Abstract: The cooling device is intended for an electric motor and has a rotor cooling flange and a stator cooling flange (2), of which one is rotatable with respect to the other. At least one of the two cooling flanges (2) is provided with cooling ribs (8) arranged distributed over its circumference. During operation of the electric motor, at least one of the two cooling flanges gives off heat to the surrounding air. At least some of the cooling ribs (8) of a heat-emitting cooling flange (2) have an undulating profile over their length. In this context, the surface area of a cooling rib (8) having an undulating profile is larger than the surface area of the associated straight reference rib.

Abstract: A fan (radial or axial fan), with an impeller and with a preguide device in the flow path in front of the impeller, preferably in front of the inlet region of an inlet nozzle, has the preguide device as a preguide grid with webs and/or guide vanes which are arranged and shaped such that flow influencing in the circumferential direction occurs for a substantially swirl-free inflow.

Abstract: A fan, such as an axial, radial, or diagonal fan, includes a fan impeller and an outlet guide device located in a housing/flow channel downstream of the fan impeller. The outlet guide device may include outlet guide blades that, when viewed in the spanwise direction or radial direction, extend over only a portion of the flow area.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a housing for a fan that is constructed by cutting, bending, and/or folding a single sheet of metal. A disclosed housing is configured to house a fan having a motor that is configured to rotate around an axial direction. The housing includes a first plate that is oriented in a plane that is perpendicular to the axial direction and substantially flat wall regions extending away from the first plate so as to be non-coplanar with the first plate. The housing further includes a second plate having an air intake nozzle, the second plate oriented perpendicularly to the axial direction and thereby oriented parallel to the first plate and located a first distance along the axial direction from the first plate, with the first distance being determined by a length of the wall regions. The wall regions are configured to include air flow openings.

Abstract: A disclosed system includes an impeller for a ventilator. The impeller includes a hub or hub ring configured to rotate about an axis and a plurality of vanes attached to the hub or hub ring. Each vane of the impeller has a leading edge facing a pressure side of the ventilator along the axis, and a trailing edge facing a suction side of the ventilator along the axis. The leading edge of each vane has a corrugated shape characterized by a first wavelength and the trailing edge has a corrugated shape characterized by a second wavelength, with the first wavelength being longer than the second wavelength. The impeller may further include injection molded plastic, die-cast aluminum, stamped sheet metal, or laser cut sheet metal that is embossed. The impeller may further be assembled from separately manufactured pieces that are secured to one another using joining, welding, or by interlocking tabs.

Abstract: Disclosed fans include an impeller and a guide device. The impeller is configured to generate an air flow path having an upstream direction and a downstream direction, and the guide device is positioned in the flow path located on an upstream side of the impeller. The guide device is configured as an intake grid having flat webs having branches and node points, and the webs form a plurality of flow channels configured as grid cells. The webs extend either between two branches or between one branch and a border area and each branch may include three webs that meet. In one configuration, flow channels include channels having a honeycomb cross section. In other example, flow channels may have a rectangular, pentagonal, and/or hexagonal shape. The fan further includes an inlet nozzle having an inlet area, and the guide device is located upstream from the inlet area of the inlet nozzle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fan wheel having blades (11) which are distributed over the circumference and are connected to one another in the circumferential direction via at least one ring. The fan wheel consists of at least three integrally formed segments (I to VII). Said segments comprise at least one respective ring portion (1) of at least one ring as well as either a blade (II) or at least a portion of the blades. The segments (I to VII) are joined together to form the fan wheel. The ring portions (1) lie against each other with edges (4, 5) which form the joining areas (15, 16) that are disposed transversely with respect to the circumferential direction of the fan wheel. At least one edge (4) of the ring portion (1) of each segment (I to VII) is provided with at least one projecting form-fitting part (18), and at least one edge (4, 5) of the ring portion (1) of each segment (I to VII) is provided with at least one recess (17) which is at least approximately complementary to the form-fitting part (18).

Abstract: An axial fan has a housing and a motor with motor shaft and blower wheel attached to the motor shaft. The blower wheel has fan blades attached to a hub and provided with a leading and a trailing edge, respectively. A suspension arrangement is provided with a brace part made from flat material. The brace part connects motor and housing and has a length measured in a direction from motor to housing. The brace part is arranged on edge in an airflow direction and has a width measured in the airflow direction. The brace part has two limbs extending lengthwise in length direction of the brace part. The limbs are spaced apart from each other and delimit opposite sides of an opening formed by a punch-out in the flat material and extending along some of the length. The limbs are arranged one behind the other in airflow direction.

Abstract: A diagonal or radial fan comprises a rotating motor fan wheel and an upright guide device that in terms of flow is connected downstream of the motor fan wheel, wherein the motor fan wheel comprises a motor and an impeller with blades that is rotary driven by the motor, said blades being arranged between an impeller cover plate and an impeller base disk, wherein the guide device comprises at least one guide device cover plate and one guide device base disk, and wherein the guide device cover plate and the guide device base disk are in continuous elongation to the impeller cover plate and the impeller base disk.

Abstract: A disclosed system includes an impeller for a ventilator. The impeller includes a hub or hub ring configured to rotate about an axis and a plurality of vanes attached to the hub or hub ring. Each vane of the impeller has a leading edge facing a pressure side of the ventilator along the axis, and a trailing edge facing a suction side of the ventilator along the axis. The leading edge of each vane has a corrugated shape characterized by a first wavelength and the trailing edge has a corrugated shape characterized by a second wavelength, with the first wavelength being longer than the second wavelength. The impeller may further include injection molded plastic, die-cast aluminum, stamped sheet metal, or laser cut sheet metal that is embossed. The impeller may further be assembled from separately manufactured pieces that are secured to one another using joining, welding, or by interlocking tabs.

Abstract: A fan (radial or axial fan), with an impeller and with a preguide device in the flow path in front of the impeller, preferably in front of the inlet region of an inlet nozzle, has the preguide device as a preguide grid with webs and/or guide vanes which are arranged and shaped such that flow influencing in the circumferential direction occurs for a substantially swirl-free inflow.

Abstract: An impeller wheel for fans has a bottom disc, a cover disc, and three-dimensionally shaped blades connected to the bottom disc and the cover disc. The bottom disc, cover disc, and the blades form a one-piece part. The blades have a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the leading edge and the trailing edge each have a median diameter. In a projection onto a cylinder that is coaxial with a rotation axis of the impeller wheel and has a diameter matching a median diameter of the trailing edge or of the leading edge, a first extension of the trailing edge and/or the leading edge is positioned at a first angle and a second extension of the trailing edge and/or the leading edge is positioned at a second angle relative to a line parallel to the rotation axis. At least one of the first and second angles is different from 0°.

Abstract: The cooling device is intended for an electric motor and has a rotor cooling flange and a stator cooling flange (2), of which one is rotatable with respect to the other. At least one of the two cooling flanges (2) is provided with cooling ribs (8) arranged distributed over its circumference. During operation of the electric motor, at least one of the two cooling flanges gives off heat to the surrounding air. At least some of the cooling ribs (8) of a heat-emitting cooling flange (2) have an undulating profile over their length. In this context, the surface area of a cooling rib (8) having an undulating profile is larger than the surface area of the associated straight reference rib.

Abstract: A disclosed fan system includes a housing having side walls, an inflow side, and an outflow side; a fan secured in the housing by a mounting; and a backflow blocker mounted to the side walls within the housing on the outflow side of the housing partially blocking a cross-sectional area of the outflow side. The backflow blocker is positioned approximately centrally in a flow path of the housing and is configured to block part of an airflow cross section such that, between side walls of the housing and side walls of the backflow blocker, an annular duct is formed as an air passage. Further, the backflow blocker has a thickness that is greater than 5% of a width of the housing, and is less than 20% of an axial design height of the fan system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a diffusor having a wall (8) that encloses an inlet having a round cross-section that transitions into an angular cross-section on the outlet of the diffusor over the height of the wall (8) of the diffusor. The transitions (15) between the sides (34 to 37) of the wall (8) have a twist in the height direction that follows the twirl of the flow of air through the diffusor. The ventilator has such a diffusor. The device has a housing on which at least two ventilators, each having one diffusor, are arranged.

Abstract: A fan wheel for a fan is equipped with at least two fan blades with a wavy design. A fan has at least one such fan wheel. A system has at least one fan with such a fan wheel.

Abstract: A diagonal or radial fan comprises a rotating motor fan wheel and an upright guide device that in terms of flow is connected downstream of the motor fan wheel, wherein the motor fan wheel comprises a motor and an impeller with blades that is rotary driven by the motor, said blades being arranged between an impeller cover plate and an impeller base disk, wherein the guide device comprises at least one guide device cover plate and one guide device base disk, and wherein the guide device cover plate and the guide device base disk are in continuous elongation to the impeller cover plate and the impeller base disk.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fan wheel having blades (11) which are distributed over the circumference and are connected to one another in the circumferential direction via at least one ring. The fan wheel consists of at least three integrally formed segments (I to VII). Said segments comprise at least one respective ring portion (1) of at least one ring as well as either a blade (II) or at least a portion of the blades. The segments (I to VII) are joined together to form the fan wheel. The ring portions (1) lie against each other with edges (4, 5) which form the joining areas (15, 16) that are disposed transversely with respect to the circumferential direction of the fan wheel. At least one edge (4) of the ring portion (1) of each segment (I to VII) is provided with at least one projecting form-fitting part (18), and at least one edge (4, 5) of the ring portion (1) of each segment (I to VII) is provided with at least one recess (17) which is at least approximately complementary to the form-fitting part (18).

Abstract: An impeller wheel for fans has a bottom disc, a cover disc, and three-dimensionally shaped blades connected to the bottom disc and the cover disc. The bottom disc, cover disc, and the blades form a one-piece part. The blades have a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the leading edge and the trailing edge each have a median diameter. In a projection onto a cylinder that is coaxial with a rotation axis of the impeller wheel and has a diameter matching a median diameter of the trailing edge or of the leading edge, a first extension of the trailing edge and/or the leading edge is positioned at a first angle and a second extension of the trailing edge and/or the leading edge is positioned at a second angle relative to a line parallel to the rotation axis. At least one of the first and second angles is different from 0°.

Abstract: The invention relates to a diffusor having a wall (8) that encloses an inlet having a round cross-section that transitions into an angular cross-section on the outlet of the diffusor over the height of the wall (8) of the diffusor. The transitions (15) between the sides (34 to 37) of the wall (8) have a twist in the height direction that follows the twirl of the flow of air through the diffusor. The ventilator has such a diffusor. The device has a housing on which at least two ventilators, each having one diffusor, are arranged.