Method for brazing rotor windings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016354852-A1
Application number	US-201615214801-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 20, 2016
Priority date	Jan 23, 2014
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing the windings of rotating electrical plant.

First claim

1 . A method for winding a rotor assembly of an electrical machine, the rotor assembly comprising one or more conductive half coils, each half coil comprising a plurality of stacked turns, the method comprising:
joining two consecutive conductive half coils by brazing wherein said brazing is operated on said stacked half coils by means of a brazing element comprising an induction coil and a first brazing member positioned at a first side of the half coils and a second brazing member positioned at a second side of the half coils, opposite to said first side, said first and second brazing members defining a gap therebetween configured to receive said stacked turns to be joined.

2 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said induction coil comprises a first u-shaped coil and a second u-shaped coil.

3 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising applying a load on top of the half coils to be joined in correspondence of a junction area, the load being of an elastic type.

4 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising inserting metallic spacers between single turns of each half coil stack to be joined prior to brazing, and replacing said metallic spacers with electrically insulating elements between single turns after brazing.

5 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising inserting un-impregnated insulation elements between single turns of each half coil stack to be joined prior to brazing, and a later step of applying resin laterally to said un-impregnated insulation elements after the brazing until the resin is absorbed.

6 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising utilizing a micro scale phased array sensor between single turns of the half coil stack after brazing.

7 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising cooling the conductive half coils.

8 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the cooling is operated by means of heat exchangers placed on said conductive half coils to be joined.

9 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 7 , wherein said cooling is operated by blowing compressed air towards, or within ventilation ducts of said conductive half coils.

10 . The method for winding a rotor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the brazing element is supplied with a heating current having an associated power input which is constant over time.

11 . A brazing element for brazing a pair of consecutive conductive half coils of a rotor assembly, the brazing element comprising a first brazing member and a second brazing member, wherein said first and second members are spaced apart such to accommodate the consecutive conductive half coils there between.

12 . The brazing element according to the claim 11 , wherein said first and second brazing members are induction coils.

13 . The brazing element according to claim 12 , wherein said first and second brazing members are u-shaped induction coils.

Assignees

• General Electric Technology Gmbh

Inventors

• Glover Paul Dominic
• GREENSILL Matthew
• Parry Stewart
• Visintin Massimiliano
• Weidemann Kornelia

Classifications

• H02K3/12

  arranged in slots · CPC title

• H02K15/00

  Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines · CPC title

• B23K1/0016 Primary

  Soldering of electronic components · CPC title

• B23K1/002 Primary

  Soldering by means of induction heating · CPC title

• H02K15/35 Primary

  Form-wound windings · CPC title