Patent ID: 7037392

Claim:
A process for manufacturing an electrically conductive conductor bar including a number of partial conductors electrically insulated from one another, the method comprising: A: manufacturing the partial conductors; B: applying at least one insulating layer to the partial conductors, including for each partial conductor substeps B1 and B2: B1: coating regions to be insulated of the partial conductor with a plastics powder; B2: sintering said plastics powder layer by melting the plastic and at least partially curing the plastic to form an insulating layer, the sintering being carried out so that at least one outer insulating layer is not completely cured; C: assembling a number of insulated partial conductors to form a conductor bar; D: sintering the insulating layers of the partial conductors while simultaneously pressing the partial conductors against one another in the assembled conductor bar, the plastic in the case of the not completely cured insulating layers at least partially melting again and being squeezed out between the partial conductors, and the plastic remaining between the partial conductors curing substantially completely.