Manufacturing system for manufacturing a stator with bar conductors

A manufacturing system for manufacturing a stator for an electric machine, in particular an electric motor, wherein the stator has an annular shaped main body defining a center axis and a multiplicity of bent and/or straight bar conductors disposed through a plurality of slots within a thickness of the main body parallel with the center axis, wherein the bar conductors have free ends protruding beyond a first end side of the main body, wherein the manufacturing system comprises:

• a bending machine configured for bending the free ends of the bar conductors;
• a spreading machine configured for spreading apart the free ends of the bar conductors in a radial direction in relation to the center axis;
• a welding machine configured for welding the free ends of, in each case, at least two bar conductors;
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• a holding device configured for securing the stator with the multiplicity of bent and/or straight bar conductors in a fixed position in relation to the holding device;
• wherein the holding device has at least a first set of fingers for engaging between the bar conductors at the first end side of the main body;
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• wherein the holding device comprising a uniform receptacle interface is configured to removably affixing the holding device onto the bending machine, the spreading machine and the welding machine while still securing the stator with the multiplicity of bent and/or straight bar conductors.