Development of a Tape Winding Mechanism for HTS Power Cables

Authors

  • Isaac de Souza Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal
  • Ankit Anand Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal
  • Abhay Singh Gour Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal
  • Vutukuru Vasudeva Rao Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33686/pwj.v18i2.1104

Keywords:

HTS Power Cables, HTS Tapes, Pitch Angle, Pitch Length, Tape Winding Mechanism

Abstract

Manufacturing of HTS power cables requires winding the HTS tapes helically around a former. These HTS tapes are costly, and delicate and require sophisticated winding machinery which is expensive. In this paper, an in-house economic mechanism for converting a conventional lathe machine to a Tape Winding Mechanism (TWM) is discussed in detail. In addition to the developed prototype, the technical issues and challenges encountered during the development of TWM are listed. The developed TWM was instrumental in successfully winding 10 HTS tapes simultaneously around a tin-coated braided copper former of 19 mm diameter with a pitch length of 210 mm for a continuous length of 5 m HTS cable. The recommendation of modifying any existing cable winding machine to TWM is also discussed.

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Published

2023-03-15

How to Cite

de Souza, I. ., Anand, A. ., Singh Gour, A., & Vasudeva Rao, V. . (2023). Development of a Tape Winding Mechanism for HTS Power Cables. Power Research - A Journal of CPRI, 18(2), 149–155. https://doi.org/10.33686/pwj.v18i2.1104

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Volume 18, Issue 2, December 2022

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