Abstract: An installation for the drive and support of a disc-shaped rotor. The installation for the drive and for the bearing support of a disc-shaped rotor incorporates a constructional element for the magnetic, and particularly electromagnetic, support and drive, which annularly encompasses the rotor in a ring-like configuration, wherein the magnetic support serves primarily for absorption of the radial forces, and that the installation encompasses an aerostatic and/or aerodynamic bearing support for primarily absorbing or receiving the axial forces, and whose rotating portion forms an integral unit with the rotor.