Germiston's Locor puts its motor rewinding, drive repair and onsite fault-finding services online for industrial plants

A rewound three-phase motor stator with new copper windings beside its rotor and fresh bearings on a workbench in a Germiston motor repair workshop.

The Germiston workshop rewinds AC and DC motors, repairs variable speed drives and soft starters, and sends technicians to site for fault finding.

GERMISTON, SOUTH AFRICA, October 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A conveyor motor that trips every time the supply comes back after a power cut is not always a motor problem. It can be the drive, a loose termination, a tired bearing or moisture in the windings, and replacing the wrong part costs a plant twice. Locor, a motor rewinding and drive repair workshop in Germiston, has published its full list of motor and drive repair services for plants, workshops and maintenance teams.

From the stator to the control panel

The workshop rewinds AC motors and repairs DC motors, with attention to commutators as well as windings and bearings. The list covers the motors that keep a factory moving: pump, fan, compressor and conveyor motors, gear motors, crane and hoist motors with their brakes, mixer and agitator motors, and the heavier crusher, mill and extruder motors that run under shock loads and heat. On the electronic side Locor repairs variable speed drives for pumps, HVAC systems, conveyors, mixers and spindles, along with soft starters and motor control panels where drive, contactor and protection faults overlap.

Rewinding follows the same order every time. The damaged windings are stripped, the stator is cleaned and the core checked, new conductors and insulation suited to the duty are fitted, and the motor is insulation tested before and after the work. Bearings are pressed in carefully, because a badly fitted bearing can damage the housing, shaft or seals.

"A lot of the drives that come in tripping are full of dust or have a cooling fan that has stopped," said Locor's drive repair technician. "We open the enclosure, follow the cooling path and check the power section before anyone starts replacing boards. If the real cause is a damaged cable or a motor with low insulation readings, a new drive will just fail again."

Help before the motor comes off

Some faults are better checked where the equipment runs. Locor's onsite support covers fault finding, drive inspections, bearing checks, insulation resistance testing, cable checks and panel cleaning, plus help planning safe motor removal, alignment checks after refit and commissioning support on restart. For plants with a short maintenance window, the team helps with shutdown planning and spares assessment so that several motors and drives can be dealt with in one stop.

The company is firm that electrical work is done only by qualified people, with safe isolation and lockout in place before any testing, removal or repair begins.

What to send with an enquiry

Locor asks for the motor kW, voltage and frame size, the make, model or serial number, and whether the trouble started after a power cut, a trip, water ingress or an overload. A burning smell, noise, vibration or a drive alarm all help narrow the job down. Collection points include Germiston, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Boksburg, Pretoria, Vereeniging and Durban. Enquiries go through the form on the Locor website, and a technician responds within one working day.

About Locor

Locor rewinds electric motors and repairs variable speed drives, soft starters and motor control panels from its workshop in Germiston, Gauteng, for plants and workshops across South Africa. It is part of the same South African trade network as am.co.za. Locor is operated by Astros Marketing (Pty) Ltd, 2 Makro Place, Sunnyrock 1401.

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