Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a rotor unit (10) of an electric motor, in particular a canned motor or the like, for driving a pump wheel of a pump and to a pump, the rotor unit being composed of a rotor (11), a shaft (12), a thrust washer (13) and sliding bearings (14, 15), the rotor being formed by a permanent magnet (22) or a shading coil, the rotor and the thrust washer being attached to the shaft, the shaft being rotatably mounted at one end (16) of the shaft and at the thrust washer by means of respective sliding bearings, the thrust washer being in contact with an axial lateral surface (21) of one of the sliding bearings (14), wherein the shaft is made from a fiber-reinforced polymer material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carbon brush (2), having a wear limit indicating function, having a current-carrying stranded wire being arranged in the brush body (4), and having a stranded indicating wire (10), which, at a stranded wire end section (12), is surrounded and fixed by a sleeve (8) having an infeed opening (22), wherein the sleeve (8) is arranged in a recess (6) being formed in the brush body (4). The sleeve (8) is formed as a centering sleeve, the inner diameter (26a, 26b) of which at the infeed opening (22) nearly corresponds to the outer diameter (24) and features a tapering (30) that is conical in the infeed direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carbon brush (2), having a wear limit indicating function, having a current-carrying stranded wire being arranged in the brush body (4), and having a stranded indicating wire (10), which, at a stranded wire end section (12), is surrounded and fixed by a sleeve (8) having an infeed opening (22), wherein the sleeve (8) is arranged in a recess (6) being formed in the brush body (4). The sleeve (8) is formed as a centering sleeve, the inner diameter (26a, 26b) of which at the infeed opening (22) nearly corresponds to the outer diameter (24) and features a tapering (30) that is conical in the infeed direction.

Abstract: A resin bonded graphite material which is especially suitable for use as an electric contact, and a method for the production of this resin bonded graphite material. According to the invention, the resin-bonded graphite material if formed from a mixture of carbon black containing electro-graphite with a unburned graphite content of RG wherein RG?30 percent by weight, electro-graphite free of carbon black as well as binding agents. The material has a specific electrical resistance Wspec wherein Wspec?3500 ??m, and use of the resin bonded graphite material as an electrical contact makes possible substantial exclusion of radio interference.

Abstract: A resin bonded graphite material which is especially suitable for use as an electric contact, and a method for the production of this resin bonded graphite material. According to the invention, the resin-bonded graphite material if formed from a mixture of carbon black containing electro-graphite with a unburned graphite content of RG wherein RG≧30 percent by weight, electro-graphite free of carbon black as well as binding agents. The material has a specific electrical resistance Wspec wherein Wspec≧3500 &mgr;&OHgr;m, and use of the resin bonded graphite material as an electrical contact makes possible substantial exclusion of radio interference.