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Intake Tag Bays
The intake tag bay is the first point of contact. A technician meets the motor at the stall door, writes the intake tag while the client is present, and reads the details back aloud before the motor is lifted. The tag records the client reference, the frame size, the shaft and coupling condition, the terminal box arrangement, and the fault as the client describes it. Where the description is vague, the tag notes that the bench sheet will begin with an open question rather than an assumption.
Each tag carries a unique number that is photographed and entered into the workshop log on the same day. The tag is tied to the terminal box with a brass tie so that it survives washing, lifting, and the movement between trestles. From the intake bay the motor goes directly onto a free trestle under the hoist rail, and the bench sheet is opened in the same motion.
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Bench Sheet Runs
The bench sheet is the working record that travels with the motor through every station. It is a single sheet, kept beside the trestle, and it is written in order of observation rather than in neat categories. A reading taken during a winding review is entered at the time it is taken, and a part moved during a load test is noted at the moment it is moved. The sheet is the reason the workshop can answer questions months after the motor has gone home.
Bench sheet runs are also the point where computer integrated systems design meets the floor work. The typed version of the bench sheet is generated from the handwritten original at the end of each shift, and the two are checked against each other before the motor advances to the handover note desk. Where they disagree, the handwritten original wins and the typed copy is corrected.
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Handover Note Desks
The handover note desk is a separate station from the trestle. Once the bench sheet is complete, the technician sits at the desk with the client and turns the technical record into a short note in plain language. The note lists what was found, what was done, what was not done and why, and what the client should watch for in the next operating cycle. It is written to be read by someone who was not in the workshop.
The handover note always repeats the intake tag number at the top. That single number ties the client file, the bench sheet, the photographs, and the final note together. If a client returns with a second motor, the previous note is attached to the new bench sheet so the history travels with the work rather than disappearing at the door.
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Load Test Windows
Load test windows are scheduled periods when a motor is run under a controlled load and observed against its stated duty. The window is booked in advance so that the test equipment is calibrated and reserved, and the readings are taken by the technician who will later sign the handover note. A window is never improvised at the end of a shift.
During a load test window the motor is secured to the test bed, the leads are connected through the cable hook, and the run is observed for vibration, temperature, and noise. Every reading is written into the bench sheet in the order it is taken. Where the motor behaves differently from its intake readings, the discrepancy is noted and the motor returns to the trestle for a further winding review round before the note is written.
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Winding Review Rounds
A winding review round is a structured walk through the motor with the bench sheet open in hand. Each phase is inspected, compared against the readings taken at intake, and written down before the next phase is opened. The round is deliberately slow. The aim is not to rush a diagnosis but to make sure that no phase is skipped and that nothing is written from memory.
If a review round finds a condition that needs a second look, the motor is returned to the trestle and the round is repeated after the relevant part has been examined. The bench sheet records both rounds, which means the client receives a note that shows how the conclusion was reached rather than only the conclusion itself.
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Collection Sittings
Collection sittings are the final visit to the stall. The client meets a technician at the handover note desk, reads the note with the motor on the trestle behind them, and has the chance to ask questions before the motor is lowered beside the door. The intake tag is then checked against the note, and both are signed off in the same sitting.
Nothing leaves the workshop without a matched tag and note. Where a client is unable to attend a collection sitting in person, the workshop arranges a written authorisation in advance and records the name of the person collecting the motor on the note. The tag remains in the file after collection so that a later enquiry can be answered by number.