The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for forming a hairpin-shaped winding element from a conductor.

A coil substrate includes a flexible substrate having a first end and a second end on the opposite side with respect to the first end, and coils formed on the flexible substrate such that the coils are positioned substantially in a row between the first end and second end of the flexible substrate. The coils are formed such that the number of coils is K and that the coils include the first coil positioned close to the first end and the K-th coil positioned to form a predetermined distance between the K-th coil and the second end, where K is an integer equal to or greater than 2.

A conductor wire insulating film separating method disclosed includes: a preparing step involving preparing rectangular cross-section coil pieces each of which is a conductor wire coated with insulating film and used to provide a stator coil of rotary electric machine; a delivering-in step involving, after the preparing step, delivering coil pieces into a laser separator, with coil pieces aligned such that extremities thereof are adjacent to each other; an applying step involving, after the delivering-in step, continuously applying film removing laser to the extremities of the aligned coil pieces such that the laser is applied to one extremity and then to another extremity, thus removing at least portions of the insulating film from the extremities of the coil pieces; and a delivering-out step involving delivering the coil pieces, from which the at least portions of the insulating film have been removed by the applying step, out of the laser separator.

A conductor wire insulating film separating method disclosed includes: a preparing step involving preparing rectangular cross-section coil pieces each of which is a conductor wire coated with insulating film and used to provide a stator coil of rotary electric machine; a delivering-in step involving, after the preparing step, delivering coil pieces into a laser separator, with coil pieces aligned such that extremities thereof are adjacent to each other; an applying step involving, after the delivering-in step, continuously applying film removing laser to the extremities of the aligned coil pieces such that the laser is applied to one extremity and then to another extremity, thus removing at least portions of the insulating film from the extremities of the coil pieces; and a delivering-out step involving delivering the coil pieces, from which the at least portions of the insulating film have been removed by the applying step, out of the laser separator.

The invention is directed to an apparatus (100) and a method for manufacturing a partial nest or a nest (5) of pin conductors (1, 1.sub.i, 1.sub.o) for forming a stator. The apparatus (100) comprises a stator core template (10) with a block body (11) and radially extending ribs (12) forming slots (13) there between for insertion of legs (2, 2.sub.i, 2.sub.o) of the pin conductors (1, 1.sub.i, 1.sub.o). The apparatus (100) comprises at least one ring element (25, 33, 42) being arranged to provide an outer radial abutment face for inserted pin conductors (1, 1.sub.i, 1.sub.o).

A hairpin twisting device of a hairpin winding motor includes a fixing jig on which a stator core is seated, the stator core including a plurality of slots positioned through the stator core in a circumferential direction and including a plurality of layers positioned in the slot in a radial direction, and a twisting module positioned under the fixing jig and rotated in a predetermined direction to twist hairpins while clamping respective end portions of the plurality of hairpins inserted into the plurality of slots.

A hairpin alignment device for the hairpin winding motor according to an embodiment includes a rotation unit in which the dummy core is mounted in the center and rotates the dummy core by a first predetermined angle in correspondence with the number of slots, an alignment unit disposed on the upper surface of the rotation unit, and including a plurality of push bars disposed along the upper end circumference of the dummy core and reciprocating in a radial direction with respect to the hairpin, a guide unit disposed on the side of the rotation unit, selectively operating with the hairpin overlapped in each layer when pre-aligning the hairpin to the slot, and moving the overlapping hairpin outward in a radial direction to secure an inserting space of the hairpin, and a handling gripper adjacent to the rotation unit and supplying the hairpin to the slot.

In a method for mounting a prefabricated form-wound coil or tooth-wound coil on a layered laminated core to form a stator segment or stator, the form-wound coil or tooth-wound coil is insulated with insulation. Laminates are punched and stacked to form partial laminated cores and/or a laminated core, with the partial laminated cores being spaced apart from one another by spacers and forming substantially axially extending open slots of the laminated core. The form-wound coil or tooth-wound coil are radially inserted into the slots such as to embrace a tooth of the laminated core, and a removable auxiliary element is placed at an axial end face of the laminated core to protect the insulation of the form-wound coil or tooth-wound coil as the form-wound coil or tooth-wound coil is radially inserted into the slots. The auxiliary element is radially removed and repositioned on a further tooth of the laminated core.

A device and method for producing a plugged wave winding by plugging together first and second wave winding parts. A first receptacle receiving the first wave winding part includes elements for guiding first wave winding part straight wire sections. A second receptacle receives the second wave winding part and has elements for guiding second wave winding part straight wire sections. A device for bending portions of at least one of the wave winding parts is configured to displace one or more of the winding heads directed towards the other wave winding part to plug the wave winding parts together. A relative displacement device pushes and plugs the first and second wave winding parts into one another. The first and/or second guide elements are movable between a position for guiding the straight wire sections and a position for releasing the path of winding heads while plugging into one another.

A bending unit for bending a bend of a wave winding for a coil winding of an electric machine, having a first holding element for holding a first segment of a wire to be bent, a second holding element for holding a second segment of the wire to be bent and at least one bending mold for bending a transition region of the wire between the first segment and the second segment. The first and the second holding elements are in engagement with each other via at least one mechanical control cam to control a relative pivoting and a relative displacement of the first and the second holding element. Furthermore, a bending device having a plurality of such bending units, a wave winding production apparatus having a plurality of bending units which are synchronized via control cams, and a bending method and a wave winding production method are described.