Stator Winding for an Electric Machine

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to stator windings for an electric machine. More particularly, it relates to stator windings consisting of the bars or coils inserted into slots of the laminated stack, in which the insulation, due to additional wrapping, has larger cross sections in some places than the slot.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Such bars or coils are described in Austrian Pat. No. 94121. In these known bars, the slot insulation is reinforced by the addition of wrapping at places which lie immediately outside the slot on the faces of the laminated stack, so that therefore the cross section of the insulation is larger there than in the slot. This is intended to prevent corona at the points where the bar leaves the slot.

Such a reinforcement of the winding cross section at the exit of the slot, outside the laminated stack, also serves to limit displacement of the bar in its axial direction. However, because of the necessity of providing tolerances, the bar cannot be completely prevented from slipping in the slot and thus, in spite of these precautions, damage to the protective outer corona coating is possible.

It is an object of the invention to secure the bars or coils of the stator winding of an electrical machine and to prevent individual winding elements or entire windings from wandering in the laminated stack.

According to the invention, this problem is solved, in a stator winding of an electric machine of the type described at the outset, by arranging one or several additional wrappings on the bar or the coils located within the slot, and by providing a corresponding recess in the laminated stack at each of these points. The bars or coils are secured against motion in the axial direction in the region of the slots by this enlargement of the cross section, which engages and is locked in a recess of the laminated stack. This assures prevention of wandering. Advantageously and to faciliate production, only a single enlargement in the center of the laminated stack need be provided. When possible, radial cooling canals, which may already be available in the laminated stack, can be utilized to receive the wrapping, thereby securing the bar.

The wrapping is very easily fabricated, for instance, by the additional wrapping of mica tapes, glass tapes, woven fabric tapes, etc., onto the normal winding insulation. In the alternative, the enlargement of the cross section of the insulation can also be accomplished by applying a collar of plastic or metal.

The sole drawing is a view, in partial cross section, of a portion of the stator winding of an electric machine fabricated in accordance with the invention.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing by a longitudinal section taken through the laminated stator of an electric machine. The laminated stack 1 of the stator of the electric machine has a number of slots 2, of which only one is shown, for receiving bars 3 of the stator winding. The center of slot 2 in laminated stack 1 is provided with a recess 4.

An additional wrapping 5, of sufficient thickness to make the overall dimensions of the bar and the insulation greater than the dimensions of the slot, is applied to the bar at a point along its length corresponding to the location of the recess.

Wrapping 5, therefore, is locked in recess 4 of the laminated stack so that winding bar 3 cannot move in the axial direction. This prevents wandering of the individual winding elements and damage to the outer corona protection.

While a single wrapping 5, located centrally on the winding bar or coil, is a preferred form of the invention, it will be understood that more than one such wrapping, located at other points on the winding bar and received in corresponding recesses in the lamination stack, can be used.