MORRIS COIL WINDER

Coil Winder is a mechanical device used to wind the wire or coil in a particular
fashion. This is used for winding Single layer coils, multi layer coils and also
Solenoid windings. Morris Coil Winder mainly consists of six parts mainly
categorized as the metal base made up of zinc substrate with posts on it which
holds all the parts of the Coil Winder like rotating handle, two parallel shafts, a
circular scale, wire guide and wooden Coil Winder. A rotating handle is mechanically
rotated which helps in driving the gear wheels and shaft, in which gear helps in the
movement of another shaft which is connected to the circular scale with a pointer
attached to it so that it counts the number of rotations made by the gear. The shaft
attached to the rotating handle helps in handling the wire in the wire guide which in
turn helps in winding the wire across the wooden Coil Winder which is in the shape
of a pulley. So by the motion of the rotating handle the whole winding process is
initiated. Morris coil winder is a part of a ham radio used in early 1940s.
Mainly a coil winder is used in many field of modern engineering which involves
winding of wire that may be in winding coil around a generator, motor etc. Precision
forms the important factor to be considered while making a coil winding because if
there is a problem in winding the machine or device may not work properly. So, coil
winder helps in attaining high precision and accuracy to an extent of 0.01mm in the
present world there by reducing the chance of failure of device due to winding.
In present paper there is a brief explanation on the mechanical shaft attached to the
rotating handle. A shaft is a mechanical part which is helpful in driving the torque or
rotatory motion to other parts of the system. A mechanical shaft is also commonly
known as drive shaft. A shaft is used between two parts of the body due to several
interconnection problems like distance between the connected parts or due to the
need for the relative motion between the parts. Usually to allow for the driving point
variations in the mechanical shaft, they are incorporated with one or more universal
joints, jaw couplings and also rag joints. Shaft is a commonly used part where a
mechanical motion is involved so as to transfer power, differential rotatory motion
to other parts connected of the body.
In the Morris coil winding machine the shaft used is mounted on two posts which
rest on the zinc substrate. The shaft is attached to the rotating handle through the
internal threading present in the rod of the rotating handle. So, when the handle is
rotated there is a rotatory motion incorporated in the shaft which drives the shaft
forward or backward. The shaft consists of threading or spring on it so when there is
a motion in the handle there will be a motion in the shaft too which involves the
motion of spring through the groove present in the post and this result in the
forward or backward motion of the shaft which is again dependent on the direction
of the rotation of the rotating handle. The other side of the mechanical shaft guides
the wire guide. The wire guide consists of two parallel metal strips with three holes
on it. According to the requirement the shaft is driven through any of these three
holes present in the wire guide. The top edge of the wire guide consists of a bent
metal structure with an opening (pointer) which holds and points the coil according
to the diameter of the coil and the wire guide is used to wind the coil on to the
wooden Coil Winder. So, in this way a shaft is used to guide the winding in a Morris
Coil Winder.

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