A method for manufacturing a support structure for one or more windings wound around a core of a transformer leg of a power transformer, the support structure comprising an integrated press structure, an integrated insulator structure, an integrated coolant flow structure, wherein the integrated coolant flow structure comprises a plurality of integrated first orifices arranged at a first side of the support structure facing a yoke of the power transformer, a plurality of integrated second orifices arranged at a second side facing the one or more windings, and a plurality of protrusions formed on the first side and/or the second side, wherein the first and second integrated orifices and the plurality of protrusions are configured to guide the flow of a liquid coolant from the first side to the second side of the support structure, the method comprising:
- forming (S2) the support structure from a polymer material using additive manufacturing.