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Winding Coils, the layering.


By seanchan00, Section Mechanical
Posted on Mon Jul 18, 2005 at 12:25:55 AM MST
Getting into hiccups.

Hi Members,

In winding coil using two wires in hand, do I have to be careful to layer both the wires parallel at each wind and make sure they stay together? I am having problem getting the two wires to stay together esp as I go from one layer to the next. Sometimes they separate as I turn even on the same layer going from right to left or going left to right.

What kind of wax do I use to prevent the coil from sticking to the jig after I apply the super glue to hold them on completion?

Sean.


Editors Note:

Sean;
This stuff has all been covered several times in the past and you really might consider doing a little reading looking for the previously posted methods. We are leaving this story posted in the interest of revisiting the subject. Google search the board will give pretty good results for searching the previous posts.

You might want to read This to understand the how and why of what does and does not make it past the editors.


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Re: Winding Coils, the layering. (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Flux on Mon Jul 18, 2005 at 12:54:55 AM MST

Beyond the first two or three layers you will find it nearly impossible to keep the layers perfectly even and the 2 wires together.

As long as you can get the full number of turns in, it doesn't really matter. If you keep a reasonable tension on and don't let it pile up too much at one point you will find that the coil that that took you 2 hours to wind will not be much smaller than the one that took you 30 seconds.

If you are following a proven design allowance will have been made for normal rapid winding. If it is your own design and you aim for absolute perfection you will only get a few more turns in and it will never be worth the time wasted.

I can't answer your second question as I never use superglue, I can't get it to stick to anything reliably so it should not take much to act as a release agent, I seem to remember seeing wax crayon being mentioned.

Flux



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