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Formula for coiling wire?
Is there a formula for finding the length of a coil after wire that has been wrapped around a cylindrical core?
Since that doesn't make much sense, how about an example?
Let's say you have 20ft of 12 gauge wire, and you coiled it around a cylindrical core with a diameter of 2cm; what would be the length of the coil (i.e., how much of the length of the core would it cover)?
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- wingstwoLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
There are several formulae of differing complexities. Google, you should be able to find an online calculator.
Simplest method is calculating each wrap length is the circumference of the circle, πd for each wrap. Diameter d = drum outside diameter + thickness of cable. Number of wraps per layer is inside width of reel divided by cable width. 2nd layer, if any, is same, but has diameter of underlying layer + 2 times cable thickness.
Good luck!
Edit:
I thought you were winding cable on a reel, but it looks like you want to wind a coil. So, here's your example:
wire dia: 2.769 mm
Core dia: 20 mm
Wire Length: =20ft * 0.3048m/ft = 6.096 m
Circ: = π(2.769+20) = 71.53092313 mm
wraps: 6096mm / 71.53092313mm = 85.22188353
Coil Length: 85.22188353 wraps * 2.769 mm/wrap = 235.9793955 mm