This large 2800mm wide and 1800mm diameter drum magnet was returned to our works following an electrical failure. Upon inspection it was found that the 18 tonne drum magnet had suffered failure due to debris which had entered the drum through the drum skin and had blown the coil’s to earth (see photo below).
EPMS 2010 successfully removed the old blown turns from the outside of the coils and replaced them. returning the Internal winding repairunit back to its original spec at a fraction of the cost of a new drum. This demonstrates again the advantage of opening a drum magnet at regular intervals to repair drum skins and clean the internals of the drum if debris has collected around the vicinity of the windings, thus preventing potential damage to the electro-mechanics within the drum.
Upon completion this 2800mm x 1800mm 18 tonne electromagnetic drum leaves our works after extensive repair work including new skin and bearing change the drum was heading south to be entering straight back into service within a large shredder plant.