Rotational machine as well as apparatus having a rotational machine
A rotational machine, designed as a bearing free motor, including a stator designed as a bearing and drive stator having a stator winding and a disc-shaped rotor stored magnetically contact free within the stator. An axial height (H) of the rotor is smaller than or equal to a half diameter (D) of the rotor and with the rotor being passively stabilized by reluctance forces with regard to the stator both against a displacement along a rotational axis (A) of the rotor and also against a tilting from an equilibrium position (G), and with the stator including a permanent magnet for the generation of a homopolar magnetic flux (HΦ). The rotor is a ring-like rotor rotatably arranged about a pole piece of the stator and the rotor includes a ferromagnetic material (FM) and no permanent magnet.
1. A rotational machine, designed as a bearing free motor, including a stator ( 2 ) designed as a bearing and drive stator having a stator winding ( 3 ) and a disc-shaped rotor ( 4 ) stored magnetically contact free within the stator ( 2 ),
wherein an axial height (H) of the rotor ( 4 ) is smaller than or equal to a half diameter (D) of the rotor ( 4 ) and with the rotor ( 4 ) being passively stabilized by reluctance forces with regard to the stator ( 2 ) both against a displacement along a rotational axis (A) of the rotor ( 4 ) and also against a tilting from an equilibrium position (G), and with the stator ( 2 ) including a permanent magnet ( 6 ) for the generation of a homopolar magnetic flux (HΦ),
wherein the rotor ( 4 ) is a ring-like rotor ( 4 ) rotatably arranged to surround a region of a coilless static pole piece ( 5 ) of the stator ( 2 ),
wherein the ring-like rotor ( 4 ) is positioned during operation radially distant from and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the coilless static pole piece ( 5 ),
wherein the coilless static pole piece ( 5 ) is configured for guiding the homopolar flux (HΦ) radially between the stator ( 2 ) and the rotor ( 4 ), and
wherein the rotor ( 4 ) includes a ferromagnetic material (FM) and no permanent magnet.
2. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the permanent magnet ( 6 ) is the coilless static pole piece ( 5 ) or is provided at the coilless static pole piece ( 5 ) and is polarized along the rotational axis (A).
3. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the permanent magnet ( 6 ) is provided in a circumferential region ( 21 ) of the stator ( 2 ) and is polarized along the rotational axis (A).
4. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the permanent magnet ( 6 ) is provided in a base region ( 22 ) of the stator ( 2 ) and is polarized in a radial direction orthogonal to the rotational axis (A).
5. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the permanent magnet ( 6 ) is provided in a cover region ( 23 ) of the stator ( 2 ) and is polarized in a radial direction orthogonal to the rotational axis (A).
6. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the permanent magnet ( 6 ) is provided in or at a stator tooth ( 24 ) of the stator ( 2 ).
7. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the stator tooth ( 24 ) is designed L-shaped and a shank of the stator tooth ( 24 ) extends in parallel to the rotational axis (A) and a different shank of the stator tooth ( 24 ) extends radially to the rotational axis (A) towards the rotor ( 4 ).
8. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the rotor ( 4 ) has an irregular outer contour ( 41 ) having a rotor tooth ( 411 ) directed radially outwardly.
9. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the rotor ( 4 ) has a circular outer contour ( 42 ).
10. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the ferromagnetic material (FM) of the rotor ( 4 ) is distributed at or in the rotor ( 4 ) according to a predefinable scheme with regard to a circumferential direction (U) or with regard to a radial direction.
11. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein a sensor device ( 7 ) having a sensor for the determination of a magnetic field strength is provided at the stator ( 2 ), specifically at the coilless static pole piece ( 5 ).
12. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the sensor is a magnetic field sensor, in particular a Hall sensor, or a magneto resistive sensor, or an eddy current sensor.
13. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the sensor device ( 7 ) is formed by an array ( 71 ) of sensors, in particular for the detection of an angular position of the rotor ( 4 ), and with the array being arranged at the stator ( 2 ).
14. A rotational machine in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the sensor is a magneto resistive sensor.
15. A disc-shaped rotor for a rotational machine ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 1 , wherein an axial height (H) of the rotor is smaller than or equal to a half diameter (D) of the rotor, and the rotor is a ring-like rotor having a recess provided about a rotational axis (A) of the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a ferromagnetic material (FM) and no permanent magnet.
16. An apparatus, in particular a wafer machining plant, a bioreactor plant, a pump (P), a mixer or a different apparatus having a rotor ( 4 ) in accordance with claim 15 .
17. An apparatus, in particular a wafer machining plant, a bioreactor plant, a pump (P), a mixer or a different apparatus having a rotational machine ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 1 .