Provided are a battery, a power consuming apparatus, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the battery. The battery comprises: a battery cell group comprising a plurality of battery cells; a cooling system provided on a first face of the battery cell group; a signal transmission assembly provided on a second face of the battery cell group, the second face being adjacent to the first face, the signal transmission assembly comprising a busbar component and an insulation layer, the insulation layer enclosing the busbar component, the insulation layer having holes, and the busbar component being configured to be electrically connected to the battery cells in the battery cell group at the holes; and a shielding member, which protrudes from an edge of the first face, and is to prevent condensed liquid generated by the cooling system from reaching the signal transmission assembly.