TV Yoke - Simple Method For Removing Copper From Ferrite
Here is how I speed through my TV yokes. Typically I will break down yokes as I get them, and sort them into smaller piles.
Here is a tub of Ferrites with attached copper windings.
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I hold the ferrite in my hand with the arch going away from my palm
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I use 4 1/2'' Angle Grinder with a thin metal cutoff disc and cut across the arch making sure to cut though all of the strands.
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And it peels off the ferrite very easily.
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And this takes approx. 15 seconds per copper wound ferrite.
This is by far much easier than picking out the ferrite chunks after smashing them to bits.