Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

Schmitz Cargobull Ag

Thomas Vilain

Stefan LÜNENBORG

Alfons Heßling

Josef Küpers

A modular drive system, includes a plurality of assemblies connectable to one another in series, wherein immediately adjoining two assemblies form, in the flow direction of power, a leading assembly having a case and a rotatably supported driving shaft set within the case, and a trailing assembly having a case and an driven shaft in operative communication with the driving shaft. In order to allow a screwed connection between the successive assemblies while still maintaining a precise spacing between the shafts of meshing gears, the cases of the successive assemblies are aligned by a centering pin which is received in form-fitting engagement in a single centering opening formed by complementary aligned bores provided in confronting walls of the cases, with the centering opening extending parallel to the driving shaft of the leading assembly and the driven shaft of the trailing assembly and defining a longitudinal axis which lies in a common plane with the driving shaft of the leading assembly and the driven shaft of the trailing assembly.

Modular drive system

A set of modular elements for the construction of a drive system, includes at least one main transmission, a motor unit, and a stepped sequence of subtransmissions mounted between the main transmission and the motor unit, whereby the subtransmissions are so configured that each subtransmission is connectable to the next smaller subtransmission and/or next greater subtransmission.

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Velen, Germany

Thomas Vilain