Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.

Ryosuke Umezu

Satoshi Hirano

Seunghwan Park

Yasuaki Kageyama

Juichi Enyama

A rotor coil for a revolving armature includes a strand coil that includes a part arranged in a core slot of the rotor and is composed of a plurality of element wires; and a solid coil welded to an end of the strand coil wherein the end of the strand coil and an end of the solid coil are welded by friction stir welding. A manufacturing method of a rotor coil includes the step of performing friction stir welding wherein the friction stir welding is performed for the butt joint with the end of the strand coil arranged in an advancing side defined by a rotation direction of a tool and with the solid coil arranged in a retreating side.

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Hitachi, Japan

Ryosuke Umezu