A.o. Smith Corporation

Vaughn A DeVorse

Robert J Heideman

Robert M Schurter

A rotor in which shaft portions are welded directly to the ends of a rotor stack by friction welding, which eliminates the need for a shaft hole in the rotor stack, thus providing a rotor in which each lamination has an unstamped, solid center, and the rotor has no other bores therein. As a result, no scrap is generated and motor efficiency is improved because the rotor has no bores therein. In addition, the amount of shaft material needed is also reduced because the shaft does not extend through the rotor stack.

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New Berlin, WI, United States of America

Vaughn A DeVorse