Method of manufacturing a coil for a magnet
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Maurice Bird, Alex Palkovich
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Abstract
A method is provided for manufacturing a coil for a magnet. The method comprises the steps of providing a curved former, and disposing at least one hard-wire electrical conductor around the curved former. The former is initially manufactured in a flat or substantially flat shape, and is then bent into a desired curved shape. The former may be manufactured by moulding, and may be manufactured from a resilient material.
Claims4
A method of manufacturing a coil for a magnet, the method comprising the steps of, in sequence:
- a) manufacturing a former in a flat or substantially flat shape to form a flat shape former;
- b) bending the flat shape former into a curved shape to form a curved former;
- and
- c) winding at least one electrical conductor around the curved former formed in step (b);
- wherein the flat or substantially flat former is formed by moulding.
A method of manufacturing a coil for a magnet, the method comprising the steps of, in sequence:
- a) manufacturing a former in a fiat or substantially flat shape to form a flat shape former;
- b) bending the flat shape former into a curved shape to form a curved former;
- and
- c) disposing at least one electrical conductor around the curved former formed in step (b);
- wherein the flat or substantially flat former is formed by moulding;
- wherein the step of moulding the former includes moulding a groove in the former;
- and wherein the step of disposing the at least one conductor around the curved former comprises winding the at least one conductor into the groove.
A method of manufacturing a coil for a magnet, the method comprising the steps of, in sequence:
- a) manufacturing a former in a flat or substantially flat shape to form a flat shape former;
- b) bending the flat shape former into a curved shape to form a curved former;
- and
- c) winding at least one electrical conductor around the curved former formed in step (b);
- wherein the former is manufactured from a flexible, resilient material and the flat or substantially flat former is formed by moulding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.