The Winding Pack
The layered stack of superconductor, stabiliser and structure that makes up a magnet coil.
- Conductor
- REBCO tape
- Deposit
- DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21842514
A magnet coil is built from a winding pack: REBCO tape, copper stabiliser, and structural reinforcement, insulated and impregnated. Its layered composition (the λ-stack) balances current-carrying capacity against the strength to resist Lorentz forces.
The REBCO deposit resolves the winding-pack stack and the stress through it.
Common questions
The bundle of superconducting tape, insulation and cooling that actually carries a coil's current. It sits inside a structural case that contains the forces it cannot hold alone.
Because current density, joints, insulation and quench behaviour all live in the winding pack — the details that decide whether a high-field REBCO coil is buildable (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21842514).