Method for producing a winding for an electric machine, comprising at least the following method steps: a) inserting the winding parts by way of a first part into a first carrier and by way of a second part into a second carrier, wherein one of the carriers (52, 54) can be moved relative to the other, and wherein the winding part is designed in a U-shape, wherein the winding part is manufactured from copper or a copper alloy, wherein the first part and the second part, which are designed in the form of limbs, extend substantially parallel in relation to each other from a winding part head, b) twisting the first carrier about its Z-axis relative to the second carrier or the second carrier relative to the first carrier for creating a screw-in connection between the winding parts, c) executing a retraction movement of a lifting-out device, which can be retracted in the Z-direction, in a braid which is formed according to b) and is composed of screwed-in winding parts, wherein the lifting-out device comprises a number of substantially perpendicularly oriented plate-like lifting-out elements, d) positioning the lifting-out elements in clearances in the winding parts of the braid which are screwed-in according to b), e) lifting out the braid in the Z-direction and f) closing the braid composed of winding parts, which are screwed in according to b), by gravity-related slipping of the braid, which is held on the lifting-out device, on the lifting-out device, wherein the individual twisted winding parts are pushed together when the individual first parts and second parts of the winding parts have completely left their respective openings in the first carrier and in the second carrier and a closed braid is produced by means of gravity, wherein the gravity-related slipping of the screwed-in winding parts, due to gravity, closes the braid in accordance with an incline of a slope on lifting-out elements of the lifting-out device. a) inserting the winding parts by way of a first part into a first carrier and by way of a second part into a second carrier, wherein one of the carriers (52, 54) can be moved relative to the other, and wherein the winding part is designed in a U-shape, wherein the winding part is manufactured from copper or a copper alloy, wherein the first part and the second part, which are designed in the form of limbs, extend substantially parallel in relation to each other from a winding part head, b) twisting the first carrier about its Z-axis relative to the second carrier or the second carrier relative to the first carrier for creating a screw-in connection between the winding parts, c) executing a retraction movement of a lifting-out device, which can be retracted in the Z-direction, in a braid which is formed according to b) and is composed of screwed-in winding parts, wherein the lifting-out device comprises a number of substantially perpendicularly oriented plate-like lifting-out elements, d) positioning the lifting-out elements in clearances in the winding parts of the braid which are screwed-in according to b), e) lifting out the braid in the Z-direction and f) closing the braid composed of winding parts, which are screwed in according to b), by gravity-related slipping of the braid, which is held on the lifting-out device, on the lifting-out device, wherein the individual twisted winding parts are pushed together when the individual first parts and second parts of the winding parts have completely left their respective openings in the first carrier and in the second carrier and a closed braid is produced by means of gravity, wherein the gravity-related slipping of the screwed-in winding parts, due to gravity, closes the braid in accordance with an incline of a slope on lifting-out elements of the lifting-out device.