Abstract: In a welded portion inspection device and a welded portion inspection method, an image of a welded portion including a reflection region of light is captured in a state where the light having a circular cross-sectional outer shape is projected on the welded portion. For the image, a circumscribed rectangle of the reflection region and an inscribed circle of the circumscribed rectangle are created. When the circularity of the inscribed circle is equal to or greater than a secondary determination threshold, the welding state of the welded portion is determined to be good.

Abstract: A production method of rotary electric machines is provided that can laser weld the leading end parts of a plurality of electrical conductors projecting from respective slots with high joint strength. A production method of rotary electric machines that produces a rotary electric machine by joining, by way of laser welding, leading end parts of a plurality of electrical conductors inserted in respective slots provided in a stator core and projecting from the respective slots, includes the steps of matching and arranging the leading end parts of two adjacent electrical conductors; and joining the leading end parts of the two adjacent electrical conductors by irradiating a laser onto the two adjacent electrical conductors from a direction sloped at an angle relative to a joining face of the leading end parts of the two adjacent electrical conductors.

Abstract: A production method of rotary electric machines is provided that can laser weld the leading end parts of a plurality of electrical conductors projecting from respective slots with high joint strength. A production method of rotary electric machines that produces a rotary electric machine by joining, by way of laser welding, leading end parts 41 of a plurality of electrical conductors 40 inserted in respective slots 2a provided in a stator core 2 and projecting from the respective slots 2a, includes the steps of matching and arranging the leading end parts 41 of two adjacent electrical conductors 40; and joining the leading end parts 41 of the two adjacent electrical conductors 40 by irradiating a laser onto the two adjacent electrical conductors 40 from a direction sloped at an angle ? relative to a joining face X of the leading end parts 41 of the two adjacent electrical conductors 40.