A rotor structure of a synchronous motor includes: a stator; and a rotatable rotor on the inner side of the stator, in which the rotor includes: a rotor core fixed to a rotary shaft; and a permanent magnet on the outer side of the rotor core, the permanent magnet on the outer side of the rotor core includes a main magnet and an auxiliary magnet, the auxiliary magnet is provided in contact with the outer side of the rotor core, and the main magnet is provided in contact with the outer side of the auxiliary magnet.

A laminated core manufacturing apparatus includes an upper mold and a lower mold and enabling the manufacturing of a laminated core by stacking individual laminar members which are formed by having a strip which is sequentially transferred on an upper portion of the lower mold undergo a piercing process and a blanking process by means of punches provided to the upper mold, wherein the laminated core manufacturing apparatus further comprises: a squeeze ring installed on a lower portion of a blanking die for the blanking process; an elevating block installed on the lower portion of the squeeze ring; an elevating means for vertically moving the elevating block; and a heating block installed on an upper portion of the elevating block and positioned at an inner diameter surface of the laminated core.

A laminated core includes a plurality of electrical steel sheets stacked in a thickness direction, the electrical steel sheet includes an annular core back part and a plurality of tooth parts that protrude from the core back part in a radial direction and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the core back part, a fastening part is provided in a portion of the core back part corresponding to the tooth part, and an adhesion part is provided in the tooth part.

A rotor of rotary electric machines includes a rotor core which include first and second core blocks. The first core block is formed by stacking the steel plates in a state where the steel plates are engaged by a first crimping portion and skewed in a first direction in a circumferential direction. The second core block is formed by stacking the steel plates in a state where the steel plates are engaged by a second crimping portion and skewed in a second direction facing the first direction. The first and second core blocks are connected in an axial direction in the rotor core. A hole for inserting the first crimping portion is provided in an intermediate steel plate which is part of the annular steel plates. This intermediate steel plate is provided at a block boundary position of the second core bock and is connected to the first core block.

The invention provides a process for preparing a methane oxidation catalyst, a methane oxidation catalyst thus prepared and a method of oxidizing methane.

A rotor for an electrical machine comprises a rotor body having an external, axially extending magnet receiving surface for receiving at least one magnet thereon, and a flange mounting portion at at least one axial end of the magnet receiving surface. The flange mounting portion has a smaller external dimension (D1) than an external dimension (D2) of the magnet receiving surface so as to form a shoulder between the magnet receiving surface and the flange mounting portion. A magnet retaining flange is mounted over the flange mounting portion of the rotor body and located against the shoulder. The magnet retaining flange is retained against the shoulder by at least one lip of the flange mounting portion of the rotor body which extends radially outwardly over a radially inner portion of the magnet retaining flange. The lip by deforming an end face of the flange mounting portion.

An iron core including a laminate of a plurality of fixed electromagnetic steel sheets, a laminate of alloy thin strips which is sandwiched between the laminate of the electromagnetic steel sheets, a fastening mechanism which penetrates the laminates of electromagnetic steel sheets and alloy thin strips, and a fixing base. The laminate of alloy thin strips reduces compressive and torsional forces acting on the laminate of alloy thin strips by using the iron core having a structure in which upper and lower portions of a laminate of alloy thin strips having nanocrystal grains are sandwiched together with laminates of amorphous alloy thin strips. Furthermore, a motor including a rotor and the above-described iron core is used.

A laminated core manufacturing apparatus includes an upper mold and a lower mold and enabling the manufacturing of a laminated core by stacking individual laminar members which are formed by having a strip which is sequentially transferred on an upper portion of the lower mold undergo a piercing process and a blanking process by means of punches provided to the upper mold, wherein the laminated core manufacturing apparatus further comprises: a squeeze ring installed on a lower portion of a blanking die for the blanking process; am elevating block installed on the lower portion of the squeeze ring; an elevating means for vertically moving the elevating block; and a heating block installed on an upper portion of the elevating block and positioned at an inner diameter surface of the laminated core.

An apparatus for manufacturing a heat sealing-type rotational laminated core, includes an upper mold and a lower mold, and forming and stacking individual laminar members, the individual laminar members being formed by having a strip which is sequentially transferred on the upper portion of the lower mold undergone a piercing process and a blanking process by punches mounted on the upper mold.

A laminated core manufacturing method according to the present invention is a manufacturing method for a laminated core including: a laminated body that is configured by laminating core strips that are made of a magnetic material, the laminated body including: a core back portion; and a tooth portion; and electrically insulating members that are disposed on two side portions of the tooth portion, wherein the laminated core manufacturing method includes a bonding step in which the insulating members are pressed onto each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion of the laminated body so as to integrate the laminated body and also so as to fix the insulating members to the laminated body, by means of at least one of an adhesive and a pressure-sensitive adhesive that is disposed between each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion and the insulating members.