$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 and over-sleeved that with acrylic sleeving then brushed an epoxy on it. Glastic 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!