Job Description:

• 1) Winds steel wire around coil slots in armature core to hold coils in position when armature rotates, using banding machine: Lifts or hoists armature to horizontal spindle of banding machine.

• 2) Shapes exposed parts of coils to specified size, using rawhide hammer.

• 3) Mounts spool of specified wire and threads wire through guides of machine.

• 4) Wraps sheet of insulation around core and attaches wire to pin wedged in core or twists first turn around armature, using pliers.

• 5) Inserts metal clips under wire and turns crank to rotate armature or starts machine that winds wire around armature.

• 6) Guides wire manually or mechanically to maintain tension.

• 7) Turns ends of metal clips over wire and solders to hold wires in place.

• 8) Solders armature leads to commutator and caps riser, using electric soldering iron.

• 9) May shape coils.