Abstract: A reluctance motor in which at least one snap ring engages the ends of the exciter coils remote from the stator yoke with radially outward acting spring force.

Abstract: A method for controlling a reluctance machine, particularly a switched reluctance machine by use of a torque controller, in which motor windings are switched on as a function of the rotor angular position (&ggr;EL) at a switch-on angle (&ggr;A) and are switched off at a commutation angle (&ggr;K) , with the angles being determined as control parameters (iW, &ggr;A, &ggr;K) , as a function of the rotation speed (n) from stored control coefficients (&ggr;O,cA, mWmA, cK, cAG, cKG, MWmAG, p, q) which are read during operation of the reluctance motor, with the commutation angle (&ggr;K) for each rotation speed (n) at least remaing constant or increasing, starting from a maximum value c1 at a maximum totque (MW,max) , as the torque values (MW) decrease, and , subsequently, with a winding current preset nominal value (iW) , which is claculated as a control parameter, for the windings (A, B, C) of the reluctance motor being sent to a current regulation device.