Stator core holding device for fabricating a stator assembly for an electrical machine

A device for holding a stator of an electrical machine having an axis about which an associated rotor of the electrical machine is rotated, said holding device being used in a drawing-in device arranged to insert winding coils from a transfer tool into the stator core and being arranged to hold the stator core when the winding coils are inserted into the stator core in one operation of the drawing-in device, said holding device comprising:

• i. a pusher block including a holding-down plate integrally incorporated therewith;
• ii. means for driving said pusher block so that said holding-down plate is moved to the stator core supported by the transfer tool carrying winding coils to be inserted and holds the stator core when the winding coils are inserted into the stator core from the transfer tool;
• iii. first and second guide rollers fitted to said pusher block;
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• iv. a stationary cam plate fixed to the drawing-in device and defining therein a cam groove with which said first and second guide rollers cooperate so as to move said holding-down plate to the stator core and hold the stator core with a predetermined force parallel to said axis.