Staged Investment for Intelligent Automatic Transformers Winding Manufacturing Lines

Transformer manufacturers can be faced with difficult decisions when it comes to large-scale investment. Uncertainty can delay large-scale investments resulting in equipment with older technology and inefficient work procedures being left in production. In this paper the authors expose a method where re-alignment of existing machines (through the integration of machine technologies such winding mandrels, wire flattening, cold welding, etc. ...) can be done with incremental investment allowing companies to improve current processes while managing capital investment. The application of the Staged Investment method proposed in this paper can be adapted to other peripheral transformer component manufacturing lines such as cores or tanks with excellent results.