured: They make the electric side of Caterpillar generators.

Product(s) Presently Used: We’re using 1/8" Glastic and 1.25" Acrylic sleeving.

Problem: The coil on the fields hang over a rectangular steel bar. They did use a rectangular piece of glastic material and over-sleeved it with acrylic sleeving which then got epoxy brushed on it. The material was undesirable to work with and sleeving was unpredictable in its size and ability to stretch over bar.

 

Designed Requirements: Must have minimum of 5 mils of CeQuin on the outside (CeQuin is UL recognized) the balance is made of Corquin and acts as a filler. Total thickness is 1/8". Final product is a wound rectangular tube.

 

Solution: Worked with Paramount Tube to get a wound CorQuin/CeQuin product made. It is approximately 1/8" thick and wet wound with Ranbar varnish. and cut to various lengths. It is a press fit but they use wet winding material to affix it to the bar. It acts as a coil rest and is considered major ground insulation (see picture below).

 

Results: We were able to save them approximately $10,000, plus speed up their work by going to one product!