What Is Winding Machinery?
Winding machinery are machines that wind metal or enameled wire to produce various types of coil components. Winding machinery winds enameled wire into coil components in a fraction of the time that thread is automatically wound onto the bobbin of a sewing machine. The number and variety of coil parts are quite large, and the winding methods vary. Winding machinery plays an important role because the performance of enameled wire depends on the way it is wound.
Winding machinery comes in manual and automatic models, with the manual model being smaller. There are also different types of winding machines, such as single-axis and multi-axis.
Uses of Winding Machinery
Winding machinery is used to manufacture components such as relays, solenoids, ignition coils, edge-wise, and pickup coils. Winding machinery allows enameled wires to be wound evenly without tangling. The appropriate winding machinery is selected according to the type of winding (vertical, horizontal, etc.) and the thickness of the wire (thin or thick).
Winding machinery is also used to wind welding wire for automatic arc welding and motors for ceiling fans.
Principle of Winding Machinery
The principle of winding machinery is similar to the winding of thread on a sewing machine. Enameled wire is threaded through the winding machinery and switched on to start winding. When the winding is completed, the switch is turned off, and the enameled wire is cut with scissors. In fully automatic winding machinery, all coil components are installed and wound automatically. Many products are computer-controlled, so they are capable of various types of winding.
Winding machinery is selected according to the winding method used for each coil component.
- Spindle Winding
Winds stepper coils, ignition coils, etc., using spindles. - Toroidal Winding
A method of winding a coil in the form of a ring, winding from the center of the ring outward. - Perfectly Aligned Winding
Motor stator coils, clutch coils, etc., are wound in perfect alignment, one wind at a time. - Nozzle Winding
This winding method can be used from the inside and is suitable for motor windings with inner winding. - Flyer Winding
The flyer rotates and winds. Suitable for air-core coils, chip coils, and motors.