Method for laminated core of rotating electric machine

A manufacturing method for a laminated core of a rotating electric machine using an apparatus, the method comprising steps of:

• laminating a plurality of core elements each punched out from an electromagnetic steel sheet, to thereby form an element laminate in a lamination direction by a pressing device of the apparatus;
• moving the element laminate and separating a part of the element laminate from the element laminate by a grasping device of the apparatus, the grasping device being configured to grasp side surfaces of the part of the element laminate in a circumferential direction and move the part of the element laminate in a direction orthogonal to the lamination direction by a set dimension in the lamination direction, while the element laminate is pressed in a lamination direction of the plurality of core elements, to thereby obtain a separated laminate;
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• fixing the plurality of core elements included in the separated laminate to one another.