just recently i have been re-using ferrite transformers by rewinding them for joule thief circuit testing.
rewinding ferrite transformers this requires splitting the two ferrite E and reassembling them with a new winding.
I came across this closed ring ferrite choke transformer! it has No gap in its ferrite ring

see for yourself! many switch mode power supply's have this type of closed ring ferrite choke transformer
on the AC input as an inductor used to block higher-frequency. so
how is this type of transformer assembled?

their is no gap in the ferrite ring. and no band of tape to hold the transformer together.
most ferrite transformers have two ferrite E with a gap, a band of tape holds the transformer together.