Apparatus for installing stator winding conductors

An apparatus for installing an elongate conductor having a plurality of axial branches into stator core slots that extend outwardly into the cylindrical surface of a stator core bore, the apparatus comprising:

• a magazine having a central axis and a radially outer cylindrical surface disposed thereabout, the magazine provided with a plurality of recesses that extend inwardly of the cylindrical surface towards the central axis;
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• a circular rack having a radially outer periphery provided with a plurality of rack slots, the magazine and circular rack each capable of carrying at least one conductor intended for installation into a plurality of stator core slots;
• wherein the magazine has an installation mode in which a stator core coaxially surrounds the magazine, there is concurrent radial alignment between each of a plurality of pairs of magazine recesses and stator core slots, and at least one conductor axial branch is receivable by a stator core slot from a respectively paired magazine recess;
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• wherein the magazine has a load mode in which the circular rack and the magazine have synchronized rotative movements, corresponding pairs magazine recesses and rack slots are sequentially aligned, and at least one conductor axial branch is receivable by a magazine recess from its aligned rack slot.