Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method for manufacturing a rotor of a rotary electric machine by disposing magnets in hole portions of a rotor core formed of stacked steel sheets, and injecting and curing a thermosetting resin to fix the magnets to the rotor core includes a temperature increasing step for increasing a temperature of the rotor core to a curing start temperature or higher, a resin injection step for causing a resin injection apparatus to inject the liquid resin at a melting start temperature or higher into the hole portions of the rotor core at the curing start temperature or higher, and a magnet fixing step for curing the resin by keeping the rotor core at the curing start temperature or higher.

Abstract: A resin injection apparatus configured to manufacture a rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a resin injector having an ejection port for ejecting a resin, and a runner having a charging port connectable to the ejection port, and a plurality of ejection ports communicating with the charging port and disposed at positions associated with hole portions of a rotor core where magnets are disposed.

Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method for manufacturing a rotor of a rotary electric machine by disposing magnets in hole portions of a rotor core formed of stacked steel sheets, and injecting and curing a thermosetting resin to fix the magnets to the rotor core includes a temperature increasing step for increasing a temperature of the rotor core to a curing start temperature or higher, a resin injection step for causing a resin injection apparatus to inject the liquid resin at a melting start temperature or higher into the hole portions of the rotor core at the curing start temperature or higher, and a magnet fixing step for curing the resin by keeping the rotor core at the curing start temperature or higher.

Abstract: A resin injection apparatus configured to manufacture a rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a resin injector having an ejection port for ejecting a resin, and a runner having a charging port connectable to the ejection port, and a plurality of ejection ports communicating with the charging port and disposed at positions associated with hole portions of a rotor core where magnets are disposed.

Abstract: Provided are an agent for decreasing the fluidity of a solid-liquid mixture (“agent”), and a method for decreasing the fluidity of a solid-liquid mixture within a short time while preventing an increase in the volume of the solid-liquid mixture, regardless of the chemical composition of the solid-liquid mixture. The agent is a granular material having a structure formed by entangled fibers. In one embodiment of the agent, the granular material has an average particle diameter of 300 ?m or less and a specific surface area of 0.25 to 100 m2/g inclusive as measured by a BET method. In another embodiment of the agent, the granular material has a porosity of 50% or more and a specific surface area of 0.25 to 100 m2/g inclusive. It is preferred that each of the fibers contains a hydrophilic polymer; the hydrophilic polymer is preferably cellulose, the solid-liquid mixture is preferably mud.