Method for fabrication of a conductor bar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10090740-B2
Application number	US-201514881425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	Oct 15, 2014
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for fabrication of a conductor bar and to a use of a conductor tape with applied putty for the fabrication of a conductor bar. Described is a method for fabrication of a conductor bar including, applying a putty at one side of a conductor tape, applying a release foil at the other side of the putty opposed to the conductor tape, removing the release foil before applying the conductor tape to the narrow side of the conductor bar, providing a pressing mold with rounded edges at the inner side of the pressing mold, surrounding the conductor bar with putty and conductor tape with the pressing mold, and hot pressing the conductor bar with the pressing mold.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for fabrication of a conductor bar, the method comprising;
applying a putty at one side of a conductor tape;
providing a pressing mould with rounded edges at the inner side of the pressing mould;
applying the conductor tape with the applied putty directed to the conductor bar together on the conductor bar such that the putty and tape are applied to the conductor bar in one step with the putty in a non-hardened state;
the conductor tape and applied putty placed longitudinally over top and bottom sides of the conductor bar so that the conductor tape extends over the top or bottom side and at least partially onto longitudinal sides of the conductor bar;
applying the pressing mould to the conductor bar;
hot pressing the conductor bar by means of the pressing mould; and
removing the pressing mould.

2. The method for fabrication of a conductor bar according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor tape is broader than a width of the putty applied to the conductor tape.

3. The method for fabrication of a conductor bar according to claim 1 , further comprising applying a release foil at the other side of the putty opposed to the conductor tape, and removing the release foil before applying the conductor tape to the narrow side of the conductor bar.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the hot pressing in the pressing mould the conductor bar is completely enveloped by an additional foil, and removing the additional foil after hot pressing.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor tape is a mica tape.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of applying the putty with conductor tape and release foil is conducted by a winder.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing mould is built from four parts, an upper part, two middle parts each for a longitudinal side of the conductor bar, and a bottom part, whereas the upper part and the bottom part each have an inner radius of the edges of the inner side of 2.5 mm.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing mould is built from nine parts, one upper part, three upper middle parts abut the upper part, one intermediate part abuts the three middle parts at the top and abuts three further lower middle parts below, and a bottom part abuts the middle parts, whereby the pressing mould is designed to include four conductor bars.

Assignees

• Alstom Renewable Technologies
• Ge Renewable Tech

Inventors

• Huwyler Markus
• Koepfler Andreas

Classifications

• H02K15/12

  Impregnating, moulding insulation, heating or drying of windings, stators, rotors or machines · CPC title

• B29K2309/10

  Mica · CPC title

• B29L2031/3406

  Components, e.g. resistors · CPC title

• H02K3/40

  for high voltage, e.g. affording protection against corona discharges · CPC title

• B29C43/003

  characterised by the choice of material · CPC title