Patent GB-953413-A (GB)
Title: Automatic apparatus for winding coils in slotted units, particularly for dynamo electric machines
IPC: H02K15/085
Filed: 1961-06-20
Abstract: 953,413. Coil making machines. BENDIX CORPORATION. June 20, 1961 [June 20, 1960], No. 22328/61. Heading B3A. [Also in Division F2] In a machine for winding the slotted bores of stators of dynamo-electric machines, the wire is carried through the bore by a reciprocating shuttle, the stator being oscillated between angular limits determined by adjustable stops so that the wire is automatically positioned in the required slot under the control of camoperated tongs. General description.-Fig. 1 shows a stator winding machine driven by a motor (not shown) via a worm 27, gears 35<SP>1</SP>, 39 and a main shaft 41. The stator is held in a split bearing 17. A shuttle 310 is reciprocated through the bore of the stator and carries three wires 916. The stator is made to oscillate about adjustable angular limits so that the three wires are automatically positioned in the correct slots under control of six pairs of cam-operated tongs so that the machine can simultaneously wind three coils of a 3-phase stator and then simultaneously wind three more coils of different pitch. End turn rings may be attached to the stator and, after winding, compressed by an impact press as described in Specification 790,731 [Group XXXV]. Counters 801, 802, 803 operated by cam-operated switches are provided to determine when the required number of turns of each pitch have been wound. The various mechanical operations are controlled by solenoids (Fig. 50, not shown) operated in sequence by contacts controlled by the counters, by solenoids or by cams. Stator oscillation.-Fig. 10A shows a stator holder 216 arranged to oscillate between angular limits determined by the engagement of a solenoid-operated stop (Fig. 11, not shown) with abutments such as T1, T2 formed about a groove 235 in the stator holder 216. The stator is driven by a solenoid-operated gear change mechanism (Fig. 8, see Division F2) engaging a gear 214. The stator may be oscillated over 160, 120 or 80 degrees by moving the solenoidcontrolled stop (not shown) so that it respectively engages abutments BB1, BB2; T1, T2 or AA1, AA2. This enables coils of different pitch to be wound. The stator oscillation is arranged to occur at the correct time by means of a magnetic clutch (Fig. 8, not shown). An extra gear is added to the gear change mechanism (not shown) so that 120 degrees pitch coils are wound in the reverse direction. A further solenoid (Fig. 35, not shown) is provided to rotate the stator through 40 degrees after each set of coils have been wound. Shuttle reciprocation and wire tensioning.- The three wires 916 (Fig. 1) pass through a central bore in the shuttle 310 (Figs. 1, 21) and emerge via three holes in a cap 360. The shuttle is reciprocated by a cam (not shown) on shaft 144, the movement of which is amplified by a gear train (Fig. 19, not shown) engaging a rack 350 attached to the shuttle 310. The wires 916 are passed over a pulley 936 which is oscillated in synchronism with the shuttle reciprocation under control of levers 925, 927, 934 and a cam 915 on shaft 144 so that the wire tension remains constant.  Wire pick-up and guiding arrangements.- Fig. 22 shows an arrangement of three pairs of tongs 394, pivoted at 383, each opened by a spring 390 and closed by a cam 395. A further set of three tongs 394 is provided at the other end of the stator. The sets of tongs 394 are moved at the required times, laterally into and out of the stator as well as radially, by camoperated levers (Fig. 23, not shown). The wires are thus picked up (Figs. 41-48, not shown) and wound between the required slots. Specifications 779,417 and 864,603 also are referred to.