Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling bearing, in particular a center-free large rolling bearing, comprising two concentric races, of which one race has a groove open toward the other race and the other race has a lug ring, which engages in said groove, the lug ring being supported on the groove by means of at least two thrust bearings and at least one radial bearing, said axial bearings being designed as roller bearings, all the radial bearings being designed as ball bearings.

Abstract: A drive device for a diaphragm wall cutter, having a drive housing and/or gear housing, which encloses an interior for accommodating drive and/or gear elements and comprises two housing parts which are rotatable relative to one another and sealed off from one another by a sealing device, and having a pressure equalization device for pressure equalization between the interior and the surroundings. A diaphragm wall cutter having such a drive device. The pressure equalization device comprises at least one intermediate chamber, which is pressurized and is sealed off from the interior by an inner seal and off from the surroundings by an outer seal. By virtue of such a sealed intermediate chamber that can be considerably smaller in terms of volume than the interior, the pressurization for pressure equalization between interior and surroundings is considerably simpler.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration generator for piling machines, compactors or other construction machines, having at least two unbalance trains, each comprising unbalanced masses which are rotatingly drivable by a drive apparatus, and an adjustment apparatus for adjusting the phase position of the rotating unbalanced masses relative to each other. According to the invention, the unbalanced masses of different unbalance trains are arranged coaxially without a fixed transmission ratio relative to each other, wherein the unbalanced masses of a first unbalance train are arranged between the unbalanced masses, coaxial therewith, of a second unbalance train, and the drive apparatus is designed to drive the unbalance trains with rotation speed differences which are variable relative to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling bearing with two bearing rings and rolling elements running between same, and a sensor for detecting movements and/or positions of the bearing rings relative to one another, wherein the sensor is fastened to one of the bearing rings and is directed towards a measurement surface on the other bearing ring, wherein said measurement surface comprises a contour projection projecting towards the sensor and/or a contour recess open towards the sensor in the form of a groove or blind hole, which projection or groove influences the measurement signal of the sensor and the movement of which relative to the sensor transverse to the main signal direction of the sensor modifies the measurement signal of the sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable drum for a cable winch of a cable drive, having a drum body and two guard plates which surround the drum body on the face sides and delimit a winding space therebetween, wherein at least one of the guard plates has at least one inner wall part which is adjustable axially in the direction of the drum longitudinal axis such that the distance between the guard plates is adjustable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuating apparatus for triggering at least one pyrofuse, comprising a supply voltage connection for connection to a supply voltage, at least one triggering output for connecting the at least one pyrofuse and applying a triggering current to the pyrofuse, a signal input for receiving a triggering signal which indicates a state which extends the triggering, and at least one actuating circuit, which can be connected to the supply connection, for providing the triggering current at the triggering outlet in accordance with the received triggering signal, wherein said actuating circuit comprises a field-effect transistor stage for connecting the supply voltage through to the triggering output in accordance with the received triggering signal.

Abstract: A rolling bearing having concentric bearing rings supported on one another rotatably with respect to each other by means of at least one row of rolling elements and have bearing races for the rolling elements of the at least one row of rolling elements. The invention further relates to a material transfer- or construction machine, such as a crane or cable excavator, having such a rolling bearing. Providing different bearing race corrections in different angular sectors of the bearing rings and/or providing the bearing race correction only in a fraction of the circumference of the bearing rings is advantageous over the conventional use of a bearing race correction that is constant over the circumference. A bearing race correction that is limited to one sector or that is different from sector to sector, or that is not constant over the circumference, enables the bearing rings to adapt to expected loads.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit for a construction and/or material handling machine or lifting equipment such as a crane, comprising a torque density of more than 20 Nm/l at a predetermined output speed, wherein the drive unit comprises a drive motor and a connected transmission, wherein a fast-running electric motor is provided as the drive motor, wherein the motor speed thereof is at least two times said output speed of the drive unit and is reduced by the transmission by a factor of at least 2 to the output speed of the drive unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the actual state and/or the remaining service life of structural components, for example large-diameter rolling bearings, of a work machine, in particular a construction machine, a material-handling machine and/or a conveyor machine, comprising a sensor system for acquiring state information relating to the structural component, and an analytical device for analyzing the acquired state information and determining the actual state and/or the remaining service life on the basis of a comparison with predetermined damage characteristics, wherein an active database device is provided for storing the damage characteristics, to which database device a determination device for determining the damage characteristics from design data of the structural component, and an adjustment device for adjusting the predetermined damage characteristics on the basis of the state and/or the remaining service life information determined by the evaluation device are connect

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive and/or adjustment device for driving and/or adjusting a rotatable assembly, for example a large rolling bearing ring of a wind turbine or a slewing gear of a construction machine or of a hoist, comprising an output element for rotationally driving and/or adjusting the rotatable assembly, a transmission which is connected upstream of the output element and has at least one torque-transmitting gear, and an overload safety mechanism for the rotatable assembly. The overload safety mechanism is provided on the gear, which is divided and has two gear parts that are torque-transmittingly interconnected via spur toothing and held axially in spur toothing engagement by an axial securing means which yields at a predetermined axial loading between the gear parts.

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to working machines with working units which are subject to fluctuating loads or have a fluctuating power consumption. The invention relates in particular to a drive train assembly for driving such a working unit, the drive train assembly having a flywheel accumulator for mitigating the load impacts or load fluctuations. According to the invention, a starting aid for easier starting up of the flywheel accumulator into its desired operating speed range is provided, the starting aid having a planetary transmission, which is connected in terms of drive to the flywheel accumulator, and a control actuator for braking and/or accelerating a planetary transmission element in order to adjust the step-up/step-down ratio of the planetary transmission when starting up the flywheel accumulator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a seal for a large roller bearing for sealing a joint between two adjacent ring segments or ring parts of the roller bearing, wherein at least two mutually spaced apart sealing limbs of a rubber elastic and/or yielding sealing material for sealing insertion into grooves that are formed at both sides of the joint in ring segments or ring parts that are adjacent to one another and a connection section connecting the sealing limbs and composed of a rubber elastic and/or yielding sealing material to span said joint.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane, in particular to a revolving tower crane, having a load suspension means attached to a hoist rope, drive devices for moving a plurality of crane elements and for traveling the load suspension means, a control apparatus for controlling the drive devices such that the load suspension means travels along a travel path, and an oscillation damping device for damping oscillation movements of the load suspension means, wherein said oscillation damping device has a control module for influencing the control of the drive devices in dependence on oscillation-relevant criteria. It is proposed not only to take account of the actual oscillation movement of the rope per se in the oscillation damping measures, but also the dynamics of the steel construction of the crane and its drivetrains.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy storage device, comprising a switchgear cabinet housing in which a plurality of receiving spaces are provided, in which receiving spaces at least one control device and a variable number of electrical storage blocks are accommodated in an exchangeable manner, wherein the storage blocks can be selectively interconnected in series or in parallel and are connected to power connections by means of a current controller. Therefore, it is initially proposed to form the control device which is installed in the switchgear cabinet housing and the associated power electronics components themselves in a reconfigurable or variable manner in order to allow the controller and power electronics to be matched to another mode of operation or another application, without having to exchange the control and power electronics module and provide corresponding wiring for this purpose.

Abstract: The cooling and/or heating of drive and/or transmission units of construction machines and similar equipment is disclosed. A temperature control device can cool and/or heat such drive and/or transmission units. The temperature control device can include a heat exchanger module having a liquid jacket through which flow is possible. The heat exchanger module can form a ring body for fitting in a sandwich-like manner between two transmission and/or drive sections. The ring body can have a central through-cutout for a drive element to pass through and can have on each opposite end face a connection flange for precision-fit end-face connection to the two transmission and/or drive sections.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bus-capable device having an input interface and an output interface for connecting to a serial bus, particularly a CAN bus, wherein the input interface and the output interface each have at least one signal line connection, and further having a terminating resistor for terminating the bus and a switch apparatus for switching the terminating resistor active as a function of the connection status of the input and output interfaces, wherein the input interface and the output interface each having a supply voltage connection for providing a supply voltage to the output and/or input interfaces of a respective next bus-capable device and a feedback connection for receiving the supply voltage from an output and/or input interface of a respective next bus-capable device, wherein the switch apparatus has an evaluation circuit for determining the presence of the supply voltage at the feedback connections of the input and output interfaces and an activation circuit for switching the terminati

Abstract: A tower crane with a load lifting means mounted on a hoisting cable, driving devices for moving several crane elements and traversing the load lifting means, and a control device for controlling the driving devices such that the load lifting means moves along a traversing path between at least two target points. The control device has a traversing path determining module for determining a desired traversing path between the at least two target points and an automatic traversing control module for automatically traversing the load lifting means along the determined traversing path.

Abstract: The invention relates to a large rolling bearing, more particularly an open-center large rolling bearing, comprising two concentric running rings, between which a plurality of rolling elements is provided in a bearing gap, which rolling elements roll on at least two raceways. More particularly, the bearing gap between the running rings and/or between at least one running ring and the rolling elements is at least partially filled with a solid lubricant, which comprises a polymer matrix and a lubricant embedded therein.

Abstract: An adjusting drive for adjusting the rotational position of a large rolling bearing that comprises two bearing rings that can be rotated relative to each other, having an actuator for rotating the two bearing rings relative to each other. According to the invention, the actuating drive has a ring channel cylinder, which is formed in or on one of the bearing rings of the large rolling bearing, and at least one piston, which is received in the ring channel cylinder in a movable manner and is drivingly connected to the other bearing ring of the two bearing rings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy storage device, comprising power terminals for connecting to a voltage circuit of power electronics of a drive system, which drive system can be controlled by an external system controller as well as at least one electrical storage block; at least one power converter for connecting the voltage circuit of the power electronics of the drive system to an internal voltage circuit of the storage block; and a control device for controlling the at least one power converter. Said control device has a controller board having output and/or feed-in control means for controlling the power converter for the outputting of current from/feeding of current into the storage block, and/or voltage closed-loop and/or open-loop control means for the closed-loop and/or open-loop control of the output voltage of the energy storage device. According to the invention, said control device has an adaptation board, which is connected to the controller board.