Voith Patent Gmbh

Robert Schagerl

Martin Schabasser

A bearing assembly includes: a shaft; a housing; a support structure; at least one first seal; at least one electrode connected to the support structure and arranged between the support structure and the shaft such that an oil vapor from the oil bath, which passes through the at least one first seal, must pass through a gap between the at least one electrode and the shaft in order to escape, the bearing assembly being configured for an electrical voltage to be applied between the at least one electrode and the shaft so as to direct oil particles contained in the oil vapor onto the at least one electrode such that the oil particles are separated at the at least one electrode; and a drainage channel configured for enabling oil separated at the at least one electrode to flow through the drainage channel into the oil bath.

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St. Leonhard am Forst, Austria

Robert Schagerl