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Calculations for a 40/50 case armature redesign, changing from four to three turns per coil.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 68\4\  scan0092
Date  9th May 1928 guessed
  
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40/50 Case.

Suggest first a 28 slot armature with three turns
per coil instead of four. Since the area of C.S.
of conductor is to be increased in the ratio of 4/3, the
wire diameter will be increased in the ratio √(4/3) = 1.15.
Present dia. 18 S.W.G. is .048". New dia. = .055 = say
.056 or 17 S.W.G.

Increased width of slot = .016"
New " " = .186"
On depth of slot we save 2 x .056 = .112
and spend 6 x .008 = .048
i.e. depth of slot is less by .064"
and will therefore be .536"
Present neck depth = .600 - 3/4 of .085
= .600 - .064 = .536"
Dia. at neck = 3.500 - 1.072 = 2.428"
Cce = 7.64"
1/29th of this = .2635. 1/28 of this = .273
But slot width = .170
Neck for 29 slots = .0935"
and " " 28 slots = .103"
New neck depth = .536 - 3/4 of .093
= .536 - .070 = .466
Dia. at neck = 3.500 - .932 = 2.568
Cce " " = 8.07"
1/28 of this = .288
Slot = .186"
" Neck = .102"
This is O.K.
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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