Thyssen Krupp Ag

Thyssenkrupp Elevator Ag

Thyssenkrupp Transrapid Gmbh

Thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde Gmbh

Thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde Germany Gmbh

Florian Dignath

Qinghua Zheng

Erhard Lampersberger

Bernd Lüneburg

Jörg Rollmann

Thomas Beck

Klaus Pantke

A transport system may include at least two conveyor sections and at least three cars that are moved individually in a cyclical operation. Each car may pass through a first conveyor section starting from a first start position and subsequently pass through a second conveyor section back to the first start position. At least one stopping point may be provided at least along a conveyor section, and one or more subsequent stopping points may respectively be assigned to a block. Travel of the cars may be controlled such that the cars successively approach a respective previously-specified block, and an equal cycle time is predefined for every car to pass through the first and second conveyor sections. A method for operating a transport system in this manner is also disclosed.

Operating a cyclical transport system based on an equal cycle time

A magnetic bearing may include an inner ring and an outer ring arranged concentrically. The inner ring and the outer ring may be mounted rotatably relative to each other by way of axial and radial magnets. The magnetic bearing may also include a back-up bearing, which is integrated into at least one of the outer ring or the inner ring both in an axial direction and in a radial direction. The outer ring may be multipiece and may include a recess that opens inwards and receives the inner ring. Further, the back-up bearing may be made of aluminum, austenitic steel, bronze, or ceramic, and the back-up bearing may operate as a shielding device that shields magnetic fields emitted by the axial and radial magnets from one another.

Radial-axial magnetic bearing having an integrated back-up bearing and method for operating the magnetic bearing

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Munich, Germany

Florian Dignath