Thyssenkrupp Transrapid Gmbh

Rothe Erde Gmbh

Markus Bauer

Qinghua Zheng

Werner Hufenbach

Luitpold Miller

Jörg Rollmann

Wolfgang Claus

Klaus Kunze

Freidrich Löser

Uwe-Otto Breucker

A method is provided for supporting rotatable devices, particularly a medical scanner having an inner ring and an outer ring. According to the invention, the inner ring and outer ring are guided without contact in the axial and/or radial direction by the magnetic field of electromagnets, and the distance between them is monitored and controlled by means of distance sensors. For a bearing implementing said method according to the invention, the outer ring is made in multiple parts and has a U-shaped cross section that is open to the inside in the assembled state, into which the inner ring () extends, and electromagnets and distance sensors are disposed in the axially and radially opposite areas of the inner ring or outer ring.

Method and bearing for supporting rotatable devices, particularly a medical scanner

The invention relates to a carrier () and a magnetic levitation railway provided with said carrier. The inventive carrier () comprises a sliding surface () and the sliding skates of a vehicle travelling along said magnetic levitation railway. According to said invention, the sliding surface () is provided with a coating () which comprises at least on the external area thereof an additional material which is compatible with the material for skates and reduces friction and ware.

Carrier and a magnetic levitation railway provided with said deck

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Freising, Denmark

Markus Bauer