Abstract: A conveying installation with a linear motor drive including a stator placed along a travel path and at least one conveyor unit guided along the stator in a constrained manner. The stator is divided into a plurality of stator portions. To each stator portion is assigned a braking device whose operation is dependent upon the current supply to a stator. The conveyor units are guided spaced apart by a predetermined distance. If the current supply fails, the braking devices are actuated and stop the movements of the conveyor units.

Abstract: An electrical linear motor stator is fixedly disposed along a roadway. A car supported on at least two trucks is guided for movement along the roadway. The trucks are pivotally mounted to the car for rotation about a vertical axis. Permanent magnets for interacting with the stator have one end pivotally mounted to the vertical axis of the truck and an opposite end guided, for example, using rollers, for positive movement parallel to a vertical longitudinal central plane of the stator. In this way, the permanent magnet is mounted for transverse movement to the car to permit the car to negotiate small radius curves in the roadway while still maintaining good alignment between the permanent magnet and the stator.