The Study of Winding Performance in Key Stage on a Parallel Grooved Drum

The parallel grooved multi-layer winding drum can wind rapidly and reliably compared to traditional multi-layer winding drum, because of the special groove which is generated by circular and helical motion. The present paper represented the key winding stage for parallel grooved drum was the helical motion in first circle on the second layer, and the stage was simulated in ADAMS under several factors as fleet angle, winding linear velocity and rope tension. Taguchi method was adopted to estimate the winding performance through two simulation outputs, including the time delay compared to ideal time and the sum of amplitude error during the delayed time. Experiment was applied by considering more factors than that in ADAMS, and the experiment results could verify the validity of simulation in ADAMS. The simulation and experiment results showed that the optimal winding performance could be obtained with certain combination of factors.