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Jörg Evertz

Romeo Deplazes

Johannes Kocher

Thomas Eilinger

A drive, a method of operating the drive and an elevator operated by the drive for the movement of persons or goods by at least one car utilize a linear motor. The drive includes at least one linear motor with a secondary part positioned between a first primary part and a second primary part. The drive also includes at least one compensation device that acts by a compensating normal force against an attractive normal force between each of the primary parts and the secondary part.

Method and apparatus of operating a drive with linear motor

An elevator, particularly for transporting passengers, has an elevator car guided in an elevator shaft a direct drive motor. The drive motor includes an active primary part at the elevator car and a passive secondary part that is fixed in the elevator shaft and is spaced from the primary part by an air gap. In order to achieve a high power capability, the drive motor is configured as a transverse flux motor that moves the primary part linearly relative to the secondary part under the influence of an electromagnetic propulsive force. The secondary part has at least one rail made of a soft magnetic material and subdivided into a plurality of segments having a predetermined length. The segments are fixed to a wall of the elevator shaft by intermediate elements.

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