Axial air gap machine having stator and rotor discs formed of multiple detachable segments

A method of producing an electromechanical apparatus, the method comprising:

• (a) manufacturing a plurality of pairs of substantially parallel and spaced apart stator segments, each said pair of stator segments comprising first and second stator segments, each stator segment of said each pair comprising a stator winding;
• (b) manufacturing a plurality of a rotor segments, wherein each said rotor segment is dimensioned to fit between said each pair of stator segments, said each rotor segment comprising at least one magnet;
• (c) assembling said plurality of pairs of stator segments to form a circumferential channel, wherein each said pair of stator segments are substantially magnetically decoupled from each other said pair, and each said stator segment is physically separate from each other of said stator segments;
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• (d) assembling said plurality of rotor segments to form an annular train of said rotor segments slidably coupled to said plurality of pairs of stator segments and operable to move through said channel.