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Transformer Winding Automation
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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

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.

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

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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