Method and apparatus for wire termination on outwardly spooled multi-pole stators

A method for lead wire termination on outwardly spooled multi-pole stators,

• wherein the multi-pole stators are formed by a core of ferromagnetic sheets, having an axis and a plurality of polar extensions that extend radially to define poles having grooves between them, and by a terminal board that covers in part the core and has a plurality of terminals,
• wherein the lead wire is wound about said plurality of poles distributed by a flyer and guided by shrouds that move radially during winding with respect to the multi-pole stators, overlapping the respective polar extension,
• and wherein, before and/or after winding, wire termination operations are provided for the wire ends in said terminals with the aid of said flyer, said termination operations comprising the steps of catching, moving, introducing into the terminals and cutting a portion of wire,
• characterised in that said steps of catching, moving, introducing and cutting said portion of wire occur by means of a single multifunctional instrument, separate from said flyer, having an instrument axis parallel to the axis of the stator, capable of carrying out a plurality of movements parallel to and/or rotations about said instrument axis, and including a clamp having at least one gripper portion that translates relative to the single multifunctional instrument in a direction parallel to the axis of the single multifunctional instrument, and a deflector separate from the clamp that translates relative to the single multifunctional instrument in a direction parallel to the axis of the single multifunctional instrument.