An installation aid chain member for an installation aid chain may be arranged for positioning and fixing an electric conductor. The installation aid chain member may include a base, at least one coupling arrangement, and a conductor holder. The base may define a support surface. The support surface may support or be able to support the installation aid chain member. The at least one coupling arrangement may be arranged on the base for movably coupling the installation aid chain member to a second installation aid chain member. The conductor holder may be arranged away from the support surface on the base, for retaining a conductor portion of the electric conductor.

The invention relates to a device and a method for winding toroidal cores arranged on a toroidal core plane with a wire arranged on a winding plane. The device additionally comprises: a protective cover which is arranged substantially on the toroidal core plane and perpendicularly to the winding plane, is movably mounted in a translational manner horizontally on the toroidal core plane, and is designed to be guided over some regions of the toroidal core during operation, and thereby protect the toroidal core, and to produce an inner mold for at least one wire winding, said wire being wound on the mold. The device additionally comprises: a slide which is arranged substantially on the toroidal core plane and parallel to the protective cover and which is slidably mounted about the protective cover, surrounds some regions of the protective cover, and is designed to push the at least one wire winding wound on the protective cover from the protective cover onto the toroidal core during operation by means of a translational movement.

The invention relates to a device and a method for winding toroidal cores arranged on a toroidal core plane with a wire arranged on a winding plane. The device additionally comprises: a protective cover which is arranged substantially on the toroidal core plane and perpendicularly to the winding plane, is movably mounted in a translational manner horizontally on the toroidal core plane, and is designed to be guided over some regions of the toroidal core during operation, and thereby protect the toroidal core, and to produce an inner mold for at least one wire winding, said wire being wound on the mold. The device additionally comprises: a slide which is arranged substantially on the toroidal core plane and parallel to the protective cover and which is slidably mounted about the protective cover, surrounds some regions of the protective cover, and is designed to push the at least one wire winding wound on the protective cover from the protective cover onto the toroidal core during operation by means of a translational movement.

In order to provide an air core coil fitting apparatus that can automatically fit an air core coil onto a core, an air core coil fitting apparatus includes a holding member, a coil fitting rod, a rod driving member, a pushing member, and a sending member. The holding member holds a core main body that is formed in a ring shape, has a gap extending through the core main body from an inner circumferential face to an outer circumferential face thereof, and allows an air core coil wound in advance to be fitted onto the core main body from one end thereof. On the coil fitting rod, the air core coil that is to be fitted onto the core main body held by the holding member is fitted. The rod driving member brings a front end of the coil fitting rod close to or into contact with the one end of the core main body held by the holding member. The pushing member pushes the air core coil fitted on the coil fitting rod, toward the one end of the core main body. The sending member is disposed at a circumferential edge of the core main body held by the holding member, and pulls the air core coil pushed by the pushing member and fitted onto the core main body, toward another end of the core main body.

In order to provide an air core coil fitting apparatus that can automatically fit an air core coil onto a core, an air core coil fitting apparatus includes a holding member, a coil fitting rod, a rod driving member, a pushing member, and a sending member. The holding member holds a core main body that is formed in a ring shape, has a gap extending through the core main body from an inner circumferential face to an outer circumferential face thereof, and allows an air core coil wound in advance to be fitted onto the core main body from one end thereof. On the coil fitting rod, the air core coil that is to be fitted onto the core main body held by the holding member is fitted. The rod driving member brings a front end of the coil fitting rod close to or into contact with the one end of the core main body held by the holding member. The pushing member pushes the air core coil fitted on the coil fitting rod, toward the one end of the core main body. The sending member is disposed at a circumferential edge of the core main body held by the holding member, and pulls the air core coil pushed by the pushing member and fitted onto the core main body, toward another end of the core main body.

A wire winding method which can prevent twisting tendency of a wire and the occurrence of damage on the wire. The wire winding method includes: a first step of making a plurality of wires pass through a tensioner and a nozzle sequentially and fixing distal ends of the plurality of wires to a core side; and a second step of winding the plurality of wires on the core while twisting the plurality of wires by making the nozzle revolve around the core such that a mutual positional relationship between a plurality of wire insertion holes formed in the nozzle through which the plurality of wires are made to pass respectively with respect to the tensioner is set to a fixed value.

A wire winding method which can prevent twisting tendency of a wire and the occurrence of damage on the wire. The wire winding method includes: a first step of making a plurality of wires pass through a tensioner and a nozzle sequentially and fixing distal ends of the plurality of wires to a core side; and a second step of winding the plurality of wires on the core while twisting the plurality of wires by making the nozzle revolve around the core such that a mutual positional relationship between a plurality of wire insertion holes formed in the nozzle through which the plurality of wires are made to pass respectively with respect to the tensioner is set to a fixed value.

A guiding device for a stator of an automatic wire winding machine contains: a post, a cylinder, a sleeve, a cover, two springs, and three movable arms. The post includes a driven portion, an elongated hole, three grooves, and three bolts. The cylinder includes a through hole, two projections, two first apertures, a limiter, three second apertures, and three shafts. The sleeve is fitted with the post and includes two trenches. The cover includes an eyelet and fits with and moves on the post. One of the two springs abuts against the sleeve and pushes the cover to move, and another of the two springs also abuts against the sleeve and pushes the cylinder to move reversely. Each movable arm includes a hook portion arranged on a first end thereof and includes a fork portion formed on a second end thereof.

A guiding device for a stator of an automatic wire winding machine contains: a post, a cylinder, a sleeve, a cover, two springs, and three movable arms. The post includes a driven portion, an elongated hole, three grooves, and three bolts. The cylinder includes a through hole, two projections, two first apertures, a limiter, three second apertures, and three shafts. The sleeve is fitted with the post and includes two trenches. The cover includes an eyelet and fits with and moves on the post. One of the two springs abuts against the sleeve and pushes the cover to move, and another of the two springs also abuts against the sleeve and pushes the cylinder to move reversely. Each movable arm includes a hook portion arranged on a first end thereof and includes a fork portion formed on a second end thereof.

An apparatus and method for winding electrical coils (electromagnets) is described. A self-propelled and self-referencing winding vehicle uses features on a winding bobbin to guide the direction and/or orientation of the vehicle, while laying electrical conductor material (e.g., high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes) as it traverses the bobbin. The vehicle may wind electrical coils with complex shapes. In some embodiments, the self-propelled, self-referencing (SPSR) vehicle may perform other magnet fabrication and assembly procedures.