Abstract: An apparatus for inserting a magnet into a rotor iron core includes a magnet inserting unit configured to insert a permanent magnet into a magnet-insert hole formed along a lamination direction of a rotor iron core body in which a plurality of iron core pieces are laminated, and a guide member to be attached to the magnet inserting unit, and arranged in a space formed between the magnet inserting unit and the rotor iron core body and configured to communicate the magnet-insert hole of the rotor iron core body to a supply part for the permanent magnet formed in the magnet inserting unit.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked core includes: forming a stack by stacking a plurality of core members, each of the plurality of core members including one or more blanked members blanked by a die from a metal plate along a predetermined shape; removing one core member of the plurality of core members from the stack; supplying adhesive to the one core member removed from the stack; and stacking the one core member next to an adjacent core member of the plurality of core members so that the adhesive is placed between the one core member and the adjacent core member.

Abstract: The method includes a step of aligning and laminating enlarged iron core pieces including iron core pieces and dummy piece parts and forming a composite laminated iron core integrally including a dummy laminated part with the dummy piece parts laminated and a laminated iron core, a step of placing and positioning the composite laminated iron core on a jig and removing the dummy laminated part, and a step of mutually bonding the laminated iron core body with the dummy laminated part removed to form the laminated iron core.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated stator core includes: blanking an electrical steel sheet at 1st to Nth (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) positions arranged in the width direction of the electrical steel sheet to form 1st to Nth blank members, and laminating the 1st to Nth blank members to form a laminated stator core. The shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the kth (k is a natural number of 1 to N) blank member differs from the shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the mth (m is a natural number of 1 to N and satisfying m?k) blank member such that the shapes of given two blank members do not agree with each other.

Abstract: A blanking die apparatus includes multiple machining stations having respective cutting tools operated simultaneously to perform predetermined blanking operations on a belt-shaped workpiece fed progressively in a longitudinal direction and finally to perform a contour blanking operation on the workpiece, thereby forming core pieces used for manufacturing a laminated iron core, and an auxiliary cutting tool that forms a disposal hole by partly blanking a scrap forming area of the workpiece simultaneously with the operations of the cutting tools of the machining stations.

Abstract: A tray is provided for conveying a workpiece placed on the tray inside a heat treatment furnace. The tray includes plural kinds of positional displacement regulating parts for respectively regulating horizontal positional displacements of plural kinds of workpieces with different sizes, wherein the plural kinds of positional displacement regulating parts are arranged concentrically in a plane shape.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first switching element that is provided on a high side; a first diode element that is connected in parallel to the first switching element; a second switching element that is provide on a low side and connected in series to the first switching element; and a second diode element that is connected in parallel to the second switching element, wherein the first switching element and one of the first diode element and the second diode element are stacked adjacently to each other in a vertical direction of respective electrode surfaces thereof via a conductive electrode, the second switching element and the other of the first diode element and the second diode element that is different from the diode element adjacent to the first switching element are stacked adjacently to each other in a vertical direction of respective electrode surfaces thereof via a conductive electrode, and the first switching element and the second switching element are not adjacent in a vertical direction

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a segmented laminated core is provided. This method includes (A) feeding a metal sheet to a progressive die, (B) stamping out workpieces in the progressive die, workpieces each include a plurality of pieces aligned in the circumferential direction with a circumferential part, and (C) fastening the workpieces together to obtain a segmented laminated core. The step (B) includes (b1) performing cutting-and-bending processing to form a slit line and a bending line across a region configured to be the circumferential part, (b2) returning by push-back a bent part that is a portion between the slit line and the bending line to an original position, and (b3) forming a swaged portion on the bent part. The step (C) includes (c1) fastening the workpieces by the swaged portion.

Abstract: A stack formed by stacking a plurality of blanked members includes a first blanked member forming an outermost layer of the stack and a second blanked member located adjacent to the first blanked member. A through is hole formed in the first blanked member, and an area of the through hole has a length that is greater than a width. A connecting tab having a chevron shape is formed in the second blanked member so as to be fitted into the through hole of the first blanked member. On opposite sides of the through hole, notches are recessed outward from an inner-wall surface of the through hole in opposing directions that correspond to the width of the area of the through hole.

Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring a laminated iron core. The method includes preparing a laminated iron core in which two or more kinds of metal plates with different shapes are laminated and a deformed part is formed inside a hole continuing in a lamination direction of the laminated iron core, acquiring a surface profile data indicating a surface shape of the deformed part through an inlet of the hole by a non-contact sensor located in an outside of the hole, and calculating a length from the inlet of the hole to the deformed part in the lamination direction by a calculator based on the surface profile data.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an core product includes heating the resin pellet at a temperature higher than 25° C. for 24 hours or longer, the resin pellet being formed of a thermosetting resin composition including epoxy resin, a curing agent, accelerator, and a release agent. The method includes holding a core body having a resin formation region, which is a region in which a resin is to be formed by injection of a melted resin, between a pair of holding members, and disposing the heated resin pellet in a resin pot formed in at least one of the pair of holding members. Additionally, the method includes melting the resin pellet in the resin pot and injecting the melted resin into the resin formation region through a resin channel extending from the resin pot in communication with the resin formation region, and curing the melted resin injected into the resin formation region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated core is provided. The manufacturing method includes the steps of feeding a belt-like sheet of core material to a progressive die, stamping out core pieces having a first shape from the core material, stacking more than one of the core pieces having the first shape to obtain a first laminate block, stamping out core pieces having a second shape from the core material, stacking more than one of the core pieces having the second shape to obtain a second laminate block, discharging a laminate including the first laminate block and the second laminate block from the progressive die, changing the lamination order of the laminate blocks constituting the laminate, and integrating the laminate after the lamination order of the laminate blocks are changed.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a laminated core includes forming a first blanking member by blanking a band-shaped metal plate along a predetermined first blanking shape and forming a second blanking member by blanking the metal plate along a predetermined second blanking shape. The first blanking shape has a first-yoke corresponding region corresponding to a first yoke portion and a plurality of first-teeth corresponding regions corresponding to a plurality of first teeth portions. The second blanking shape has a second-yoke corresponding region corresponding to a second yoke portion and a plurality of second-teeth corresponding regions corresponding to a plurality of second teeth portions. The plurality of second-teeth corresponding regions are located between the plurality of first-teeth corresponding regions in a width direction one by one. The second teeth-corresponding region is located closer to one first-teeth corresponding region than a virtual straight line.

Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring a laminated iron core. The method includes preparing a laminated iron core in which two or more kinds of metal plates with different shapes are laminated and a deformed part is formed inside a hole continuing in a lamination direction of the laminated iron core, acquiring a surface profile data indicating a surface shape of the deformed part through an inlet of the hole by a non-contact sensor located in an outside of the hole, and calculating a size of the deformed part by a calculator based on the surface profile data.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a laminated core, a laminated core body 14 including magnet insertion holes 12 and 13 with magnet pieces 15 inserted therein is placed between a molding (upper) die 10 and a retaining (lower) die 11, and a molding resin 19 is filled from resin reservoir portions (pots) 16 to fix the pieces 15 in the holes 12 and 13. Between the die 10 and the body 14, a guide member 18 is placed, which includes resin passages 31 provided from the portions 16 to the holes 12 and 13 and gates 30 connecting to the holes 12 and 13 on downstream sides of the passages 31. The method can reduce lead time of a production line without replacing the molding dies for different laminated rotor cores and thus without preparing different types of molding dies.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a workpiece for a segmented laminated core. This method includes (A) feeding a plate for processing drawn from a roll thereof to a progressive die and (B) stamping out a workpiece in the progressive die, the workpiece including a plurality of pieces aligned in the circumferential direction with a circumferential part. At the step (B), an overall portion configured to be each piece of the workpiece is displaced in the thickness direction of the plate for processing, with portions on both sides of the piece being fixed, to form at least one cutting line across a region configured to be the circumferential part.

Abstract: At the time of manufacturing both a laminated rotor core 13 and a laminated stator core 14 by punching out a plurality of iron core pieces 11 and 12 from a same strip material 10 and laminating the punched out iron core pieces 11 and 12, respectively, a plurality of kinds of laminated rotor cores 13 and 13a are manufactured by further punching out a plurality of iron core pieces 11a from the strip material 10 and laminating the punched out iron core pieces 11a. Here, the plurality of kinds of the laminated rotor cores 13 and 13a can be used for different electric motors.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated core includes supplying a stator material to a punching device and obtaining an electromagnetic steel plate corresponding to a rectangular processed body by punching the stator material. To obtain the electromagnetic steel plate ES, a slit is formed outside a processed body forming area in the stator material along a long side of the processed body forming area, and a center portion of the processed body forming area is punched out in a circular shape. Additionally, the processed body forming area is punched out after the slit is formed and the center portion is punched out. The laminated core is obtained by laminating and fastening a plurality of the electromagnetic steel plates.

Abstract: In a laminated iron core formed by laminating a plurality of iron core pieces, at least one of an inner circumferential portion or an outer circumferential portion of the iron core piece is provided with a connection recess part which is connected with a connection part of a caulking piece detachable in a radial direction from the connection recess part, an outer circumferential edge of the connection part has the same shape as an inner circumferential edge of the connection recess part, and a bottom portion of the connection recess part is not configured by a single straight line.

Abstract: A die apparatus includes an upper die and a lower die used for blanking a thin plate, a stripper which is formed on the upper die and is arranged between the upper die and the lower die, and a punch which blanks a part of the thin plate. The stripper or the lower die is provided with a protruding part which reduces flexure of the stripper occurring when a test punching is performed by actuating the punch without the thin plate.