Patent ID: 8151443

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: 1) producing a former for winding a magnet coil, said former having a desired coil-defining structure comprising a plurality of recess-defining ridges which define a plurality of recesses, wherein said former is produced by: (1a) moulding material against a tool bearing a pattern of protrusions conforming to an inverse of said plurality of recess-defining ridges, so as to create the former; and (1b) separating the former from the tool; 2) winding wire into the plurality of recesses of the former to form a corresponding at least one magnet coil; 3) impregnating said at least one magnet coil with a resin; 4) allowing the resin to cure; and 5) forming a wound magnet coil by disposing of the entire former after the resin has cured.