Method for manufacturing and amorphous metal core for a transformer that includes steps for reducing core loss
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a core for an amorphous metal transformer comprising:
- (a) providing a core form that includes a window and comprises sections of amorphous metal strip wrapped about said window, the strip sections having edges at laterally opposite sides thereof and the core form having at laterally-opposed sides of the core form a pair of faces where the edges of the strip sections are located,(b) annealing said core form to relieve stresses therein,(c) after said annealing step, displacing said strip sections laterally with respect to juxtaposed ones of said strip sections to develop a telescoping relationship between juxtaposed strip sections that disrupts short-circuiting adhesions between said juxtaposed strip sections that had developed during said annealing step, said displacing step moving the edges of said strip sections laterally from normal positions, and(d) thereafter returning said strip sections laterally to positions that restore their edges to substantially said normal positions.
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Abstract
In this method of manufacturing an amorphous metal transformer core, there is provided a core form that comprises sections of amorphous metal strip wrapped about the core window, the strip sections having edges at laterally opposite sides thereof and the core form having at its laterally opposed sides a pair of faces where the edges of the strip sections are located. This core form is subjected to an annealing operation to relieve stresses therein. Then, the strip sections are displaced with respect to each other in a first lateral direction to develop a telescoping relationship between juxtaposed strip sections that disrupts short circuiting adhesions between juxtaposed strip sections that had developed during the annealing step. Thereafter, the strip sections are returned in a lateral direction opposite to the first lateral direction to restore their edges to substantially their normal, or original, positions.
Disrupting the short circuiting adhesions results in reduced core loss in the final product, i.e., an amorphous metal transformer core.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a core for an amorphous metal transformer comprising:
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(a) providing a core form that includes a window and comprises sections of amorphous metal strip wrapped about said window, the strip sections having edges at laterally opposite sides thereof and the core form having at laterally-opposed sides of the core form a pair of faces where the edges of the strip sections are located, (b) annealing said core form to relieve stresses therein, (c) after said annealing step, displacing said strip sections laterally with respect to juxtaposed ones of said strip sections to develop a telescoping relationship between juxtaposed strip sections that disrupts short-circuiting adhesions between said juxtaposed strip sections that had developed during said annealing step, said displacing step moving the edges of said strip sections laterally from normal positions, and (d) thereafter returning said strip sections laterally to positions that restore their edges to substantially said normal positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26)
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7. A method as defined in claim and further comprising controlling said lateral displacement of said strip sections by forcing against one face of said core form two spaced-apart wedge members, each having an inclined surface abutting the edges of said strip sections.
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20. A method of manufacturing a core for an amorphous metal transformer comprising:
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(a) providing a core form that includes a window and comprises sections of amorphous metal strip wrapped about said window, the strip sections having edges at laterally opposite sides thereof and the core form having at laterally-opposed sides of the core form a pair of faces where the edges of the strip sections are located, (b) annealing said core form to relieve stresses therein, (c) after said annealing step, disrupting short-circuiting internal adhesions between juxtaposed strip sections that had developed during said annealing step by a procedure that subjects said adhesions to disruptive force of such a character that it causes relative movement between juxtaposed strip sections without cracking or shattering the strip sections, (d) abrading the faces of said core form to remove projecting edges of the amorphous strip sections therefrom, and (e causing said abrading step to be carried out after said annealing step but before said adhesion-disrupting step of (c), hereinabove. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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21. A method of manufacturing a core for an amorphous metal transformer comprising:
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(a) providing a core form that includes a window and comprises sections of amorphous metal strip wrapped about said window, the strip sections having edges at laterally opposite sides thereof and the core form having at laterally-opposed sides of the core form a pair of faces where the edges of the strip sections are located, (b) annealing said core form to relieve stresses therein, (c) after said annealing step, temporarily forcing juxtaposed strip sections apart by applying to one of said faces a blast of gas that flows from said one face to the other face by paths extending between juxtaposed strip sections and acts to disrupt short-circuiting adhesions in the zone of said core form traversed by said air blast, and (d) moving said blast of gas over the exposed surface of said one face so as to subject the adhesions in additional core zones to the disrupting action of said air blast.
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23. A method as defined in claim I in which:
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(a) step (c) of claim displaces said strip sections laterally with respect to juxtaposed ones of said strip sections in a first lateral direction from said normal positions, and (b) said core form is subjected to a second telescoping action following step (c) of claim that displaces said strip sections laterally in a second lateral direction from said normal positions that is opposite to said first lateral direction. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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