Motor Interphase Insulation Paper Parting Strip Design

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing method of automatically inserting interphase insulation paper between coil ends in motors results in a decline of the space factor within the winding, as the connecting parts of the insulation paper remain inside the slot, increasing costs and operational inefficiencies.

Innovation Solution

A motor design and production method that includes interphase insulation paper with a parting strip between adjacent windings, which is sandwiched and fixed by collapsing the windings in a circumferential direction, allowing for automatic insertion without reducing the space factor, using a stator core with laminated electromagnetic steel sheets and multiple slots for three-phase windings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If interphase insulation paper with connecting parts is automatically inserted between coil ends, then insertion efficiency is improved, but the space factor of the winding declines

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsertion efficiencyVSAvoidspace factor
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting parts of the interphase insulation paper are extracted from the slot interior and repositioned to the slot opening. This allows the insulation paper to maintain its connecting function while eliminating the space occupation inside the slot, thereby resolving the contradiction between automated insertion efficiency and winding space factor.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If manual labor is used to insert interphase insulation paper, then insulation performance is improved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsulation performanceVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The interphase insulation paper is designed with self-fixing characteristics where the parting strip automatically positions itself between adjacent windings during the insertion process. This self-service mechanism ensures proper insulation placement without requiring manual intervention, thereby maintaining insulation performance while reducing manufacturing costs through automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Stability of the object's composition

If connecting parts of insulation paper remain inside the slot, then insulation continuity is improved, but winding space is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsulation continuityVSAvoidwinding space
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting parts of the insulation paper are repositioned from the interior dimension (inside the slot) to the exterior dimension (at the slot opening). This dimensional change allows the insulation continuity to be maintained through proper positioning at the opening, while the winding space inside the slot is preserved for copper conductors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS10404127B2Motor having interphase insulation paper at coil end, and method for producing motor
Publication Date: 2019.09.03 FANUC LTD
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  • US10404127B2 patent drawing
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AI summary

Provided are a motor and method for producing the motor that automatically insert interphase insulation paper. Interphase insulation paper (7) has a parting strip (8) that partitions the boundary between windings (5) that are adjacent in the circumferential direction when inserted into coil ends (6). The parting strip (8) is sandwiched between the adjacent windings (5, 5).