Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided by which the windings of an armature are cut near their opposite ends and then the windings or coil segments are preferably simultaneously forced from all the armature slots. An apparatus is described for carrying out the process in which after the coils have been cut circumferentially at their opposite ends, the armature and an annular array of stripping blades are brought into engagement so that the blades enter the slots of the armature and force the armature coil segments out of the armature slots. In the preferred embodiment the number of stripping blades coincides with the number of armature slots so that a stripper blade enters each slot and forces the coil segments out of all of the armature slots simultaneously.