State the functions of the following tools and equipment used in an electrical winding workshop. – NABTEB QUESTION

a. Mallet: used for shaping winding or coils wound and placed in the slots of machines.

b. Workbench: is a study table on which the machine is placed for the winding jobs.

c. Growler: is used to determine grounds shorts, open and reversed in windings.

d. Knife: is used for cutting insulating material e.g. sleeve, branding rope e.t.c.

e. Electrical oven: is used for drying varnished wound machines.

f. Stripper: is used to remove enamel (insulator) from the winding wire.

g. Hammer: is used for the insertion of wedges, tapping of machine casings and to drive in nails on the wooden board for formers.

h. Plier: is used for holding, twisting and bending of wires

i. Liquid Varnish: is used on wound machines coils to prevent or reduce the following:

a. Moisture on the wire insulation
b. Vibration of the coils of wire in the machine slots.

j. Hand gloves: are worn for protection against chemical effects and wire injuries.