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Maax Ignition Coil

2024-02-08 09:16

An Ignition Coil is an electrical transformer. It converts low voltage to high voltage through a process called induction. To produce the required high voltages, ignition coils make use of the relationships that exist between electricity and magnetism. There are various designs, but all ignition coils do the same basic job.    


An ignition coil is made up of an iron core surrounded by coils of copper wire. Around the outside of the coil is the primary winding. It is usually a larger wire coiled a few hundred times.
On the inside of the coil, next to the core, is the secondary winding. It is usually a smaller wire coiled a few thousand times. For example, the primary winding is made of thick copper wire with around 200 windings, diameter is bigger like around 0.6mm, but the secondary winding is made of then copper wire with around 20000 windings, diameter is around ten times thinner than the primary winding. The coil is then filled with oil or epoxy for isolation, usually nowadays more coils are isolated with epoxy resin . This is the basic principle of how an ignition coil work. 

And sometimes ignition coil doesn't work because of poor quality . Here we collected the main causes of failure :  Vibration or heat damage causing internal failure. Cracks around chimneys on block coils causing arcing and tracking to earth. The symptoms couls be misfire or non-start.  

In MAAX, all products manufactured at our IATF 16949 and ISO 9001-certified system undergo extensive measurement and life testing, in addition to a full range of environmental analysis that includes thermal shocks, thermal cycling, salt spray and vibration tests etc. During the mass production, Maax insists a 3 step quality control:  raw material inspection, process control and 100% finished products inspection to ensure our customers the reliable products.