Method for producing a cage rotor

A method for producing a squirrel cage rotor for an asynchronous machine, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a laminated rotor core comprising a plurality of stacked individual rotor cores which in each case comprise a plurality of rotor core grooves distributed in a circumferential direction;
• positioning rod-shaped wire packs, which are constructed in each case from a plurality of wires, in the rotor core grooves;
• twisting the individual rotor cores relative to one another;
• positioning short circuit rings on both end sides of the laminated rotor core;
• and
• connecting the wire packs to the short circuit rings;
• wherein the individual rotor cores are twisted during the step of twisting such that the wire packs are V-shaped or W-shaped as viewed inward in a radial direction of the squirrel cage rotor.