Orthocyclic Coil Winding Machine

Introduction

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 http://virtualmec.com

More info will follow.

Orthocyclic coil winding machine

Short history about orthocyclic coilwinding

Flyer winding machine approx 1967 by Philips

Coil winding machine according to Gjalt van Slooten

A booklet about the coil winding machine will be published on this website in the near future.

Frontpage of the booklet