Method and apparatus for manufacturing stator

A method of manufacturing a stator that includes a tubular-shaped stator core and a tubular-shaped coil,

• the method comprising:
• a holding step of holding an insulation sheet, which is disposed in a slot provided in the stator core, by causing a pressing device to press the insulation sheet against an inner surface of the slot in an axial end portion of the stator core;
• a first inserting step of inserting a first segment portion of the coil to an inside of the insulation sheet from a side of the axial end portion of the stator core, in a position distant from the pressing device that presses the insulation sheet against the inner surface of the slot;
• a retracting step of retracting the pressing device by extracting the pressing device from the slot, after the first inserting step;
• a second inserting step, which is implemented after implementation of the first inserting step, to insert a second segment portion of the coil that is other than the first segment portion, to the inside of the insulation sheet, in a position in which the pressing device has been extracted from the slot in the retracting step.