Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Takuya Sukeda

Akinori Tomioka

Hironori Aoyama

Hirofumi Inoshita

Koji Shimoda

Toshiaki Masui

Naoki Hirai

A method of transporting a plurality of sheet-like members containing a magnetic material includes a first step of placing one of the members on an endless belt, and a second step of releasing the member from a portion of the endless belt which is moved and folded back along a roller. The endless belt includes a first magnetic force generating portion that generates first magnetic force, and a second magnetic force generating portion that generates second magnetic force that is stronger than the first magnetic force. In the first step, the member is placed on the belt, such that a first portion of the member containing the magnetic material is located in the first magnetic force generating portion, and a second portion of the member containing the magnetic material and located rearward of the first portion in a conveying direction is located in the second magnetic force generating portion.

Method of transporting members and conveying apparatus

In a method for manufacturing a multi-stage gear in which no gap is formed between a small-diameter gear and a large-diameter gear, there are included a first step of forming the small-diameter gear on an outer peripheral surface of a workpiece, a second step of forming a large-diameter gear part by plastically deforming an end portion of the workpiece to increase the diameter thereof, and a third step of forming the large-diameter gear by cutting the large-diameter gear part.

Method for manufacturing multi-stage gear, and multi-stage gear

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Takuya Sukeda