Abstract:
A de-energized tap changer for transformers comprises a frame of insulating material, a slide which carries movable contacts, the slide being displaceable in the frame, and a drive for the slide. The frame of the tap changer is manufactured in one piece and consists of a terminal bar with attachment means for connections from the transformer windings, a carrier member carrying the drive, and cross-bars connecting the terminal bar and the carrier member. The movable slide is displaceable in grooves in the cross-bars and can be inserted in the grooves only when situated outside its ordinary working area.
Abstract:
In widing a conductor winding for electrical apparatus on a support, the conductor and an insulated tape of greater width than the conductor are simultaneously wound on the support. The tape is wound with a greater pitch than the pitch of the conductor so that the tape reaches the end of the layer sooner than the conductor. The tape is then wound with zero pitch until the conductor reaches the end of the layer, thus forming edge supports for the winding of twice the thickness of the conductor. The pitch of the tape on the next layer is abruptly increased from zero to a value greater than the pitch of the conductor, and from an intermediate point in the layer at which the conductor overlies the tape, the pitch of the tape is decreased so as to build up a body of insulation layer of greater thickness at the end of the layer.