Axial flux machine for an electrical processing device and electrical processing device with an axial flux machine
An axial flux machine, in particular a single-sided axial flux motor, for an electrical machining device, includes a machine shaft, in particular a motor shaft, a disc-shaped stator, and a disc-shaped rotor which is arranged adjacent to the stator in the axial direction of the machine shaft. The stator is formed as a winding carrier with a plurality of stator teeth for at least one stator winding and the rotor, which is connected to the machine shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, can be set in a rotational movement relative to the stator. The rotor of the axial flux machine has a rotor yoke configured as a bidirectional fan or which is permanently connected to a bidirectional fan by a joining process, the bidirectional fan having at least one radial and one axial air flow direction for cooling the axial flux machine, in particular the stator and the rotor.
1. An axial flux machine for an electric machining device, comprising:
a machine shaft;
a disk-like stator having a winding carrier with a plurality of stator teeth for at least one stator winding; and
a disk-like rotor arranged next to the stator in an axial direction of the machine shaft and connected to the machine shaft for conjoint rotation, the rotor configured to rotationally move relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a rotor yoke which is configured as a bidirectional fan or is permanently connected to a bidirectional fan by a joining process, and
wherein the bidirectional fan is configured to produce air flow in at least a radial air flow direction and an axial air flow direction for cooling the axial flux machine,
wherein the bidirectional fan effects a radial intake of the air flow with an axial through-flow through the axial flux machine and a radial escape of the air flow, and
wherein the radial intake of the air flow passes through both (i) air gaps defined between the stator teeth of the winding carrier, and (ii) in a region of a first stator yoke of the stator at a distal end side, as seen from the rotor, of the first stator yoke.
2. The axial flux machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor yoke is configured as the bidirectional fan, and includes soft-magnetic material.
3. The axial flux machine as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the rotor yoke consists of the soft-magnetic material.
4. An axial flux machine for an electric machining device, comprising:
a machine shaft;
a disk-like stator having a winding carrier with a plurality of stator teeth for at least one stator winding; and
a disk-like rotor arranged next to the stator in an axial direction of the machine shaft and connected to the machine shaft for conjoint rotation, the rotor configured to rotationally move relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a rotor yoke which is configured as a bidirectional fan or is permanently connected to a bidirectional fan by a joining process, and
wherein the bidirectional fan is configured to produce air flow in at least a radial air flow direction and an axial air flow direction for cooling the axial flux machine, and
wherein the bidirectional fan effects (i) a radial intake of the air flow, (ii) an axial through-flow through the axial flux machine, and (iii) a radial escape of the air flow.
5. The axial flux machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the bidirectional fan comprises:
a plurality of radial airfoils arranged in a circle in an outer radius region of the bidirectional fan, the plurality of radial airfoils substantially producing the air flow in a radial air-flow direction, and
a plurality of axial openings arranged in an inner radius region of the rotor yoke that substantially produce the air flow in an axial air-flow direction.
6. The axial flux machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the axial flux machine is a single-sided axial flux motor.
7. The axial flux machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the machine shaft is a motor shaft.
8. The axial flux machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor yoke is permanently adhesively bonded to the bidirectional fan.
9. The axial flux machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bidirectional fan is configured such that the air flow cools the stator and the rotor.
10. An electric machining device, in particular an electric power tool, comprising:
an axial flux machine comprising:
a machine shaft;
a disk-like stator having a winding carrier with a plurality of stator teeth for at least one stator winding; and
a disk-like rotor arranged next to the stator in an axial direction of the machine shaft and connected to the machine shaft for conjoint rotation, the rotor configured to rotationally move relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a rotor yoke which is configured as a bidirectional fan or is permanently connected to a bidirectional fan by a joining process,
wherein the bidirectional fan is configured to produce air flow in at least a radial air flow direction and an axial air flow direction for cooling the axial flux machine,
wherein the bidirectional fan effects a radial intake of the air flow with an axial through-flow through the axial flux machine and a radial escape of the air flow, and
wherein the radial intake of the air flow passes through both (i) air gaps defined between the stator teeth of the winding carrier, and (ii) in a region of a first stator yoke of the stator at a distal end side, as seen from the rotor, of the first stator yoke.
11. The electric machining device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the electric machining device is an electric power tool.