Apparatus and method for fabricating multi-strand superconducting cable

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:866027

Borden, Albert R ^[1]

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1. El Cerrito, CA

Multi-strand superconducting cables adapted to be used, for example, to wind a magnet is fabricated by directing wire strands inwardly from spools disposed on the perimeter of a rotating disk and wrapping them diagonally around a tapered mandrel with a flattened cross-sectional shape with a core having a wedge-shaped channel. As the cable is pulled axially, flexibly coupled wedge-shaped pieces are continuously passed through the channel in the mandrel and inserted into the cable as an internal support therefor.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4617789
• OSTI ID: 866027
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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