ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR REWINDING IT
The method for rewinding and electric machine includes removing the original stator bars from the slots, removing the original supports from the slots, and providing new supports into the slots, wherein the new supports defining cooling channels that extend over at least a portion of the slot, providing new stator bars into the slots.
1 . An electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor, the stator having a plurality of axial slots, each axial slot housing at least a support at its bottom for at least a stator bar, wherein the at least a support defines at least a cooling channel that extends over at least a portion of the slot.
2 . The electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least a support is defined by elements that run over the whole axial length of the slots.
3 . The electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein each cooling channel is partly defined by the slot surface.
4 . The electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling channels open outside the slots at the opposite ends of the stator.
5 . The electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least a support housed in each slot defines a plurality of cooling channels.
6 . The electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the stator has radial cooling channels, and the supports are provided at the radial cooling channels.
7 . The electric machine according to claim 6 , wherein the supports are defined by elements that run over only a portion of the slots, and in that each slot houses a plurality of elements.
8 . The electric machine according to claim 6 , wherein the supports are defined by elements that run over a length of the slots intersecting at least two radial cooling channels, in each element has protruding portions that are provided at the radial cooling channels, and the protruding portions define the cooling channels.
9 . The electric machine according to claim 6 , wherein the cooling channels open at radial cooling channels.
10 . A method for rewinding and electric machine having a stator and a rotor, the stator having a plurality of axial slots, each axial slot housing at least an original support at its bottom for at least an original stator bar; the method comprising:
removing the original stator bars from the slots,
removing the original supports from the slots,
providing new supports into the slots, the new supports defining cooling channels that extends over at least a portion of the slot, and
providing new stator bars into the slots.