Apparatus and method for fabricating a low voltage winding for a toroidal transformer

摘要

A winding apparatus and method for fabricating a multifilar low voltage winding for a toroidal transformer is disclosed. The method and apparatus use a wire storage magazine (18) and a wire winding shuttle (20) which rotate about a semitoroidal winding mandrel (38) to wind a multifilar low voltage winding (48) on the winding mandrel having a greater radial depth of turns at the radially inward leg of the winding than at the radially outward leg of the winding. The multifilar winding can be wound with a group of conductors in a single pass over the winding mandrel, or wound one conductor at a time using multiple passes over the winding mandrel, or wound using multiple passes over the winding mandrel with some intermediate number of conductors being wound during each pass.