Method for producing stators of dynamo electric machines formed from an assembly of pole segments

A method for manufacturing stators of dynamoelectric machines using an apparatus having a seat, a moveable transfer device including a first holding assembly comprising a first plurality of holding members, an engagement assembly comprising a plurality of engagement members aligned with the seat, and a containing assembly including a second holding assembly comprising a second plurality of holding members, the stators being formed as an assembly of pole segments, the method comprising:

• seating the assembly of pole segments in the seat;
• engaging a first end of each pole segment of the assembly of pole segments with a respective engagement member of the engagement assembly for translation of the pole segments from the seat to the transfer device;
• translating the assembly of pole segments from the seat to the transfer device;
• clamping the pole segments as an assembly of pole segments with the first holding assembly;
• transferring the assembly of pole segments, using the transfer device, from a first position proximate to the seat to a second position proximate to the containing assembly;
• and
• holding the assembly of pole segments in a predetermined position at the containing assembly with the second holding assembly, the second holding assembly being positioned on the containing assembly for maintaining the assembly of pole segments in the predetermined position.