In this study, innovation management process tools and techniques are classified according to their purpose and
then examined in detail. After a general outline of innovation management process created for managers, a real life
case study about generator rewind process is presented.
One of the hard tasks performed during “Generator Rewind” is the copper removal. Each copper bar looks like a
children’s slinky tool and having 2 coil brazed bar at the corner which forms a layer and nested in a slot up to 8 layers.
Since the length of the copper is more than 6 meters, copper removal needs 6 to 8 men to handle.
The first thing needs to be performed is to define the core problem that the customer is having so JTBD process is
used and needed jobs are identified. After initial stage completed and the case identified the next thing is to identify
the possible solutions.
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In order to develop all possible solutions an engineering team gathered and performed idea generation and idea
developing meetings to find the best solutions. According to type of the problem and the target market outline of
innovation management process and related tools are considered. Thus, by implementing the TRIZ solution
“SEGMENTATION”, the team decided to cut the layer pieces into smaller bars for operators to carry out easier.
During the segmentation the pieces will be brazed together which requires high quality surface and a straight cut to
achieve high quality braze. Figure 1 represented the US 2013/0312250 Generator Rotor Refurbishing System and
Method of Repairing a generator Rotor. Figure 2 is represented the Cutting Tool vs. Rotor Forging Size Comparison