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Uniformly wound superconducting coil and method of making same

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OSTI ID:869185

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.

Research Organization:
Superconducting Super Collider Project Office; University Research Association, Inc
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-89ER40486
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 5293524
OSTI ID:
869185
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English