February, 1 92 9
Banked Winding and How It is Done
AGREA -1 deal has been said about the layer coil, and one and one- tlfird times little beyond the end of the preceding one
"bank winding" in the description the wave length of the long single layer before carrying it up or down, and that
of recent radio instruments, and coil with no increase in wire necessary and the bends in the wire where such turn is
many excellent designs have been printed a 50% saving in space. If the above re- carried up should be made as sharp as pos-
giving full details of the con-
struction of the apparatus up
to the point where it says
"Put on a two layer bank
winding," and there the de-
tails stop. Inquiries regard-
ing this particular form of
coil bring forth the interest-
ing but not at all explana-
tory reply that it is a form
of winding in which the dis-
tributed capacity is reduced
to near the minimum, and
the inductance of the coil
for a given amount of wire
and space occupied very
greatly increased over the
single layer type of coil. As
a particular example, the cal-
culated inductance of a coil
four inches in diameter and
six inches long, wound with
216 turns (single layer) of
No. 22 single silk-covered
wire, would be 2,354,000 cen-
timeters, and with a con-
denser of .0005 mf capacity
would tune to a wave length
of 2,045 meters. With a coil
wound twelve inches long,
four inches in diameter and The Above
By Following This the Amateur Should Be Able to Wind His inductances
432 turns (single layer) the Without Difficulty. The Arrow Indicates the Direction in Which the Wire is bank winding is acquired, the
inductance would be in-
creased to 5,498,000 centi-
meters, and with the same condenser would
tulle to a wave length of 3,125 meters, vious,
or about one and one -half times the wave efficientand
length of the short coil. But with a coil type
of the same length as the first above
mentioned wound with a two layer bank. simple
having approximately the same amount of placed is very large.
wire as the second coil, the inductance
would be 9,496,000 centimeters, and with
the above condenser would tune to a wave
length of 4,105 meters, which is twice the
possible wave length of the short single
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in the Drawing the Arrow indicates the
Direction of Winding. Fig. Shows the Be
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ginning of the Bend. In Fig. 2 the Bend
Has Been Made and the Wire le Now Wound
In the Groove, Between the First Two Turns.
In Fig. 3 the Fourth Turn le Brought over
the Bend, as Shown. In Flu. 4 the Fifth
Turn Is Bent in the Same Manner as the of such a winding. The points to be noted
Third Turn.
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By H. C. SILENT
sible in order to have a firm
and neat appearing job. The
winding should be kept very
tight, and a slight "tacki-
ness" to the form, obtained
by having it varnished and
only partially dry, -or by
having grooves cut in the
form, will aid materially in
preventing the winding from
falling. This, however, will
not be necessary when one
becomes more experienced
in laying the winding.
Having once mastered the
two layer bank winding, the
three or four layer winding
will be obvious. For a three
layer winding put on the
first five turns as for the
two layers, but do not come
down to the form at the
fifth turn; instead, continue
up until the end of the sixth.
and come down on it. With
a single experiment the
method will be quite easily
seen. Fig. 9 shows the lay
of the strands in a three
layer bank.
Photograph Illustrates Clearly the Method for Banked Winding Once the art of laying a
Wound on the Tube. experimenter will use it for
sults can obtained almost all of his coils, as of-
be without reducing the fering great economy in space and wire over
efficiency of the coil, the advantage is ob- the single layer coil, and even a coupler
for
the bank winding is nearly as made for the reception of the amateurs using
radio work as the single layer this form of winding will be found most
of coil. This cannot be said of the satisfactory, as it may be unusually com-
the
back and forth type of winding, as pact even tho
distributed wound with fairly heavy
capacity of the layers so wire. which is quite a necessity at the short
wave lengths if Litz wire is not available.
The accompanying figures explain in de-
tail the steps followed in putting on a two linear dimensions-A coil approximating the
Editor's Notc.
layer bank winding of the type devised by coil may be constructed of a standard honeycomb
Bureau along these lines
the of Standards and recommend- by winding several one -inch layers sepa-
ed by them. The wire is carried around rated by thin cardboard. A coil of this type
the form for two turns as in Fig. 1. A should give excellent
sharp bend is then made in the strand, results.
and it is carried to the top of these first
two turns as in Fig. 2. At the completion
of the third turn, the strand is carried
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about a sixteenth of an inch beyond this
first bend, and then carried down to the
tube or form again, to begin the fourth
turn, as in Fig. 3. It is then carried
around the form to make the fourth turn,
going about a quarter of an inch beyond
the place where the beginning of the turn
came down onto the tube, and is carried up
onto the top of the preceding two turns
as before. This is the beginning of the
fifth turn, Fig. 4, and after being carried
around the form as for the third turn,
is again brought down onto the tube as
for the fourth turn, and the process re-
peated, Fig. 5. The completed winding
will then appear as in the photograph, Fig.
R, and the strands will lie on the coil as in
Fig. 7. Fig. 6 shows the side view of the
winding, explaining how turn number five
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take the time to carefully try out a small 4
winding for practice, no very great diffi- Flg. 5 Shows the Fifth Turn Brought Over
he Second Bend. A Side View of the Wind-
culty should be experienced. A couple of ing Is Shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 7 Shows
trials will make one expert in the laying Section and Numbers of the Wires the Cross
as They
Lle on the Coll for a Two-Layer Winding.
Fig, 9 Shows a CrossSection of a Three
are that each succeeding turn is carried a Layer Winding.
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