(19)
(11) EP 0 409 479 B1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
09.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/10

(21) Application number: 90307595.0

(22) Date of filing: 11.07.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5H01F 15/00, H01F 41/04

(54)

A METHOD OF MAKING AN ELECTROMAGNETICAL APPARATUS

VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES ELEKTROMAGNETISCHEN GERAETS

PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN APPAREIL ELECTROMAGNETIQUE


(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT DE FR IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 17.07.1989 GB 8916332

(43) Date of publication of application:
23.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/04

(73) Proprietor: GEC ALSTHOM LIMITED
Rugby Warwickshire CV21 1TB (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • White, Allen
    Gnosall, ST20 0LT (GB)
  • Wright, David Walter
    Stafford, ST17 0UB (GB)
  • Harrison, Thomas Henry
    Stafford, ST20 0LT (GB)

(74) Representative: Keppler, William Patrick et al
The General Electric Company plc GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane
GB-Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX
GB-Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
GB-A- 1 463 510
US-A- 4 543 708
JP-A- 5 753 013
   
       
    Note: Within nine months from the publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to the European patent granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent Convention).


    Description


    [0001] This invention relates to a method of making electromagnetic apparatus.

    [0002] In particular the invention relates to a method of making an electromagnetic apparatus, including the steps of winding at least one electrical conductor into the form of a coil and shaping the conductor into leads at the coil ends, the conductor used for winding having at least one stack of substantially oblong cross-section insulated conductor strands and uncured resin within an outer insulation, stabilising the coil by a heat treatment which also cures the resin to bond together the insulated conductor strands therein, and then. either before or after assembling the stabilised coil with a magnetic flux carrier,further shaping the leads and separating the conductor strands at the end of each lead for electrical connection to a termination of the apparatus.

    [0003] It is known that the coils of electromagnetic apparatus, for example transformers, exist within a leakage magnetic field created by current in the coils, that this magnetic field will induce eddy currents and stray losses in the conductors of the coils, and that to reduce this the conductors may be stranded. The insulated conductor strands may be continuously transposed along the or each electrical conductor, both to even out the lengths of the strands in the coil which pass through a magnetic field in the apparatus and to reduce current loss due to circulating currents. Coils can be subject to mechanical forces due to short circuit current. Stranded conductors may be strengthened, to reduce the possibility of distortion due to such mechanical forces, by bonding together the strands. An example of a coil having such a transposed stranded and bonded conductor is disclosed in GB-A-1463510.

    [0004] A method of making an electromagnetic apparatus as specified in the penultimate paragraph is known in which uncured resin in the conductor used for winding the coil is provided as powdered epoxy resin individually coating each of the insulated conductor strands. However this has significant practical drawbacks in relation to the further shaping of the leads and the separating of the conductor strands which is required after the coil has been stabilised. It is desired that the coil should be rigid by virtue of the cured resin after the stabilising heat treatment, but if resin provided in this way is left in the leads and also cured therein by this heat treatment then the leads will be made rigid and incapable in this condition of being further shaped. Thus the cured resin has to be removed individually from each conductor strand in each lead while retaining the insulation on each strand. This removal has to be effected with cleaning chemicals or mechanical abrasion. For example on a large transformer winding having several stranded conductors, this removal of cured resin may require several days of manual work. The cleaned insulated conductor strands then have to be re-assembled to form the leads which are flexible and may be further shaped as required. The cleaned strands at the end of each lead may also then be separated, and have their insulation removed, for electrical connection to a termination by, for example, brazing. This process of dealing with leads made rigid by cured resin is particularly difficult if they are in the form of conductors with continuously transposed strands. An alternative is to disassemble each lead for removal of the uncured powdered epoxy resin before the coil stabilising heat treatment, but this is also time consuming and uncertain since some resin may be left in and cured and then have to be afterwards removed. GB-A-1463510 mentioned above has no disclosure or teaching concerning further shaping of the coil leads.

    [0005] An object of the present invention is substantially to overcome the drawbacks just described.

    [0006] According to the present invention there is provided a method of making an electromagnetic apparatus as defined in the second paragraph of this specification characterised in that the uncured resin is provided as impregnation in one or more carrier strips which closely contact the insulated conductor strands so that the coil stabilising heat treatment allows the resin to flow from the carrier strip (or strips) to the insulated conductor strands to bond them together, and in that before said heat treatment said carrier strip (or strips) is (or are) removed from a section of each lead where it is intended afterwards to effect said further shaping of that lead and said separating of the conductor strands, so that the conductor strands in those lead sections are not bonded together by said heat treatment thereby facilitating said further shaping and separating.

    [0007] The basic idea of the invention is to provide uncured resin only as impregnation in one or more carrier strips. In this way, by selectively removing the impregnated carrier strip (or strips), the uncured resin may be easily and accurately completely removed from the coil leads where and only where required before the coil stabilising heat treatmnt. A stranded conductor for use in the method of the invention should also be more easily and cheaply provided with uncured resin than the above mentioned known conductor in which the individual strands are individually coated with powdered epoxy resin.

    [0008] The carrier strips impregnated with uncured resin may be provided as individual coverings for each insulated conductor strand. Another possibility is that the carrier strip (or strips) impregnated with uncured resin may be provided as a covering around the stack of insulated conductor strands, or as coverings individually around each said stack, or as a single covering around all said stacks.

    [0009] In a form of the method of the invention which is particularly useful where the conductor has a large number of strands, the conductor used for winding may have at least two said stacks of insulated conductor strands with a separator strip between the or each pair of stacks, the carrier strip (or strips) impregnated with uncured resin may comprise said separator strip(s), and, after the or each resin impregnated separator strip has been removed from said lead sections and before said heat treatment, the or each removed resin impregnated separator strip may be replaced along at least part of said lead sections by a separator strip which is not resin impregnated. The insulated conductor strands may be continuously transposed along the or each electrical conductor. In this form of the method of the invention using a resin impregnated separator strip (or strips) the conductor strands are not surrounded by cured resin after the coil stabilising heat treatment but are bonded together by the cured resin which has flowed to touch them along only one edge (or perhaps two opposite edges if there are more than two stacks) of their oblong cross-section. However the rigidity of the conductor in the coil achieved by this amount of bonding of the strands should be quite sufficient to withstand the mechanical forces to which it is subjected in operation of the apparatus.

    [0010] In the method of the invention the insulated conductor strands may have substantially curved convex edges touching the carrier strip(s) impregnated with uncured resin, said heat treatment allowing the resin to flow between adjacently stacked said strands in the regions of those curved edges. This enhances the bonding of the strands compared with the case where they may have only flat edges.

    [0011] In the method of the invention, the outer insulation of the conductor and/or the one or more carrier strips may comprise paper. In this case, in order to dry the paper without making it brittle, the coil stabilising heat treatment should be at a temperature above 100°C and below 140°C.

    [0012] Examples of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings in which Figures 1 to 4 each show a corresponding cross-section of a conductor embodying the invention.

    [0013] Referring now to Figure 1, an electrical conductor has two parallel, adjacent stacks of substantially oblong cross-section conductor strands 1. Two opposite edges 10 of each strand 1 are substantially curved convex. Normally the strands 1 will be initially formed with a retangular cross-section of which only the corners are then made radiussed. Four strands 1 are shown in each stack but there may be typically ten or more such strands in each stack. The strands 1 are normally of copper or aluminium and are individually insulated by an insulation film (not shown) which is normally enamel or the like. The strands 1 are within an outer insulation 2 which is normally paper wrapping or the like. A strip 3 is located between the two stacks in close contact with edges 10 of the conductor strands 1.

    [0014] The strip 3, which is normally paper or the like, serves a double purpose in that it is a separator strip which keeps stable the configuration of the strands 1 within the conductor and in that it is a carrier strip impregnated with uncured resin, normally epoxy resin. The resin will be cured in a heat treatment step of making an electromagnetic apparatus, as described below, so as to bond together the strands 1. The insulated strands 1 are normally continuously transposed along the length of the conductor, in which case there will normally be an odd number of strands 1 in the conductor within the outer insulation 2. The transposition, not seen in Figure 1, may be in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction as viewed in Figure 1. If clockwise, for example, then along the length of the conductor the strands 1 in the top stack will be continuously displaced from left to right, the right hand strand of the top stack will move down along the right hand side of the stacks to become the right hand strand of the bottom stack, the strands 1 in the bottom stack will be continuously displaced from right to left, and the left hand strand of the bottom stack will move up along the left hand side of the stacks to become the left hand strand of the top stack.

    [0015] The electrical conductor described above with respect to Figure 1 is used in a method of making an electromagnetic apparatus, for example a transformer, as will be described below.

    [0016] At least one stranded electrical conductor is wound into the form of a coil and the or each conductor is shaped into leads at the coil ends. The outer insulation 2 is temporarily removed from a section of each lead where it is intended later to further shape that lead and separate the conductor strands at the end of that lead. The resin impregnated strip 3 is then removed from that section of each lead, for example by cutting it away with scissors or the like. The removed resin impregnated strip 3 is then replaced, along at least the part of that lead section where it is intended later to further shape the lead, by a strip which is similar but not resin impregnated. The outer insulation 2 is then replaced on that part of each lead section.

    [0017] The coil then undergoes a stabilising heat treatment, that is to say a heat treatment in which moisture is removed from the coil and the coil is shrunk to a required size. Where the insulation 2 and/or the strips 3 comprise paper then, in order to dry the paper without making it brittle, the coil stabilising heat treatment should be at a temperature above 100°C and below 140°C.

    [0018] The coil stabilising heat treatment also cures the resin in the strip 3. During this curing process the resin is allowed to flow from the strip 3 to the adjacent edges 10 of the insulated conductor strands 1 to bond these strands 1 to the strip 3 and thereby together. Furthermore, the heat treatment may allow the resin to flow between the adjacently stacked strands 1 in the regions of their curved edges. The conductor strands 1 are not bonded together by this coil stabilising heat treatment in those lead sections where the resin impregnated strip 3 has been removed.

    [0019] The stabilised coil is then assembled with a magnetic flux carrier, for example a metal core where the apparatus is a transformer. The unbonded lead sections are sufficiently flexible to be then further shaped so as to position them where required in respect of terminations of the apparatus. The conductor strands at the end of each lead are separated, more easily because they have not been bonded, stripped of their insulation, and individually electrically connected by, for example, brazing to a said termination of the apparatus. In a large power transformer, for example, one bus bar termination may have individually connected to it up to approximately 200 separated conductor strands derived from 6 or 7 conductor leads.

    [0020] The further shaping of the leads and separating of the conductor strands may alternatively be a step in preparation of the stabilised coil before assembly with the magnetic flux carrier.

    [0021] Referring now to Figure 2, an electrical conductor is shown which is similar to that shown in Figure 1 but in which, in addition to the separator strip 3 impregnated with uncured resin, two further strips 4 are provided parallel to the separator strip 3 and between the stacks of strands 1 and the outer insulation 2. The strips 4 are also carrier strips, normally of paper or the like, impregnated with uncured resin. Before the coil stabilising heat treatment the resin impregnated strips 4 are removed from the same lead sections from where the resin impregnated strip 3 is removed. The removed impregnated strips 4 may or may not be replaced in those lead sections by strips without resin impregnation. The coil stabilising heat treatment also cures the resin in the carrier strips 4 all owing the resin to flow from the strips 4 to and between the adjacent edges 11 of the insulated conductor strands to bond the strands 1 to the strips 4 and thereby provide extra bonded strength of the strands 1 in the conductor in the stabilised coil.

    [0022] Referring now to Figure 3, an electrical conductor is shown which is modified with respect to that shown in Figure 1 primarily in that the carrier strip impregnated with uncured resin is provided as a covering 20 around and in close contact with both stacks of insulated conductor strands 1. The impregnated covering strip 20 will normally be a paper wrapping which is then overwrapped with the usual outer insulation paper wrapping 2. In this case the separator strip 3 may or may not be resin impregnated. Before the coil stabilising heat treatment the resin impregnated covering strip 20 is removed from the lead sections where appropriate and may be replaced by a strip without impregnation. If the separator strip 3 is resin impregnated this will also be removed from those lead sections and replaced by a separator strip which is not resin impregnated. The coil stabilising heat treatment cures the resin in the covering strip 20 allowing resin to flow from the strip 20 to and between the contacting edges 11 of the insulated conductor strands 1 and to the sides of the outer strand in each stack. This should provide sufficient bonded strength of the strands 1 in the stabilised coil. If the separator strip 3 is resin impregnated then extra bonded strength is provided.

    [0023] Referring now to Figure 4, an electrical conductor is shown which is modified with respect to that shown in Figure 1 in that the separator strip 3 is not resin impregnated and in that carrier strips impregnated with uncured resin are provided as individual coverings 5, normally as paper wrapping, for each insulated conductor strand 1. Before the coil stabilising heat treatment these individual impregnated coverings 5 are removed from the lead sections where appropriate and may be replaced by coverings which are not impregnated with resin. The coil stabilising heat treatment cures the resin in the coverings 5 allowing the resin to flow to the closely contacting sides of the strands 1 thereby bonding the strands together in the stabilised coil.

    [0024] The electrical conductors described above with respect to Figures 1 to 4 have two stacks of insulated conductor strands 1. These conductors may be modified to have more than two stacks of strands, although in practice there would not usually be more than three stacks. In this case, the conductors of Figures 1, 2 and 3 would require a resin impregnated separator strip 3 between each pair of stacks.

    [0025] Continuous transposition of the insulated conductor strands 1 is normally provided along the length of the conductor having two or more stacks, but electrical conductors as described above with respect to Figures 1 to 4 may be provided without such transposition of the strands.

    [0026] The electrical conductors described above with respect to Figures 2 to 4 may be modified to have only one stack of insulated conductor strands 1, simply by not having the separator strip 3. In this case the strands 1 may or may not be continuously transposed.

    [0027] Electrical conductors and a method of making electromagnetic apparatus have been described above in relation to the electromagnetic apparatus being a transformer, in particular a large power transformer. Such conductors and such method may be used in relation to other types of transformers, or in relation to other electromagnetic apparatus such as electric motors or electric generators.


    Claims

    1. A method of making an electromagnetic apparatus, including the steps of winding at least one electrical conductor into the form of a coil and shaping the conductor into leads at the coil ends, the conductor used for winding having at least one stack of substantially oblong cross-section insulated conductor strands (1) and uncured resin within an outer insulation (2), stabilising the coil by a heat treatment which also cures the resin to bond together the insulated conductor strands therein, and then, either before or after assembling the stabilised coil with a magnetic flux carrier, further shaping the leads and separating the conductor strands at the end of each lead for electrical connection to a termination of the apparatus, characterised in that the uncured resin is provided as impregnation in one or more carrier strips (3),(4),(5),(20) which closely contact the insulated conductor strands so that the coil stabilising heat treatment allows the resin to flow from said one or more carrier strips to the insulated conductor strands to bond them together, and in that before said heat treatment said one or more carrier strips are removed from a section of each lead where it is intended afterwards to effect said further shaping of that lead and said separating of the conductor strands, so that the conductor strands in those lead sections are not bonded together by said heat treatment thereby facilitating said further shaping and separating.
     
    2. A method as claimed in Claim 1, in which the carrier strips impregnated with uncured resin are provided as individual coverings (5) for each insulated conductor strand.
     
    3. A method as claimed in Claim 1, in which said one or more carrier strips impregnated with uncured resin are provided as a covering around the stack of insulated conductor strands, or as coverings individually around each said stack, or as a single covering (20) around all said stacks.
     
    4. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3, in which the conductor used for winding has at least two said stacks of insulated conductor strands with a separator strip (3) between the or each pair of stacks.
     
    5. A method as claimed in Claim 1, in which the conductor used for winding has at least two said stacks of insulated conductor strands with a separator strip (3) between the or each pair of stacks, in which said one or more carrier strips impregnated with uncured resin comprise said separator strip(s), and in which, after the or each resin impregnated separator strip has been removed from said lead sections and before said heat treatment, the or each removed resin impregnated separator strip is replaced along at least part of said lead sections by a separator strip which is not resin impregnated.
     
    6. A method as claimed in Claim 5, in which, in addition to the resin impregnated separator strip(s), the carrier strips impregnated with uncured resin comprise further such carrier strips (4) which are parallel to the separator strip(s) and between said stacks and said outer insulation.
     
    7. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, in which the insulated conductor strands are continuously transposed along the or each electrical conductor.
     
    8. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, in which the insulated conductor strands have substantially curved convex edges (11) touching the carrier strip(s) impregnated with uncured resin, and in which said heat treatment allows the resin to flow between adjacently stacked said strands in the regions of those curved edges.
     
    9. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, in which the one or more carrier strips and/or the outer insulation comprise paper, and in which said coil stabilising heat treatment is at a temperature above 100°C and below 140°C.
     
    10. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, in which the electromagnetic apparatus is a transformer.
     


    Ansprüche

    1. Ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines elektromagnetischen Gerätes, das die Schritte enthält, daß zumindest ein elektrischer Leiter in Form einer Spule gewickelt wird, und daß der Leiter an den Spulenenden zu Leitungen geformt wird, wobei der Leiter, der für die Wicklung verwendet wird, zumindest ein Bündel isolierter Leiteradern (1) mit einem im wesentlichen länglichen Querschnitt und in einer äußeren Isolierung (2) nicht vulkanisiertes Harz besitzt, daß die Spule durch eine Wärmebehandlung stabilisiert wird, die ebenfalls das Harz vulkanisiert, um die isolierten Leiteradern in ihm miteinander zu verkleben und daß dann, entweder bevor oder nachdem die stabilisierte Spule mit einem Magnetflußträger zusammengebaut wird, die Leitungen weiter geformt werden und die Leiteradern an dem Ende jeder Leitung getrennt werden, um sie mit einem Anschluß des Gerätes elektrisch zu verbinden,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    ein oder mehrere Trägerstreifen (3), (4), (5), (20), die die isolierten Leiteradern eng berühren, mit nicht vulkanisiertem Harz getränkt werden sollen, so daß durch die die Spule stabilisierende Wärmebehandlung das Harz von einem oder mehreren Trägerstreifen zu den isolierten Leiteradern fließen kann. um diese zu verkleben, und daß vor der Wärmebehandlung ein oder mehrere Trägerstreifen aus einem Bereich jeder Leitung entfernt wird (oder werden), wo später die Leitung weiter geformt und die Leiteradern getrennt werden sollen, so daß die Leiteradern in jenen Leitungsbereichen nicht durch die Wärmebehandlung miteinander verklebt werden. wodurch das weitere Formen und das Trennen erleichtert werden.
     
    2. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, bei dem die Trägerstreifen, die mit nicht vulkanisiertem Harz getränkt sind, als einzelne Umkleidungen (5) jeder isolierten Leiterader vorgesehen sind.
     
    3. Ein Verfahren nach Anspuch 1, bei dem ein oder mehrere Trägerstreifen mit nicht vulkanisiertem Harz getränkt werden, das als Umkleidung des Bündels aus isolierten Leiteradern oder als einzelne Umkleidung jedes Bündels oder als eine einzelne Umkleidung (20) aller Bündel vorgesehen ist.
     
    4. Ein Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, bei dem der Leiter, der für die Wicklung verwendet wird, zumindest zwei Bündel isolierter Leiteradern mit einem Trennstreifen (3) zwischen den oder jeweils zwei Bündeln besitzt.
     
    5. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, bei dem der Leiter, der für die Windungen verwendet wird. zumindest zwei Bündel isolierter Leiteradern besitzt, wobei sich zwischen den oder jeweils zwei Bündeln ein Trennstreifen (3) befindet, bei dem ein oder mehrere Trägerstreifen, die mit nicht vulkanisiertem Harz getränkt sind, als Trennstreifen dienen, und bei dem, nachdem der oder jeder mit Harz getränkte Trennstreifen aus den Leitungsbereichen entfernt worden ist, und vor der Wärmebehandlung der oder jeder entfernte, mit Harz getränkte Trennstreifen zumindest entlang eines Teils der Leitungsbereiche durch einen Trennstreifen ersetzt werden kann, der nicht mit Harz getränkt ist.
     
    6. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, bei dem zusätzlich zu dem (den) mit Harz getränkten Trennstreifen die Trägerstreifen, die mit nicht vulkanisiertem Harz getränkt sind, als weitere Trägerstreifen (4) dienen, die parallel zu dem (den) Trennstreifen und zwischen den Bündeln und der äußeren Isolierung angebracht werden.
     
    7. Ein Verfahren nach jedem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die isolierten Leiteradern kontinuierlich entlang des oder jedes elektrischen Leiters verdrillt werden.
     
    8. Ein Verfahren nach jedem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die isolierten Leiteradern im wesentlichen abgerundete, konvexe Ecken (11) besitzen, die den (die) Trägerstreifen, der (die) mit nicht vulkanisiertem Harz getränkt ist (sind), berühren, und bei dem durch die Wärmebehandlung das Harz zwischen benachbarte Bündel der Adern in Bereiche der abgerundeten Ecken fließen kann.
     
    9. Ein Verfahren nach jedem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, bei dem ein oder mehrere Trägerstreifen und/oder die äußere Isolierung aus Papier bestehen können und die die Spule stabilisierende Wärmebehandlung bei einer Temperatur oberhalb von 100°C und unterhalb von 140°C erfolgt.
     
    10. Ein Verfahren nach jedem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, wobei es sich bei dem elektromagnetischen Gerät um einen Transformator handelt.
     


    Revendications

    1. Procédé de fabrication d'un appareil électromagnétique, comprenant les étapes suivantes : l'enroulement d'au moins un conducteur électrique sous forme d'une bobine et la mise en oeuvre du conducteur afin qu'il forme des fils d'alimentation aux extrémités de la bobine, le conducteur utilisé pour l'enroulement ayant au moins une pile de brins conducteurs isolés (1) de section sensiblement allongée et une résine non polymérisée placée dans un isolement externe (2), la stabilisation de la bobine par un traitement thermique qui provoque aussi la polymérisation de la résine afin que les brins conducteurs isolés placés à l'intérieur soient liés et, avant ou après l'assemblage de la bobine stabilisée avec un organe de transmission de flux magnétique, la mise en forme supplémentaire des fils d'alimentation et la séparation des brins conducteurs de l'extrémité de chaque fil d'alimentation afin qu'ils puissent être connectés électriquement à une terminaison de l'appareil, caractérisé en ce que la résine non polymérisée est sous forme d'une imprégnation d'une ou plusieurs bandes de support (3, 4, 5, 20) qui est en contact intime avec les brins conducteurs isolés de manière que le traitement thermique de stabilisation de bobine permette un écoulement de la résine d'une ou plusieurs bandes de support aux brins conducteurs isolés et que ces derniers soient liés, et en ce que, avant le traitement thermique, une ou plusieurs bandes de support sont retirées d'un tronçon de chaque fil d'alimentation à l'emplacement auquel il est prévu de réaliser ultérieurement une mise en forme supplémentaire de ce fil d'alimentation et une séparation des brins conducteurs, si bien que les brins conducteurs de ces tronçons de fil d'alimentation ne sont pas liés les uns aux autres par le traitement thermique, et la mise en forme ultérieure et la séparation sont facilitées.
     
    2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dan lequel les bandes de support imprégnées de résine non polymérisée sont sous forme de revêtements individuels (5) de chaque brin conducteur isolé.
     
    3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel une ou plusieurs bandes de support imprégnées de résine non polymérisée sont disposées sous forme d'un recouvrement autour de la pile de brins conducteurs isolés ou sous forme de recouvrements placés individuellement autour de chaque pile, ou sous forme d'un recouvrement unique (20) placé autour de toutes les piles.
     
    4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel le conducteur utilisé pour l'enroulement a au moins deux piles de brins conducteurs isolés avec une bande (3) de séparateur entre les piles de la paire ou de chaque paire.
     
    5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le conducteur utilisé pour l'enroulement a au moins deux piles de brins conducteurs isolés avec une bande de séparateur (3) placée entre les piles de la paire ou de chaque paire, dans lequel une ou plusieurs bandes de support imprégnées de résine non polymérisée forment la bande ou les bandes de séparateur, et dans lequel, après extraction de la bande ou de chaque bande de séparateur imprégnée de résine des tronçons de fil d'alimentation et avant le traitement thermique, la bande ou chaque bande de séparateur imprégnée de résine qui est retirée est remplacée le long d'une partie de la longueur au moins des tronçons de fil d'alimentation par une bande de séparateur qui n'est pas imprégnée de résine.
     
    6. Procédé selon la revendication 5, dans lequel, en plus de la bande ou des bandes de séparateur imprégnées de résine, les bandes de support imprégnées de résine non polymérisée comportent des bandes de support (4) qui sont parallèles à la bande ou aux bandes de séparateur et placées entre les piles et l'isolement externe.
     
    7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les brins conducteurs isolés sont croisés de façon continue le long du conducteur ou de chaque conducteur électrique.
     
    8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les brins conducteurs isolés ont des bords convexes pratiquement courbes (11) qui sont au contact des bandes de support imprégnées de résine non polymérisée, et dans lequel le traitement thermique permet l'écoulement de la résine entre les brins empilés adjacents dans les régions de ces bords courbes.
     
    9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel une ou plusieurs bandes de support et/ou l'isolement externe sont formés de papier, et en ce que le traitement thermique de stabilisation de bobine est effectué à une température supérieure à 100 °C et inférieure à 140 °C.
     
    10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'appareil électromagnétique est un transformateur.
     




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