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Transformer Winding Automation This project is no longer active. Head: Pradeep Khosla Contact: Pradeep Khosla (pkk@ece.cmu.edu) Mailing address: Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Associated center: VASC Associated lab/group: Advanced Mechatronics Lab

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Project Description

The goal of the ABB Transformer-Winding Project was to increase the production speed and quality of transformer winding through sensing and automation. Important results included:

Development and implementation of winding algorithms for non-axisymmetric smooth and polygonal shapes guaranteeing closure of helically wound filament layers and reducing material buildup and waste.

Development of a touchscreen-based user interface for winding machine operators.

Development of a vision-based method of measuring the gap between adjacent conductors on a rotating, non-axisymmetric mandrel.

Past members

	Name	Title	Email Address
	John Dolan	Senior Systems Scientist	jmd@cs.cmu.edu
	Pradeep Khosla	Dean and Philip and Marsha Dowd Prof ECE, RI/ECE	pkk@ece.cmu.edu

Publications

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Real-time vision-based detection of wire gapping on a rotating transformer core
  C.J. Taylor, E. Evans, J. Dolan, and P. Khosla
  SPIE Proceedings on Industrial Optical Sensors for Industrial Optical Sensors for Metrology and Inspection, Vol. 2349, November, 1994, pp. 235-246.

• Surface-Closure Algorithms for Filament Winding of Non-Axisymmetric Cylindrical Parts
  J. Dolan, P. Khosla, and S. Talukdar
  Proceedings of the 25th International SAMPE Technical Conference, Vol. 25, October, 1993, pp. 680-691.
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