Bifilar Motor Winding

Bifilar wound motors means that there are two identical sets of windings on each stator pole. This type of winding configuration simplifies operation in that transferring current from one coil to another one, wound in the opposite direction, will reverse the rotation of the motor shaft. Whereas, in a unifilar application, to change direction requires reversing the current in the same winding.

The most common wiring configuration for bifilar wound stepping motors is 8 leads because they offer the flexibility of either a Series or parallel connection. There are however, many 6 lead stepping motors available for Series connection applications