Generator stator bar quick-form tooling system and method

摘要

A modular "quick-form" tooling system (10) and stator bar form set-up method is provided for reconfigurably mounting various stator bar bending/forming tool modules (26) that are used to produce custom bends and curvatures in a length of stator bar stock (20). at least one stator bar support structure (14,16) is provided having a support surface formed with an array of tool location alignment holes that allow a variety of different bend-forming tooling modules to be positioned relative to each other in a manner that will define the shape of a generator stator bar during a bending/forming process.