Spiral heater coils hand-formed with fixture
Bench model jig and fixture used for hand fabricating spiral coils of various lengths from flat strip stock. This tool is used to make springs and coils to custom lengths.
Chattin, J. H.↗
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Suppressing relay coil transients with bifilar winding.
Suppression of relay coil voltage transients by bifilar winding of relay coil
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Method for rapidly reversing magnetic field in shorted superconducting coil.
Magnetic field rapidly reversed in shorted superconducting coil by subjecting coil to increasing external reverse field
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Some Aspects of an Air-Core Single-Coil Magnetic Suspension System
This paper presents some of the technical aspects in the development at the Langley Research Center of an air-cove, dual-wound, single-coil, magnetic-suspension system with one-dimensional control. Overall electrical system design features and techniques are discussed in addition to the problems of control and stability. Special treatment is given to the operation of a dual-wound, high-current support coil which provides the bias fields and superimposed modulated field. Other designs features include a six-phase, solid-state power stage for modulation of the relatively large magnitude control current, and an associated six-phase trigger circuit.
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Formulas establish audio range inductance in beryllium coils
Mathematical modeling is used to determine the effects of resistance and capacitance upon the audio-inductance range of beryllium hammer coils and beryllium nylon-potted coils.
Ball, B. J.↗
Alternating current losses in superconducting coils
Report examines relationship between coil loss and frequency and heat loss in coil as a function of the magnetic field H. Information is of value to manufacturers of superconducting magnets, motors and generators.
Wipf, S. L.↗
A 12-coil superconducting 'bumpy torus' magnet facility for plasma research.
A retrospective summary is presented of the performance of the two-coil superconducting pilot rig which preceded the NASA Lewis bumpy torus. The NASA Lewis bumpy torus facility consists of 12 superconducting coils, each with a 19 cm i.d. and capable of producing magnetic field strengths of 3.0 teslas on their axes. The magnets are equally spaced around a major circumference 1.52 m in diameter, and are mounted with the major axis of the torus vertical in a single vacuum tank 2.59 m in diameter. The design value of maximum magnetic field on the magnetic axis (3.0 T) has been reached and exceeded.
Roth, J. R.↗
Superconductor coil geometry and ac losses
An empirical relation is presented which allows simple computation of volume-averaged winding fields from central fields for coils of small rectangular cross sections. This relation suggests that, in certain applications, ac-loss minimization can be accomplished by use of low winding densities, provided that hysteresis losses are independent of winding density. The ac-loss measurements on coils wound of twisted multifilamentary composite superconductors show no significant dependence on ac losses on winding density, thus permitting the use of winding density as an independent design parameter in loss minimization.
Pierce, T. V., Jr.↗
Replaceable Sleeve Protects Welder Coil
New replaceable carbon insert for deflection coil in electron-beam welder promises to decrease maintenance costs. Inserts made from materials other than carbon (not yet tried) are less expensive, thus reducing costs even further. With carbon insert, deflection coils last longer and are easier to maintain.
Baker, W. L.↗
Improved Coil for Hydrogen Dissociators
Flat coil has rigid printed circuit substrate. New coil structure minimizes RF electric field near glass walls of plasma vessel; therefore reduces direct electron bombardment of glass. Design lends itself well to high production and standardized dimensions.
Vessot, R.↗
Coil planet centrifugation as a means for small particle separation
The coil planet centrifuge uses a centrifugal force field to provide separation of particles based on differences in sedimentation rates by flow through a rotating coiled tube. Three main separations are considered: (1) single phase fresh sheep and human erythrocytes, (2) single phase fixed heep and human erythrocytes, and (3) electrophoretically enhanced single phase fresh sheep and human erythrocytes.
Herrmann, F. T.↗
Precise Fabrication of Electromagnetic-Levitation Coils
Winding copper tubing on jig ensures reproducible performance. Sequence of steps insures consistent fabrication of levitation-and-melting coils. New method enables technician to produce eight coils per day, 95 percent of them acceptable. Method employs precise step-by-step procedure on specially designed wrapping and winding jig.
Ethridge, E.↗
Pulse Test of Coil Insulation
Waveform of back-electromotive force reveals defects. Simple pulse test reveals defects in inductor coils. Devised for use on servovalve solenoid coils on Space Shuttle, test also applicable to transformer windings, chokes, relays, and the like.
Kroy, Ralph E.↗
Electromagnetic Gun With Commutated Coils
Proposed electromagnetic gun includes electromagnet coil, turns of which commutated in sequence along barrel. Electrical current fed to two armatures by brushes sliding on bus bars in barrel. Interaction between armature currents and magnetic field from coil produces force accelerating armature, which in turn, pushes on projectile. Commutation scheme chosen so magnetic field approximately coincides and moves with cylindrical region defined by armatures. Scheme has disadvantage of complexity, but in return, enables designer to increase driving magnetic field without increasing armature current. Attainable muzzle velocity increased substantially.
Elliott, David G.↗
Magnetically Damped Furnace Bitter Magnet Coil 1
A magnet has been built by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory for NASA on a cost reimbursement contract. The magnet is intended to demonstrate the technology and feasibility of building a magnet for space based crystal growth. A Bitter magnet (named after Francis Bitter, its inventor) was built consisting of four split coils electrically in series and hydraulically in parallel. The coils are housed in a steel vessel to reduce the fringe field and provide some on-axis field enhancement. The steel was nickel plated and Teflon coated to minimize interaction with the water cooling system. The magnet provides 0.14 T in a 184 mm bore with 3 kW of power.
Bird, M. D.↗
Update on High-Temperature Coils for Electromagnets
A report revisits the subject matter of "High-Temperature Coils for Electromagnets" (LEW-17164), NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 26, No. 8, (August 2002) page 38. To recapitulate: Wires have been developed for use in electromagnets that operate at high temperatures. The starting material for a wire of this type can be either a nickel-clad, ceramic-insulated copper wire or a bare silver wire. The wire is covered by electrical-insulation material that is intended to withstand operating temperatures in the range from 800 to 1,300 F (.430 to .700 C): The starting wire is either primarily wrapped with S-glass as an insulating material or else covered with another insulating material wrapped in S-glass prior to the winding process. A ceramic binding agent is applied as a slurry during the winding process to provide further insulating capability. The turns are pre-bent during winding to prevent damage to the insulation. The coil is then heated to convert the binder into ceramic. The instant report mostly reiterates the prior information and presents some additional information on the application of the ceramic binding agent and the incorporation of high-temperature wire into the windings.
Kascak, Albert F.↗
Design of Magnetic Shielding and Field Coils for a TES X-Ray Microcalorimeter Test Platform
The performance of transition-edge sensors (TES) and their SQUID multiplexed readouts is very sensitive to ambient magnetic field and its fluctuations. In order to run ground experiments on thousands of X-ray TES microcalorimeters with a small uniform ambient magnetic field (< 1 μT, with a uniformity < 0.1 μT), we need a very low ambient field to be trapped into the superconducting magnetic shields. We have designed a sub-Kelvin test platform to reach these specifications. For this purpose, we modeled a new design for the shielding consisting of a series of different mu-metal and superconducting shields, including a niobium shield at 50 mK, a cryoperm (A4K) shield at 3 K, and a mu-metal shield at 300 K. A magnetic field coil is used to vary the local perpendicular magnetic field over the TES array. To optimize this field, we have studied a number of different field-coil designs and the impact of the different shield geometries, in order to reach the required field uniformity.
Miniussi, Antoine R.↗
Assessment of Gaseous Helium Cooling in a Superconducting Coil Test Rig
An experimental rig was designed and constructed at the NASA Glenn Research Center to measure the alternating current (AC) losses of round, multifilament, superconducting (SC), magnesium diboride (MgB2) wire in the temperature range from 20 to 30 K. The rig resembles a permanent magnet (PM) motor with the stator windings omitted. Experiment packs containing the superconductor samples will be placed in the annular space between the rotor and the stator back iron. The original plan was to measure the AC losses by calorimetry using nonboiling liquid hydrogen as the cooling fluid. The present plan is to use helium gas (GHe) under a few bar pressure instead. This report summarizes the calculations that indicate that reasonable results can be obtained, even though the mass density of the GHe will be only a fraction of that of liquid hydrogen. It is necessary to show that the heat transfer coefficient from SC wire to GHe can be high enough, that the temperature rise of the He between the experiment inlet and outlet can be small enough, and that sufficient He flow can be driven by a commercially available He fan. Both straight wire samples to validate loss models and coils to simulate motor stator coils can be tested in the rig. The lowest superconductor temperature that is feasible to reach in the rig is estimated. The temperature range available for samples will be wider with the gaseous He system than it would have been with liquid hydrogen.
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