In a method for producing a squirrel-cage rotor of an asynchronous machine, conductor bars of a first conductive material are inserted into slots of a magnetically conductive body such as to project out of at least one end side to form a projection. A short-circuiting disc of a second conductive material is positioned under pressure on the projection with a clearance fit of approximately 0.1 mm relative to a radially outwardly open recess of the short-circuiting disc. The short-circuiting disc is heated while the conductor bars virtually contact the short-circuiting disc. At least the projection of the conductor bars is coated with a third material at a layer thickness to form an alloy with the first and second materials after heating so that the third material is fully dispersed in the first and second materials as a result of the third material being diffused into the first and second materials.