Patent ID: 7735211

Claim:
A stator bar facility comprising: a stator bar workstation; an in-ground pit below the workstation, wherein the pit is adapted to receive at least a third of a length of a stator bar, and a stator bar transport at a lower elevation than the workstation and extending down into the in-ground pit, the stator bar transport including a coupling to releasably grasp at least one stator bar and a transport mechanism adapted to move the stator bar over and into the pit, wherein the coupling includes a rotational mount to receive the at least one stator bar and the rotational mount turns the stator bar at least 45 degrees in a substantially vertical plane to lower a first end of the stator bar into the pit and elevate the a second end of the stator bar above the first end and aligned with the workstation, and the workstation is vertically aligned with the rotational mount.