Traction drive having an electrical converter
The invention relates to a traction drive for a working machine, in particular an industrial truck, including an electrical converter having a generator ( 11 ), which is drive-connected to a combustion engine ( 12 ), and a traction motor ( 1 or 2 ), which is combined with the generator ( 11 ) in spatial terms to form one structural unit. In order to increase the performance of the traction drive whilst having a high degree of efficiency and in order to achieve a simple design, the electrical converter (generator 11 , traction motors 1, 2 ) has, according to the invention, an operating voltage of more than 100 volts, in particular more than 200 volts, and is connected to a cooling liquid cycle.
1. A traction drive for a working machine, comprising:
an electrical converter comprising a generator drive-connected to a combustion engine; and
at least one traction motor combined with the generator in spatial terms to form one structural unit,
wherein the electrical converter has an operating voltage of more than 100 volts and is connected to a cooling liquid cycle, and wherein the cooling liquid cycle is connected to a liquid cycle of working hydraulics of the working machine.
2. The traction drive according to claim 1 , wherein the traction motor is arranged in an axial direction of a transverse section of a drive axle.
3. The traction drive according to claim 2 , wherein the generator is arranged coaxially with respect to a combustion engine and, together with the combustion engine, at right angles with respect to the transverse section of the drive axle.
4. The traction drive according to claim 3 , wherein two traction motors are provided in a transverse section of the drive axle which are arranged one behind the other and are each associated with a wheel, and the generator is located in a region in which the traction motors are adjacent to one another.
5. The traction drive according to claim 2 , wherein two traction motors are provided in a transverse section of the drive axle which are arranged one behind the other and are each associated with a wheel, and the generator is located in a region in which the traction motors are adjacent to one another.
6. The traction drive according to claim 5 , wherein the generator is arranged at least partially axially between the two traction motors.
7. The traction drive according to claim 6 , wherein the generator has a continuous drive shaft, which is drive-connected to a pump at an end remote from the combustion engine.
8. The traction drive according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical converter has an operating voltage of more than 200 volts.
9. A traction drive for a working machine, comprising:
an electrical converter comprising a generator drive-connected to a combustion engine; and
at least one traction motor combined with the generator in spatial terms to form one structural unit,
wherein the electrical converter has an operating voltage of more than 100 volts and is connected to a cooling liquid cycle,
wherein the traction motor is arranged in an axial direction of a transverse section of a drive axle,
wherein the generator is arranged coaxially with respect to a combustion engine and, together with the combustion engine, at right angles with respect to the transverse section of the drive axle, and
wherein the generator has a continuous drive shaft, which is drive-connected to a pump at an end remote from the combustion engine.
10. The traction drive according to claim 9 , wherein the pump is arranged at least partially axially between the traction motors.
11. The traction drive according to claim 10 , wherein the pump is connected to working hydraulics.
12. The traction drive according to claim 9 , wherein the pump is connected to working hydraulics.
13. A traction drive for a working machine, comprising:
an electrical converter comprising a generator drive-connected to a combustion engine; and
at least one traction motor combined with the generator in spatial terms to form one structural unit,
wherein the electrical converter has an operating voltage of more than 100 volts and is connected to a cooling liquid cycle,
wherein the traction motor is arranged in an axial direction of a transverse section of a drive axle,
wherein two traction motors are provided in a transverse section of the drive axle which are arranged one behind the other and are each associated with a wheel, and the generator is located in a region in which the traction motors are adjacent to one another, and
wherein the generator has a continuous drive shaft, which is drive-connected to a pump at an end remote from the combustion engine.