Production of dynamo-electric machine stator coils having leads at final attachment points before insertion into a stator core

Apparatus that produces a stator coil having wire leads connected to final attachment points, apparatus comprising:

• coil winding apparatus that winds wire into a coil, said winding apparatus comprising:
• a template around which wire is wound, and
• a nozzle for delivering wire wound around said template;
• a coil-holding tool that can receive a coil from said coil winding apparatus, said coil-holding tool comprising a plurality of circumferentially positioned members;
• a platform that supports said coil-holding tool;
• at least one final attachment device comprising a plurality of electrical connection points to which a plurality of wire leads can be connected before said coil is inserted into a stator core and at which electrical connections to said connected wire leads can be made, said connection points being final attachment points of said wire leads;
• and
• a lead gripper device comprising a wire handler that can grasp a wire from said nozzle and connect said grasped wire to one of said connection points of said final attachment device.