Meccano Orthocyclic Coil Winding Machine

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This Meccano coil winding machine has been designed and constructed by Gjalt van Slooten (1927-1992). Gjalt van Slooten lived in Drachtstercompagnie and was a well known member of the Meccano Guild Netherlands (MGN). The prototyping of the machine started in 1985 and took 2 years to finish. A Virtualmec file can be downloaded via virtualmec.com
Orthocyclic winding is a method for obtaining coils whose turns are stacked in the most compact fashion possible. Such coils have certain particularly good properties including good heat conduction, even distribution of electric field strenghts and the highest possible space factor.
The Meccano orthocyclic coil winding machine in the vision of Gjalt van Slooten is capable of making such coils. It's not perfect, partly due to a wrongly attached copperwire, but the result is quite impressive. The model has entirely been made with Meccano except for the motor, magnets and small analog electronics. These are all available online.
More info about the orthocyclic coil winding machine can soon be found on my website meccanokinematics.net

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20 июн 2024

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@PixelSchnitzel Месяц назад

This is pure mechanical genius

@Meccanokinematics Месяц назад

I was impressed by this machine as well. A few simple modifications could be made to improve it's performance.

@PixelSchnitzel Месяц назад

@@Meccanokinematics Yes. The fact that it works today, 39 years later, is a testament to A) quality design and construction (despite the limitations of Meccano) and B) there are people who still appreciate its value. Very few one-off creations stand the test of time. I hope this ends up in a museum some day and is valued for generations, along with the memory of its creator.

@timjarrett2761 Месяц назад

That has to be the best use of a Meccano model I've ever seen! Very cool.

@campbellmorrison8540 Месяц назад

That is a very nice unit. I'm tempted to make one but its obviously a lot of work and I really only have one coil type I need to do and only a few required. Its out of a Smiths synchronous clock motor and it has 15,750 turns of 0.06mm wire, this unit would be perfect for the job so I might try a cut down version without the versatility of yours. Thank you for posting