LinkedIn helped to keep this old stepper motor running.

This is a LinkedIn success story where a referral enabled us to help a new customer.

Around three weeks ago I was tagged into a post by Paul Wilson (thank you Paul) after a LinkedIn member posted a picture and a simple request

"Can anyone help please, this is a stepping motor that I need to repair or replace, runs on a HP 130 stebon drive. Keeping an old machine going."

Of course I replied to the post, along with many others initially offering help, I saw many recommendations for several companies which is where I think LinkedIn is great. Responses were made from the UK and the USA, I was also impressed by some of the responses declining to help if it was something not in their core business areas. It does seem Linkedin members are happy to recommend companies which I totally respect and admire. To me it proves LinkedIn is a great resource for new business.

For those of you who are interested, we were able to bring life back to an old, obsolete stepper motor. The windings were burnt out and In my opinion I believe the company who had rewound this didn't totally understand stepper motors. What happens when most stepper motors are dismantled, is the magnetic field collapses, to recover it, the motor needs re-magnetising. Without re-magnetising, the windings will burn out pretty quickly. That's what I think happened, I also believe by giving this information on the first post, my company's credibility was recognised and we had the repair from this.

The motor was rewound to our standard class 'H' insulation, the shaft, housing and journals all measured, the bearings were replaced, the motor was assembled and then re-magnetised in our magnetising jig. The result? well take a look at the video below of the motor running as it should.

Thank you LinkedIn community and members for referring new business.