Patent ID: 7377465
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: B22F,C22C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wire winding apparatus, comprising: a winding mandrel; a plurality of guide rollers each arranged at a predetermined location circumferentially around said winding mandrel; and a plurality of tapes, each being guidable by one of said plurality of guide rollers, each of said tapes comprising a plurality of strands, wherein, when said winding mandrel is rotated, each of said tapes is disposed, successively, one on top of the other on said winding mandrel, and wherein said winding mandrel has a plurality of grooves on a winding surface thereof, whereby each strand in a first layer wound on said mandrel has an unambiguous nesting position, and each strand is spaced from another of said strands in accordance with a predetermined distance.