A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor assembly having an outer surface and including a plurality of poles with permanent magnets. A solid layer is formed on the outer surface of the rotor assembly and has an outer surface with a first coefficient of friction that is lower than a second coefficient of friction of the outer surface of the rotor assembly. The rotor includes an outer sleeve. The rotor assembly is press-fit into the outer sleeve.

There are provided a core unit manufacturing apparatus and a core unit manufacturing method including: a molding device that fills a resin into a space portion in a core body; a resin transfer unit that transfers a resin material to the molding device to supply the resin material thereto; and a core transfer unit that carries the core body in and out of a part between a pair of dies of the molding device. The resin transfer unit and the core transfer unit are arranged such that: the resin transfer unit supplies the resin to the molding device from one side position of side surfaces of the molding device; and the core transfer unit carries the core body in and out of the molding device from the other side position of the side surfaces of the molding device, the other side position being different from one side position.

There are provided a method for manufacturing a core product, a method for removing a residual resin, and device for removing a residual resin including: supplying a molten resin; placing a conveying jig on a collection unit by conveying the conveying jig from a resin supply device to the collection unit together with a core body; splitting the resin solidified in a resin forming region from the resin solidified inside a resin flow path by removing the core body from the conveying jig; forming the residual resin which is a residue of the solidified resin inside the resin flow path and acquiring the core product including the core body and solidified resin formed in the resin forming region; and dropping the residual resin from the resin flow path into the collection unit by causing an extrusion unit to abut against the residual resin from above.

A flexible molding process and system for a magnetic pole protective layer. The molding process is as follows: assembling magnet steels at respective positions on a side wall surface of a magnetic yoke, laying a reinforcing material and a vacuum bag in the listed sequence on the magnet steel and the side wall surface of the magnetic yoke, wherein the vacuum bag, the magnet steels and the side wall surface of the magnetic yoke form a sealed system; performing an impregnation process, including vacuumizing the sealed system to allow the impregnation liquid to be injected into the sealed system, to achieve infiltration and impregnation; heating the sealed system and/or emitting ultrasonic waves to the sealed system while performing the impregnation process; and performing a curing process after the impregnation process, wherein the impregnation liquid and the reinforcing material are cured to form a protective layer.

To allow necessary movement of a magnet in a magnet insertion hole during a manufacturing process so that a magnet embedded core in which the magnet is positioned as designed can be manufactured efficiently, a lower plate (12) and an upper plate (14) configured to contact against the end surfaces of a rotor core (2) are provided with pin members (37, 39) configured to enter a magnet insertion hole (4) to allow movement of a magnet (5) in a first direction, which is a separation direction of two mutually opposing inner surfaces (4C, 4D) of a magnet insertion hole (4), and to restrict movement of the magnet in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction as viewed in the axial direction of the magnet insertion hole (4), in a state where the magnet insertion hole is not filled with resin.

Disclosed are a method for producing a laminate including a step of laminating a resin impregnated fiber reinforced composition layer on a metal member, wherein the method includes a step of forming a resin coating on the metal member and a step of laminating a resin impregnated fiber reinforced composition layer containing a resin impregnated fiber reinforced composition containing (I) 20 to 80% by mass of a polymer having a melting point and/or a glass transition temperature of 50 to 300° C., and (C) 20 to 80% by mass of a reinforcing fiber
(provided that the sum of the component (I) and the component (C) is taken as 100% by mass) via the above resin coating; and a laminate obtained by the method.

Provided is a plastic injection-molding method for producing a poly-V belt pulley, which has an outer ring, an inner ring, and a ring web, which connects the outer ring to the inner ring and has a plurality of radially oriented ribs. The injection molding occurs in a circular-ring-shaped injection-molding cavity, a poly-V-ribbed inner shell of which is formed by a plurality of radially movable slides and which is vented during the injection molding by the gaps between the slides adjacent to each other. The rib contour in the injection-molding cavity are designed in such a way that the plurality of ribs is formed of a first group of thin ribs and a second group of thick ribs and that the gaps extend in radial extension of the thin ribs, the width of which is significantly less than the width of the thick ribs, which extend circumferentially between the gaps.

Provided are a vacuum assisted resin infusion protection coating, system and method for a permanent magnet motor rotor. The vacuum assisted resin infusion protection coating comprises a reinforcing phase, demoulding cloth, and a flow guide net which are laid on the surface of a magnetic pole of a rotor in sequence, wherein one end part of a resin infusion pipeline and one end part of an air suction pipe are respectively fixed on the exterior of the flow guide net, the rotor is hermetically connected to a vacuum isolation film, and the vacuum isolation film covers the reinforcing phase, the demoulding cloth, the flow guide net, the end part of the resin infusion pipeline, and the one end part of the air suction pipe.

In manufacturing a magnet embedded core, creation of flash, and problems associated with flash are prevented. A device for manufacturing the magnet embedded core comprises a base (32) comprising an upper surface at which a resin pot chamber (64) for storing molten resin opens, a separator plate (36) detachably placed on the upper surface of the base (32) to support a rotor core (2) thereon and having a gate (50) and a cull opening (52) communicating the magnet insertion hole (4) of the rotor core (2) with the resin pot chamber (64), and a plunger (62) movably provided in the resin pot chamber (64) to press the molten resin in the resin pot chamber (64) into the magnet insertion hole (4) via the gate (50) and the cull opening (52), wherein an annular recess (66) is formed on the upper surface of the base (32) so as to extend outward of the resin pot chamber (64) and communicate with the resin pot chamber (64).

To prevent creation of unnecessary resin when fixing a magnet with resin, a manufacturing method for manufacturing a magnet embedded core comprises: a placing step of placing the rotor core on a mounting table such that an end surface of the rotor core is in contact with the mounting table; a resin charging step of charging the resin in solid state into the magnet insertion hole; a melting step of inciting the resin in the magnet insertion hole; a magnet inserting step of inserting the magnet into the magnet insertion hole; a closure step of closing the opening of the magnet insertion hole remote from the mounting table; and a resin pressurizing step of pressurizing the molten resin that has flowed into a buffer chamber formed in the mounting table from the opening of the magnet insertion hole on a side of the mounting table following the closure step.