Australian Winders

23/01/2026

Behind every successful rebuild is a team that knows their craft. When it comes to rebuilds of this size, collaboration between experienced winders and technical specialists matters even more.

This quick moment on the job captures what we value most: skilled people reviewing progress, sharing knowledge and ensuring every stage meets our standards.

15/01/2026

Precision is everything.

Rotor rebuilds rely on careful measurement and methodical setup long before any testing begins.

Here, our technician works through alignment and positioning checks on the rotor body. These small steps ensure the retaining ring, wedges and coils are tensioned correctly once final assembly begins.

This is the difference experience makes: consistent process, consistent performance.

05/01/2026

Inside a generator rotor rebuild.

This rotor is currently undergoing a full refurbishment, including coil inspection, cleaning and reassembly inside a controlled workspace.
Every millimetre matters at this stage. Our technicians verify insulation integrity, check component alignment and prepare the rotor for the final reassembly steps.

This is the type of work that demands deep winding experience and attention to detail, ensuring the machine returns to site ready for reliable performance.

19/12/2025

⭐️ Australian Winders at EECON 2025

Tony attended this year’s EECON conference to connect with utilities, engineers and industry specialists involved in strengthening Australia’s energy network.

The event offered valuable conversations around generation, testing, asset reliability and the growing demand for high-voltage winding capability. These insights help shape where Australian Winders continues to invest, particularly in testing technology and large-scale refurbishment work.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to chat with us during the event. We’re looking forward to continuing these discussions in 2026.

26/09/2025

When you’re managing a generator outage, too many moving parts mean one thing: delays.

That’s why Australian Winders doesn’t send in a crew. We bring the whole operation under one roof, from coil manufacturing and winding kit supply, to Astro Chemicals epoxy and fully equipped field teams ready to mobilise anywhere in the world.

That’s one accountable partner from first inspection to final test.

A streamlined approach means earlier start-up, consistent QA oversight, and reduced time to return to service.

Longevity

09/09/2025

We don’t pass the baton, we run the whole race.

From diagnosis to delivery, Australian Winders handles every stage of large, electrical machine repairs and servicing, in-house.

04/09/2025

Australian Winders will be on display at EECON 2025, taking place from 10 to 12 Nov 2025 at Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth.

EECON is where Australia’s electric energy leaders will come together under the theme “Empowering Australia’s Clean Energy Future”. If you’re working across the electric energy sector, this is one for the calendar.

We’re always up for a chat about the work being done in field service and coil manufacturing and how we’re building an organisation that supports heavy industry in Australia and beyond.

Registration wraps up on 30 September.

Register now: https://pulse.ly/eswpjlcawh

19/08/2025

How do you give a 1982 generator a second life?

In 2024, Australian Winders helped Synergy overhaul Generator 3 at Kalgoorlie Power Station, a 24 MVA ALSTHOM machine pushing 40 years.

With no original drawings and no shortcuts taken, this was engineering done properly, from start to finish.

Read about it:

Australian Winders completed a full rewind of a 1982 generator using in-house Roebel bars and precision methods despite missing documentation.

05/08/2025

As demand for efficient, electric rail grows, our aim is to deliver where it counts, at the core of the locomotive.

From our workshop in Malaysia, we’re manufacturing low-voltage AC traction coils for modern rail systems across the globe.

With facilities in both Australia and Malaysia, we’re building at scale, but as Managing Director Tony O’Brien acknowledges, “the mindset across our growing operations is still craft.”

01/08/2025

When you’re working on high-voltage machines, the materials matter just as much as the workmanship.

That’s why Australian Winders is proud to be the local distributor for Astro Chemical, a name trusted by major OEMs and international repairers worldwide.

From high-performance electrical insulation resins to specialist epoxy compounds, Astro Chemical’s products are engineered for reliability under extreme conditions, just like the machines they protect.

By supplying these products locally, we’re helping Australian and Asia-Pacific operators get faster access to the same materials trusted across the globe.

23/07/2025

The most expensive motor failure is the one you didn’t see coming.

In heavy industry, every hour of downtime hurts budgets, schedules, and safety. With rising energy costs, staying ahead of wear and faults is the difference between disruption and stability.

That’s why we take a different approach.

Cutting-edge technology identifies problems before they escalate, helping teams stay ahead of failure. The goal is long-term reliability over stop-gap solutions.