Abstract: A wound stator for a permanent magnet electric machine has an array of coils on the outer rim of a generally cylindrical stator body. The stator coils are wound directly on the stator body by providing the stator body with a plurality of mutually circumferentially-spaced, coil-retaining and forming members around which the ends of the stator coils are coursed so that the coil sides project in a direction parallel to the center axis of the stator. Wire connections are formed between coils of a phase, and wire loops are formed between the last wound coil of one phase and the first wound coil of a subsequently wound phase. Mechanisms are provided for clamping the stator start wires and for temporarily retaining the wire loops.

Abstract: A wound stator for a permanent magnet electric machine has an array of coils on the outer rim of a generally cylindrical stator body. The stator coils are wound directly on the stator body by providing the stator body with a plurality of mutually circumferentially-spaced, coil-retaining and forming members around which the ends of the stator coils are coursed so that the coil sides project in a direction parallel to the center axis of the stator. Wire connections are formed between coils of a phase, and wire loops are formed between the last wound coil of one phase and the first wound coil of a subsequently wound phase. Mechanisms are provided for clamping the stator start wires and for temporarily retaining the wire loops.

Abstract: An armature core subassembly and a commutator to be assembled thereon are each centered on a common axis and rotated relative to one another until a desired angular alignment is obtained between a side edge of a commutator bar and the armature core slots. This orientation is maintained while the commutator is advanced to and pressed onto the armature shaft. A commutator placing machine is described in which a tang-oriented commutator is loaded into the nosepiece of a ram assembly and the ram assembly is rotated by a stepper motor until an edge of a commutator bar is detected at a predetermined location by an optical edge detector. Prior machines for tang-orientation and orientation by insulating gaps between commutator bars are also described.

Abstract: An armature core subassembly and a commutator to be assembled thereon are each centered on a common axis and rotated relative to one another until a desired angular alignment is obtained between a side edge of a commutator bar and the armature core slots. This orientation is maintained while the commutator is advanced to and pressed onto the armature shaft. A commutator placing machine is described in which a tang-oriented commutator is loaded into the nosepiece of a ram assembly and the ram assembly is rotated by a stepper motor until an edge of a commutator bar is detected at a predetermined location by an optical edge detector. Prior machines for tang-orientation and orientation by insulating gaps between commutator bars are also described.

Abstract: Both the inner commutator shield assembly and the outer commutator shield assembly of a flier-type armature winding machine include quick release means by which armature-specific tooling parts may be quickly removed and replaced by other armature-specific tooling. The armature rotator assembly has a modular collet assembly which may be removed simply by manually removing a pair of connectors and replaced by another modular collet assembly. By employing these assemblies, an entire tooling changeover can be effected by one relatively unskilled in tooling set-up techniques in a few minutes without the use of tools.

Abstract: The mounting plate of a winding form assembly for a flier-type armature winder has a split hub with an axial bore clamped to a bearing at the end of the flier spindle. The mounting plate has spaced segments defined by splits. A clamp screw has a head confined in a bore in the split hub so that, upon loosening the screw, it causes the plate segments to be forced apart, thereby increasing the size of the axial bore so that the plate may easily be removed from the bearing.