Patent ID: 7367106

Claim:
A method for the assembly of a dynamo-electric machine component, comprising: providing a casing having poles that are geometrically defined by slot passages, wherein the slot passages have openings between adjoining poles and wherein the openings have widths that are substantially comparable to the widths of the slot passages over their depths; and placing wire coils around the poles by moving wire conductors on to the poles from directions that are generally along the radii of the casing, wherein placing wire coils comprises: providing a mandrel with seats that can be aligned with the casing slot passages; placing a wire coil conductor on the mandrel, wherein the wire coil conductor passes through the mandrel seats; inserting the mandrel in the bore of the stator casing; aligning the mandrel seats with the casing slot passages; and transferring the wire coil conductor from the mandrel seats into the casing slot passages.