IP Library Patent Application 19103900
Patent Application
App. No. 19/103,900

PLANAR DRIVE, PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT AND METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING A PLANAR DRIVE

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Abstract

23 The invention relates to a planar drive ( 10 ) with at least one stator ( 12 ) and at least one mover ( 14 ), wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) is designed to be resistant to hydrogen peroxide. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical plant with said type of planar drive ( 10 ) and to a method for decontaminating said type of planar drive ( 10 ).

Claims (34)

1 . A planar drive ( 10 ) comprising:

a stator ( 12 ) having at least one first magnetic device for generating a first magnetic field,

a mover ( 14 ) having at least one second magnetic device for generating a second magnetic field, wherein the mover ( 14 ) can be moved along a plane of movement ( 11 ) oriented parallel to the stator ( 12 ) due to magnetic interaction between the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field,

wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) is configured to be resistant to hydrogen peroxide.

2 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) comprises at least one cooling device ( 16 ) associated with the mover ( 14 ) in order to cool the mover ( 14 ), and/or wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) comprises at least one cooling device ( 16 ) associated with the stator ( 12 ) in order to cool the stator ( 12 ).

3 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) comprises at least one heating device ( 18 ) associated with the mover ( 14 ) in order to heat the mover ( 14 ), and/or wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) comprises at least one heating device ( 18 ) associated with the stator ( 12 ) in order to heat the stator ( 12 ).

4 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) comprises at least one bioindicator ( 20 ), wherein the bioindicator ( 20 ) is arranged on the mover ( 14 ) and/or on the stator ( 12 ).

5 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 4 , wherein the mover ( 14 ) has a recess ( 24 ) on a side ( 22 ) facing the stator ( 12 ) for receiving the bioindicator ( 20 ).

6 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein an indicator device ( 26 ) removable from the mover ( 14 ) is arranged on the mover ( 14 ), wherein the indicator device ( 26 ) comprises a bioindicator ( 20 ).

7 . A pharmaceutical plant comprising a planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 1 .

8 . A method for decontaminating a planar drive ( 10 ) comprising:

a stator ( 12 ) having at least one first magnetic device for generating a first magnetic field,

mover ( 14 ) having at least one second magnetic device for generating a second magnetic field, wherein the mover ( 14 ) can be moved along a plane of movement ( 11 ) oriented parallel to the stator ( 12 ) due to magnetic interaction between the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field, wherein the planar drive ( 10 ) is arranged at least partially within a work space that is closed off from its surroundings, the method comprising:

providing the planar drive ( 10 ) within the work space;

introducing a decontamination agent into the work space;

moving the mover ( 14 ) by magnetic interaction while the decontamination agent is within the work space.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the decontamination agent is hydrogen peroxide.

10 . The method according to claim wherein the method further comprises:

cooling the mover ( 14 ) in order to deposit ( 34 ) decontamination agent on the mover ( 14 ) and/or

cooling the stator ( 12 ) in order to deposit ( 34 ) decontamination agent on the stator ( 12 ).

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

heating the mover ( 14 ) in order to remove ( 36 ) decontamination agent from the mover ( 14 ) and/or

heating the stator ( 12 ) in order to remove ( 36 ) decontamination agent from the stator ( 12 ).

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein heating the mover ( 14 ) is implemented by increasing an electrical and/or magnetic current within the mover ( 14 ), and/or wherein heating the stator ( 12 ) is implemented by increasing an electrical and/or magnetic current within the stator ( 12 ).

13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

verifying decontamination by at least one bioindicator ( 20 ).

14 . (canceled)

15 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the mover ( 14 ) and the stator ( 12 ) is variable.

16 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one cooling device ( 16 ) associated with the mover ( 14 ) is arranged inside the mover ( 14 ), and/or wherein the at least one cooling device ( 16 ) associated with the stator ( 12 ) is arranged inside the stator ( 12 ).

17 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one cooling device ( 16 ) associated with the mover ( 14 ) is configured to deposit hydrogen peroxide from the environment of the mover ( 14 ) on the mover ( 14 ), and/or wherein the at least one cooling device ( 16 ) associated with the stator ( 12 ) is configured to deposit hydrogen peroxide from the environment of the stator ( 12 ) on the stator ( 12 ).

18 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one heating device ( 18 ) associated with the mover ( 14 ) is arranged inside the mover ( 14 ), and/or wherein the at least one heating device ( 18 ) associated with the stator ( 12 ) is arranged inside the stator ( 12 ).

19 . The planar drive ( 10 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one heating device ( 18 ) associated with the mover ( 14 ) is configured to evaporate hydrogen peroxide deposited on the mover ( 14 ), and/or wherein the at least one heating device ( 18 ) associated with the stator ( 12 ) is configured to evaporate hydrogen peroxide deposited on the stator ( 12 ).

20 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the decontamination agent is a gas.

21 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the bioindicator ( 20 ) is arranged ( 38 ) on the mover ( 14 ) and/or the stator ( 12 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 4, 2026
From: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 075893/0756 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2025
From: KOSIAN, THOMAS; RAUSCHNABEL, JOHANNES; SCHWARZ, SEBASTIAN
To: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 070359/0697 →