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(11) EP 1 275 192 B1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Date of publication and mention (51) Int Cl.:

of the grant of the patent: H02K 1/24 (2006.01) H02K 15/02 (2006.01)
02.05.2007 Bulletin 2007/18
(86) International application number:
(21) Application number: 01911992.4 PCT/GB2001/001220

(22) Date of filing: 20.03.2001 (87) International publication number:

WO 2001/080401 (25.10.2001 Gazette 2001/43)

(54) ROTOR, ROTOR ASSEMBLY, METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURE OF ROTOR
ELEMENTS
ROTOR, ROTORANORDNUNG, VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES
ROTORELEMENTS
ROTOR, ENSEMBLE ROTOR, PROCEDE ET MACHINE POUR LA FABRICATION D’ELEMENTS
DE ROTOR

(84) Designated Contracting States: (74) Representative: Lally, William

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU FORRESTER & BOEHMERT
MC NL PT SE TR Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München (DE)
(30) Priority: 15.04.2000 GB 0009248
(56) References cited:
(43) Date of publication of application: EP-A- 0 711 021 DE-A- 4 114 989
15.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/03 US-A- 4 616 151

(73) Proprietor: European Electrical Laminations • PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 004, no. 097
Limited (E-018), 12 July 1980 (1980-07-12) -& JP 55 061260
Stourbridge, A (KOKUSAN DENKI CO LTD), 8 May 1980
West Midlands DY9 7BQ (GB) (1980-05-08)
• PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1997, no.
(72) Inventor: MAYBURY, Peter 03, 31 March 1997 (1997-03-31) -& JP 08 294242
Kingswinford, A (SHINKO ELECTRIC CO LTD), 5 November 1996
West Midlands DY6 9BH (GB) (1996-11-05)
EP 1 275 192 B1

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Description
Description of Invention
[0001] This invention is concerned with a machine for
the manufacture of elements for electric motors, which
term is to be deemed to include generators, and is par-
ticularly concerned with motors of the type comprising a
fixed stator defining a generally hollow cylindrical cham-
ber, and a rotor assembly comprising a shaft, adapted
to be mounted within the stator, and a plurality of rotor
members extending radially of the shaft..
[0002] A conventional rotor member for a motor is con-
structed from a plurality of rotor elements, conveniently
in the form of steel pressings, conventionally of about
1mm in thickness which lie in or parallel to a plane ex-
tending at right angles to the axis of the rotor.
[0003] Conventionally each rotor element comprises
a body portion, and positioned radially outwardly of the
body portion, a pole portion having an extended outer
surface which has a radius of curvature marginally small-
er than that of the stator surface, there being a small air
gap between the outer surface of the pole portion and
the inner surface of the stator.
[0004] Conveniently, each rotor element is formed in-
tegrally as a pressing from (for example) a steel strip, the
rotor being assembled by a jig in which the rotor elements
are secured together in a desired orientation.
[0005] It is believed that there may be advantages by
offsetting the pole portions in a manner such as to
present, in plan view, the appearance of a chevron. Such
a rotor construction is described in US A 4616151.
[0006] However, since with such a construction adja-
cent pole portions have different positions in relation to
the body portion dependant upon the position of the rotor
element in a direction longitudinally of the shaft, it is not
possible to produce such a rotor by stacking a number
of identical elements, and to achieve this desired chevron
design, it has been found necessary to produce, conven-
iently by stamping, pole plates separately from the body
plates, and to secure these together by welding.
[0007] Whilst this may be accomplished by welding the
pole plates to the body plates individually, it has been
found convenient to assemble the pole plates and body
plates in appropriate jigs, and to secure the pole plates
to the body plates by welding along an interface corner
on each of two opposite sides.
[0008] Whilst this enables a rotor of the desired chev-
ron profile to be produced relatively simply by the use of
semi-automatic machinery, it is nonetheless relatively
complicated, and does cause a reduction to the flow of
flux to the pole portion.
[0009] Additionally, since identical pole plates are uti-
lised, necessarily the centres of curvature of the outer
faces of the pole plates when assembled follow the line
of the chevron, rather than, as occurs with the conven-
tional design, having the centres of curvature lying in a
radial plane of the rotor, and even though the effect of
2
this is small, it produces a variation in the air gap at the
centre, compared with the air gap at the sides of the rotor.
[0010] According to this invention there is provided a
machine for the manufacture of elements from strip stock,
5 the elements in use being stacked to provide an assembly
of stacked elements for an electrical motor, according to
claim 1.
[0011] According to this invention there is also provid-
ed a method of manufacturing elements using a machine
10 according to the first aspect of the invention, accordong
to claim 7.
[0012] In this way rotor elements may be produced
which have pole portions which are offset by different
distances relative to a centre line of the body portion.
15 [0013] Preferably the part of the (first) pole portion
which is produced by the first die member is that part of
the pole portion which is common to all rotor elements
throughout the range.
[0014] Preferably the die assembly includes a third die
20 member for providing by punching a peripheral margin
which may be curved and defines a curved outer surface
of the pole portion, between the first portion of an element
and a second portion of an element made by a preceding
punching operation.
25 [0015] Preferably the second and third die members
are integral, the third die member moving in the perform-
ance of the method with the second die member.
[0016] Preferably the machine comprises means to
cause all the die members thereof to perform a punching
30 operation simultaneously.
[0017] The invention will now be described by way of
example with reference to the accompanying drawings
wherein:
35 FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a conventional
rotor assembly;,
FIGURE 2 is a plan view of a modified form of rotor
assembly of the kind shown in Figure 1, of the known
"chevron" design;
40 FIGURE 3 is a side elevation of a rotor element uti-
lised in the construction shown in Figure 2;
FIGURES 4a, 5a and 6a are views of a machine
utilised for the production of die elements in accord-
ance with the present invention;
45 FIGURES 4b, 5b and 6b are views of rotor elements
produced by the die assemblies shown in Figures
4a, 5a and 6a;
FIGURE 7 is a plan view of a second die member of
the machine; and
50 FIGURE 8 is a view illustrating the sequential stages
in the punching of a rotor element in accordance with
this invention, from steel strip material.
[0018] Figure 1 shows a conventional rotor assembly
55 comprising a shaft 6, and a plurality of rotor elements 8
connected to the shaft for rotation therewith about the
axis A-A of the shaft 6, each rotor element comprising a
body portion 10 and a pole portion 12. In conventional
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manner the rotor elements are typically 1mm in thick-
ness, and are stacked to a desired depth in the longitu-
dinal direction, whilst the pole portions 12 are provided
with curved outer surfaces 13, having a radius of curva-
ture marginally smaller than the radius of curvature of
the stator in which they are to be mounted, whereby a
small air gap is provided between the rotor and the stator.
[0019] Figure 2 illustrates schematically a modified
construction of rotor, in which, whilst the body portions
are retained in position, the pole portions 12 are progres-
sively offset in both axial directions from a central plane
B-B to produce a "chevron" appearance as can be seen
in Figure 2.
[0020] It will be apparent that in the arrangement
shown in Figure 2, the relative position of each pole por-
tion differs in relation to an adjacent pole element, with
respect of the centre line C/L of the body portion 10, and
thus the rotor elements cannot conveniently be produced
by the conventional stamping operation. Thus as shown
in Figure 3, which illustrates the variation in location of
the pole portions 12 in relation to the body portions 8, it
is conventional to manufacture the body portions and
pole portions separately, and to secure these together,
conveniently subsequent to assembly of the elements in
a jig, by weld lines X disposed at two interfacial corners
between the pole elements and the body elements.
[0021] Figure 4a is a perspective view illustrating a die
assembly, also illustrative of certain aspects of this in-
vention, utilised for the performance of a method of pro-
ducing rotor elements whereby a rotor assembly of the
preferred "chevron" design may be manufactured more
conveniently.
[0022] In accordance with this invention, the die as-
sembly shown in Figure 4a comprises a base plate 20
upon which a first, stationary member 22 is mounted, and
adjacent thereto a second, moving die member 32.
[0023] The die member 22 comprises two die aper-
tures 24a, 24b, each providing a die surface which cor-
responds to part of the periphery of the pole portion of a
rotor element.
[0024] The moving die member 32 comprises die ap-
ertures 34a, 34b each providing a die surface corre-
sponding to one side of a body portion 10, and a third die
aperture 35 extending between the two die apertures 34a
and 34b.
[0025] The die assembly also comprises means 36,
comprising driven gear wheels 38 engageable with racks
40, whereby the die member 32 may be moved incre-
mentally back and forth across the base plate 20.
[0026] The die assembly comprises means (not
shown) for advancing strip steel 50, conventionally of
1mm thickness, across the die assembly in the operation
of the machine, guide means conveniently afforded by
pegs 52 engageable within pre-formed apertures 54 in
the steel strip being provided accurately to locate the strip
50 in relation to the stationary die member 22 and the
moving die member 32.
[0027] The operation of the die assembly will now be
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described.
[0028] Punches (not shown) complimentary to the first
die apertures 24a and 24b will remove portions of mate-
rial from the steel strip corresponding to the outermost
5 margins of the pole elements of a conventional rotor el-
ement.
[0029] The strip is advanced from position B to position
C (see also Figure 8), and a punch member 62 compris-
ing punch portions 64a, and 64b, corresponding to the
10 apertures 34a and 34b respectively, are operated to
punch outside the margins of the strip, whilst a third punch
member 65, integral with the punch portions 64a and
64b, passes into the bridging aperture 35.
[0030] The punch members 64a and 64b co-operate
15 with the areas of the strip removed by the punches of the
first die assembly, and there is thus produced a complet-
ed rotor element 72, at position D.
[0031] As appears in Figure 7, the bridging aperture
35 and corresponding punch portion 65 have surfaces
20 provided with radii of curvature R1 and R2, the radius R1
being equal to the desired radius of curvature of the outer
surfaces of the pole elements, whilst the radius R2 is
equal to the radius of the bottom surface of the rotor.
[0032] It will of course be understood that the punches
25 of both die assemblies are operated simultaneously.
Subsequent to each punching operation, the drive means
36 is operated to cause an incremental movement of the
die plate 32 in a desired direction, to produce an offset
of the pole portion from the centre line C/L of the body
30 portion, such movement incrementally moving to a max-
imum in one direction, and returning in the opposite di-
rection to a start position. In this way the rotor elements
which are produced by operation of the machine shown
in Figure 4 will be "stacked" in the correct sequence.
35 [0033] However, if desired, a plurality of rotor elements
may be produced with the second die assembly in one
location, prior to an incremental movement, and the
punching of a plurality of rotor elements in this offset po-
sition.
40 [0034] Whilst Figure 4a shows the second and third
die assemblies having been moved to a maximum posi-
tion in one direction, Figure 5a shows the second die
assembly having been moved to a position of maximum
offset in the opposite direction, whilst Figure 6a shows
45 the second die assembly in a medium position, the rotor
elements produced by the die assembly in these rotor
positions being illustrated in Figures 4b, 5b and 6b re-
spectively.
[0035] Since the punch element 65 which produces
50 the curved outer surface of the pole element, together
with the curved inner surface of the body portion, is pro-
duced by the third die assembly, specifically by the punch
65 moving into the die apertures 35, the centre line of
the radius of curvature of the pole portions will necessarily
55 remain generally on the centre line C/L of the body portion
(see particularly Figure 7), although the offset of the pole
portion will be different by one increment from the theo-
retical position. In this manner, although the pole ele-
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ments will be staggered when the rotor elements are cor-
rectly secured together, the centre line of the outer sur-
face will remain constant, and the air gap between the
outer surface and the inner surface of the stator will re-
main constant, despite the fact that a "chevron" arrange-
ment of pole elements is being utilised.
[0036] In this way the advantages of the chevron ar-
rangement may be utilised, without the disadvantages of
variation of the thickness of the air gap in the direction
axially of the rotor assembly.
[0037] In the present specification "comprise" means
"includes or consists of’
and "comprising" means "including or consisting of".
[0038] The features disclosed in the foregoing descrip-
tion, or the following claims, or the accompanying draw-
ings, expressed in their specific forms or in terms of a
means for performing the disclosed function, or a method
or process for attaining the disclosed result as appropri-
ate, may, separately, or in any combination of such fea-
tures whilst falling within the scope of the appended
claims, be utilised for realising the invention in diverse
forms thereof.
Claims
1. A machine for the manufacture of elements (8) from
strip stock, the elements (8) in use being stacked to
provide an assembly of stacked elements (8) for an
electrical motor, each element (8) including body
(10) and pole (12) portions which are integrally
formed, the machine including a die assembly in-
cluding a first die member (22) for providing by
punching at least parts of the body portions (10) of
each element and a second die member (32) for pro-
viding by punching, the pole portions (12) of each
element (8), and characterised in that the body and
pole die members (22, 32) are relatively moveable
between successive punching operations when the
body and pole portions (10, 12) of the elements (8)
are provided, whereby incremental adjustment of the
position of the second die member (32) relative to
the first die member (22) is effected so that whilst
each of the body portions (10) of the elements (8) is
provided along a common centre line, the pole por-
tion (12) of each of the successive elements (8) is
incrementally offset relative to the pole portion (12)
of each of the respective previous elements (8) with
respect to the said common centre line of the body
portion (10).
2. A machine according to claim 1 characterised in
that the first die member (22) is maintained station-
ary relative to a base (20) of the machine, and the
second die member (32) is moved incrementally be-
tween successive punching operations relative to
the first die member (22) and the base (20).
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3. A machine according to claim 1 or claim 2 charac-
terised in that each of the first and second die mem-
bers (22, 32) has an associated punch.
5 4. A machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3
characterised in that the die assembly includes a
third die member (35) for providing by punching a
peripheral margin between the body portion (10) of
an element (8) and a pole portion (12) of an element
10 made by a preceding punching operation.
5. A machine according to claim 4 characterised in
that the peripheral margin of the pole portion is
curved.
15
6. A machine according to claim 4 or claim 5 charac-
terised in that the second and third die members
(32, 35) are integral.
20 7. A method of manufacturing elements (8) using a ma-
chine according to any one of the preceding claims,
from strip stock, the elements (8) in use being
stacked to provide an assembly of stacked elements
(8) for an electrical motor, each element (8) including
25 body (10) and pole (12) portions which are integrally
formed, the machine including a die assembly in-
cluding a first die member (22) for providing by
punching at least parts of the body portions (10) of
each element and a second die member (32) for pro-
30 viding by punching, the pole portions (12) of each
element (8), and characterised in that the method
includes relatively moving the first and second die
members (22, 32) between successive punching op-
erations when the body and pole portions (10, 12)
35 of the elements (8) are provided, whereby incremen-
tal adjustment of the position of the second die mem-
ber (32) relative to the first die member (22) is effect-
ed so that whilst each of the body portions (10) of
the elements (8) is provided along a common centre
40 line, the pole portion (12) of each of the successive
elements (8) is incrementally offset relative to the
pole portion (12) of each of the respective previous
elements (8) with respect to the said common centre
line.
45
8. A method according to claim 7 characterised in that
the die assembly includes a third die member (35)
and the method includes providing by punching us-
ing the third die member, a peripheral margin be-
50 tween the body portion (10) of an element (8) and a
pole portion (12) of an element made by a preceding
punching operation.
9. A method according to claim 8 characterised in that
55 the third die member (35) is moved with the second
die member (32) incrementally between successive
punching operations.
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Patentansprüche
1. Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Elementen (8) aus
bandförmigem Material, wobei die Elemente (8) im
Gebrauch aufeinander gestapelt werden, um eine
Anordnung von gestapelten Elementen (8) für eine
elektrische Maschine zu bilden, wobei jedes Ele-
ment (8) Grundkörper- (10) und Polabschnitte (12)
aufweist, die integral ausgebildet sind, wobei die Ma-
schine eine Stanzanordnung aufweist, die mit einem
ersten Stanzelement (22) versehen ist, zum Bereit-
stellen durch Ausstanzen zumindest von Teilen der
Grundkörperabschnitte (10) eines jeden Elements,
und ein zweites Stanzelement (32) zum Bereitstellen
durch Ausstanzen der Polabschnitte (12) eines je-
den Elements (8), und dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß die Stanzelemente (22, 32) für Grundkörper und
Pole relativ zueinander bewegbar sind, zwischen
aufeinanderfolgenden Stanzvorgängen, wenn die
Grundkörper- und Polabschnitte (10, 12) der Ele-
mente (8) gebildet werden, wobei eine schrittweise
Einstellung der Position des zweiten Stanzelements
(32) relativ zu dem ersten Stanzelement (22) so aus-
geführt wird, daß während jeder der Grundköperab-
schnitte (10) der Elemente (8) entlang einer gemein-
samen Mittellinie gebildet wird, der Polabschnitt (12)
eines jeden der aufeinanderfolgenden Elemente (8)
schrittweise relativ zu dem Polabschnitt (12) eines
jeden entsprechenden vorangehenden Elements (8)
in Bezug auf die genannte gemeinsame Mittellinie
des Grundkörperabschnitts (10) versetzt ist.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekenn-
zeichnet, daß das erste Stanzelement (22) relativ
zu einem Grundkörper (20) der Maschine ortsfest
gehalten wird, und daß das zweite Stanzelement
(32) schrittweise zwischen aufeinanderfolgenden
Ausstanzvorgängen relativ zu dem ersten Stanzele-
ment (22) und dem Grundkörper (20) bewegt wird.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch ge-
kennzeichnet, daß jedes der ersten und zweiten
Stanzelemente (22, 32) ein zugehöriges Ausstanz-
element aufweist.
4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, da-
durch gekennzeichnet, daß die Stanzanordnung
ein drittes Stanzelement (35) zum Bereitstellen
durch Ausstanzen eines Umfangsrands zwischen
dem Grundkörperabschnitt (10) eines Elements (8)
und einem Polabschnitt (12) eines Elements, das
durch einen vorangehenden Ausstanzvorgang ge-
bildet worden ist, aufweist.
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekenn-
zeichnet, daß der Umfangsrand des Polabschnitts
gekrümmt ist.
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6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch ge-
kennzeichnet, daß die zweiten und dritten Stanz-
elemente (32, 35) integral sind.
5 7. Verfahren zum Herstellen von Elementen (8) unter
Verwendung einer Vorrichtung nach einem der vor-
angehenden Ansprüche, ausgehend von bandförmi-
gen Material, wobei die Elemente (8) im Gebrauch
aufeinander gestapelt werden, um eine Anordnung
10 von gestapelten Elementen (8) für eine elektrische
Maschine zu bilden, wobei jedes Element (8) Grund-
körper- (10) und Polabschnitte (12) aufweist, die in-
tegral ausgebildet sind, wobei die Maschine eine
Stanzanordnung aufweist, die mit einem ersten
15 Stanzelement (22) versehen ist, zum Bereitstellen
durch Ausstanzen zumindest von Teilen der Grund-
körperabschnitte (10) eines jeden Elements, und ein
zweites Stanzelement (32) zum Bereitstellen durch
Ausstanzen der Polabschnitte (12) eines jeden Ele-
20 ments (8), und dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das
Verfahren umfaßt, die ersten und zweiten Stanzele-
mente (22, 32) relativ zueinander zu bewegen, zwi-
schen aufeinanderfolgenden Stanzvorgängen,
wenn die Grundkörper- und Polabschnitte (10, 12)
25 der Elemente (8) gebildet werden, wobei eine schritt-
weise Einstellung der Position des zweiten Stanz-
elements (32) relativ zu dem ersten Stanzelement
(22) so ausgeführt wird, daß während jeder der
Grundköperabschnitte (10) der Elemente (8) entlang
30 einer gemeinsamen Mittellinie gebildet wird, der Pol-
abschnitt (12) eines jeden der aufeinanderfolgenden
Elemente (8) schrittweise relativ zu dem Polab-
schnitt (12) eines jeden entsprechenden vorange-
henden Elements (8) in Bezug auf die genannte ge-
35 meinsame Mittellinie versetzt ist.
8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekenn-
zeichnet, daß die Stanzanordnung ein drittes Stan-
zelement (35) umfaßt, und daß das Verfahren um-
40 faßt, durch Ausstanzen unter Verwendung des drit-
ten Stanzelements einen Umfangsrand zu bilden,
zwischen dem Grundkörperabschnitt (10) eines Ele-
ments (8) und einem Polabschnitt (12) eines Ele-
ments, das durch einen vorangehenden Ausstanz-
45 vorgang hergestellt worden ist.
9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekenn-
zeichnet, daß das dritte Stanzelement (35) mit dem
zweiten Stanzelement (32) schrittweise zwischen
50 aufeinanderfolgenden Ausstanzvorgängen bewegt
wird.
Revendications
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1. Machine pour la fabrication d’éléments (8) à partir
d’une bande, les éléments (8) étant, en utilisation,
empilés pour fournir un ensemble d’éléments empi-
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lés (8) destinés à un moteur électrique, chaque élé-
ment (8) incluant des parties de corps (10) et de pôle
(12) qui sont formés d’une seule pièce, la machine
incluant un ensemble de matrice incluant un premier
élément de matrice (22) permettant de réaliser, par
frappe, au moins des parties des parties de corps
(10) de chaque élément et un deuxième élément de
matrice (32) permettant de réaliser, par frappe, les
parties de pôle (12) de chaque élément (8), et ca-
ractérisée en ce que les éléments de matrice (22,
32) de corps et de pôle sont relativement mobiles
entre des opérations de frappe successives lors de
la réalisation des parties de corps et de pôle (10, 12)
des éléments (8), ce par quoi un réglage incrémentiel
de la position du deuxième élément de matrice (32)
par rapport au premier élément de matrice (22) est
effectué de sorte que, pendant que chacune des par-
ties de corps (10) des éléments (8) est disposée le
long d’un axe central commun, les parties de pôle
(12) de chacun des éléments successifs (8) sont dé-
calées de façon incrémentielle relativement à la par-
tie de pôle (12) de chacun des éléments précédents
respectifs (8) par rapport audit axe central commun
de ladite partie de corps (10).
2. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en
ce que le premier élément de matrice (22) est main-
tenu stationnaire par rapport à une base (20) de la
machine, et en ce que le deuxième élément de ma-
trice (32) est déplacé de manière incrémentielle en-
tre des opérations de frappe successives par rapport
au premier élément de matrice (22) et à la base (20).
3. Machine selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication
2, caractérisée en ce que chacun des premier et
deuxième éléments de matrice (22, 32) comporte un
poinçon associé.
4. Machine selon l’une quelconque des revendications
1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que l’ensemble de matrice
inclut un troisième élément de matrice (35) permet-
tant de réaliser, par frappe, une marge périphérique
entre la partie de corps (10) d’un élément (8) et une
partie de pôle (12) d’un élément réalisé par une opé-
ration de frappe précédente.
5. Machine selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en
ce que la marge périphérique de la partie de pôle
est courbée.
6. Machine selon la revendication 4 ou la revendication
5, caractérisée en ce que les deuxième et troisième
éléments de matrice (32, 35) sont d’une seule pièce.
7. Procédé de fabrication d’éléments (8) par utilisation
d’une machine selon l’une quelconque des revendi-
cations précédentes, à partir d’une bande, les élé-
ments (8), en utilisation, étant empilés pour fournir
10
un ensemble d’éléments empilés (8) destinés à un
moteur électrique, chaque élément (8) incluant des
parties de corps (10) et de pôle (12) qui sont formés
d’une seule pièce, la machine incluant un ensemble
5 de matrice incluant un premier élément de matrice
(22) permettant de réaliser, par frappe, au moins des
parties des parties de corps (10) de chaque élément
et un deuxième élément de matrice (32) permettant
de réaliser, par frappe, les parties de pôle (12) de
10 chaque élément (8), et caractérisé en ce que le
procédé inclut un déplacement relatif des premier et
deuxième éléments de matrice (22, 32) entre des
opérations de frappe successives lors de la réalisa-
tion des parties de corps et de pôle (10, 12) des
15 éléments (8), ce par quoi un réglage incrémentiel de
la position du deuxième élément de matrice (32) par
rapport au premier élément de matrice (22) est ef-
fectué de sorte que, pendant que chacune des par-
ties de corps (10) des éléments (8) se trouve le long
20 d’un axe central commun, la partie de pôle (12) de
chacun des éléments successifs (8) est décalée de
manière incrémentielle relativement à la partie de
pôle (12) de chacun des éléments précédents res-
pectifs (8) par rapport audit axe central commun.
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8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en
ce que l’ensemble de matrice inclut un troisième élé-
ment de matrice (35), et en ce que le procédé inclut
la réalisation, par frappe, en utilisant le troisième élé-
30 ment de matrice, d’une marge périphérique entre la
partie de corps (10) d’un élément (8) et une partie
de pôle (12) d’un élément réalisé par une opération
de frappe précédente.
35 9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en
ce que le troisième élément de matrice (35) est dé-
placé de manière incrémentielle conjointement avec
le deuxième élément de matrice (32) entre des opé-
rations de frappe successives.
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45
50
55
6
EP 1 275 192 B1

7
EP 1 275 192 B1

8
EP 1 275 192 B1

9
EP 1 275 192 B1

10
EP 1 275 192 B1

11
EP 1 275 192 B1

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