Sumit Mookerjee - Cedar Hill TX Shen Weijun - Beijun, CN Billy Yager - Waxahachie TX
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy - Washington DC
International Classification:
H01F 100
US Classification:
335216
Abstract:
A coil of superconducting wire for a superconducting magnet having a relaely dense and uniformly spaced winding to enhance the homogeneity and strength of the magnetic field surrounding the coil and a method of winding the same wherein the mandrel used to wind said coil comprises removable spacers and retainers forming a plurality of outwardly opening slots, each of said slots extending generally about the periphery of the mandrel and being sized to receive and outwardly align and retain successive turns of the superconducting wire within each slot as the wire is wound around and laterally across the mandrel to form a plurality of wire ribbons of a predetermined thickness laterally across the mandrel.