IP Library Granted Patent US 11,303,171
Granted Patent B2
US 11,303,171 · App. 16/322,836 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Drive device

Inventors: Torsten Hellmuth (Erlangen, DE); Wolfgang Lau-Bomert (Kassel, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
H02K1/2786H02K1/2793H02K41/031H02K1/148
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Patent No.
US 11,303,171
App. No.
16/322,836
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive device for a working machine for heavy industry, particularly for the raw-materials and mining industry, includes a permanent-magnet-excited motor and a frequency converter, wherein the motor has a rotor and a stator, and wherein the motor is a segment motor, in the case of which the rotor and/or the stator is composed of a plurality of segments, where considerable improvement in the availability of the motor is achieved because the motor has a segmented design, whereby the reliability during operation of the drive device is also increased.

Claims (19)

1. A drive apparatus for a processing machine for heavy industry, comprising: a motor excited by a permanent magnet, the motor including: a rotor mounted on a bearing element having a horizontal axis of rotation, a single coupling bearing mounted on the bearing element, and a stator mounted on the bearing element; wherein the motor comprises a segment motor, in which at least one of (i) the rotor and (ii) the stator is composed of a plurality of segments.

2. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a frequency converter;

wherein the segments of the stator are suppliable with electrical current by the frequency converter individually.

3. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the segments of the rotor are arranged in a circular manner.

4. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the segments of the stator are assembled to form a stator with a partially circular shape.

5. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the segments of at least one of (i) the rotor and (ii) the stator are fastened to a load-bearing structure of the motor.

6. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing element is a rotatable shaft, the rotor is mounted on the rotatable shaft in a rotating manner and the stator is fastened to the rotatable shaft in a stationary manner.

7. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing element is a fixed axle, the rotor is mounted on the fixed axle in a rotatable manner and the stator is arranged on the fixed axle with a fixed position.

8. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motor operates up to 150 rpm.

9. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the motor operates up to 100 rpm.

10. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heavy industry comprises raw material and mining industries.

11. A processing machine for heavy industry comprising the drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 .

12. The processing machine as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the heavy industry comprises raw material and mining industries.

13. The processing machine as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the drive apparatus is formed as a direct drive.

14. The processing machine as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the processing machine comprises one of (i) a bucket-wheel excavator, (ii) a belt conveyor ( 28 ), (iii) a crusher, (iv) a mill and (v) a shaft conveyor system.

15. The processing machine as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the processing machine comprises one of (i) a bucket-wheel excavator, (ii) a belt conveyor, (iii) a crusher, (iv) a mill and (v) a shaft conveyor system.

16. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive apparatus is utilized as a direct drive in a processing machine for the heavy industry.

17. The drive apparatus as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the heavy industry comprises raw material and mining industries.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: INNOMOTICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 065612/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2019
From: HELLMUTH, TORSTEN; LAU-BOMERT, WOLFGANG
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 048345/0188 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 16182608 · Aug 3, 2016 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190181706A1 · Jun 13, 2019