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Automatic Toroid Winders

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Carbon_Rod
Sun Jun 21 2009, 11:35PM Print
Carbon_Rod Registered Member #65 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 06:43AM
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I was curious if any 4hv folk have attempted to build one of these units.

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They look quite acceptable for fine gauge wire.

However, I would appreciate any insights on purchasing or building such a device.
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Mike
Mon Jun 22 2009, 12:45AM
Mike Registered Member #58 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:40AM
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Hey haha I posted the same thing in General chat :) maybe a mod can merge / delete one of our posts.

Anyway yeah I thought it was pretty sweet, duno if I could take the time to build that though heh.
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M_Gargantua
Mon Jun 22 2009, 12:46AM
M_Gargantua Registered Member #276 Joined: Thu Mar 02 2006, 04:40PM
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You could easily build a better one with the right mechanical aptitude. The winder used in the video didn't rotate the torus fast enough for fully automated operation.

You would want your torus assembly to have an adjustable speed rotation, one that can perfectly match the outer diameter of the wire your feeding. The wire feeding assembly would work fine as a spool of sufficient length with the feed running through guideing equipment to directly over the rotatin torus. You would want this to be on an adjustable arm to maintain the same distance from any size torus. Your spinning wheel would work best hinged on one end so it can open like a claw to allow the torus to be placed within. A clip which rotates with the torus to provide a good place to attach your wire.

A Continuously Variable Transmission could provide for both the rotation of the Winder and the torus off a single motor.
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Proud Mary
Mon Jun 22 2009, 12:51AM
Proud Mary Registered Member #543 Joined: Tue Feb 20 2007, 04:26PM
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I reckon that if you could build an overlock sewing machine from scratch parts you could probably make a torus winding machine that worked.

And I'd have to be winding hundreds of toroids to make an effort like that worthwhile! Far cheaper to buy them smile
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Carbon_Rod
Mon Jun 22 2009, 01:25AM
Carbon_Rod Registered Member #65 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 06:43AM
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Yep, first post goes to Mike :)

The windings on the machine look fairly non-uniform. M_Gargantua, if both were driven from the same gear than the winding layers will likely run into the same issue.

How do people prevent the taps from getting wound in?
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Conundrum
Tue Jun 23 2009, 06:37AM
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
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There's also one on Hackaday..
-A
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