Abstract: The invention relates to a side-channel pump that allows a reduced wear. The side-channel pump has a housing which encloses a pump chamber (7). An impeller (3) is received so as to be rotatable inside the pump chamber (7). An inlet side channel (31) and an outlet side channel (33) are also formed inside the pump chamber (7). The impeller (7) has, in a blade region near the circumference thereof, a plurality of radially outward-extending blades (11). The inlet side channel (31) and the outlet side channel (33) run on opposite sides of the impeller (3) and both adjoin the impeller (3). The two side channels (31, 33) both extend in a partially annular shape along a flow path from an inlet channel to an outlet channel. The proposed side-channel pump is characterized in that the inlet side channel (31), averaged along the flow path, has a smaller cross-section than the outlet side channel (33). In this manner the impeller (3) can be maintained in a force equilibrium during operation.

Abstract: An electrical machine (1). The electrical machine (1) has a commutator (3), a brush (5) and a spring. In this case, the brush (5) is designed to make contact with the commutator (3). The spring is provided for the purpose of pressing the brush (5) against the commutator (3). In this case, the spring is designed as a coil spring (7) with a first coil strip (9) and a second coil strip (11).

Abstract: An electrical machine (1). The electrical machine (1) has a commutator (3), a brush (5) and a spring. In this case, the brush (5) is designed to make contact with the commutator (3). The spring is provided for the purpose of pressing the brush (5) against the commutator (3). In this case, the spring is designed as a coil spring (7) with a first coil strip (9) and a second coil strip (11).

Abstract: A processing station for a processing line, having a module platform (12) and a plurality of withdrawable modules (14) that can be introduced into it has a transporting device (40, 42) for transporting workpieces (59) to be processed at the processing station (10). According to the invention, the transporting device (40, 42) includes a plurality of part-transporting devices (43), and one part-transporting device (43) is associated with each withdrawable module (14) and is solidly connected to the withdrawable module (14). Moreover, at least some of the part-transporting devices 43 include a first transportation path (40), which is embodied for transporting a workpiece (56) essentially over the width of the withdrawable module (14) in a first transporting direction (T1).

Abstract: A conveyor system includes a conveyor track and at least one workpiece carrier that includes a first control curve and a second control curve, and a first control curve tracker and a second control curve tracker that are assigned to the conveyor track. The first control curve tracker is arranged in a first control engagement with the first control curve, and the second control curve tracker is arranged in a second control engagement with the second control curve. The control curves and associated control curve trackers are arranged so that the at least one workpiece carrier can be deflected laterally off of a subsection of the conveyor track via the interaction of the first control engagement and the second control engagement.

Abstract: A workpiece holder (56) for transporting workpieces in flexible processing lines, in particular assembly lines, is embodied for guidance along a guidance direction by means of a guide geometry of the processing line extending in the guidance direction, and the workpiece holder (56) has a first guide device (88, 88a, 88b) for guide engagement with the first guide geometry, and the workpiece holder (56) has a second guide device (90a), embodied separately from the first guide device, which second guide device is embodied for guide engagement with a second guide geometry, different from the first guide geometry.

Abstract: A processing station for a processing line, having a module platform (12) and a plurality of withdrawable modules (14) that can be introduced into it has a transporting device (40, 42) for transporting workpieces (59) to be processed at the processing station (10). According to the invention, the transporting device (40, 42) includes a plurality of part-transporting devices (43), and one part-transporting device (43) is associated with each withdrawable module (14) and is solidly connected to the withdrawable module (14). Moreover, at least some of the part-transporting devices 43 include a first transportation path (40), which is embodied for transporting a workpiece (56) essentially over the width of the withdrawable module (14) in a first transporting direction (T1).

Abstract: A relocating device for a flexible processing line is embodied for relocating a workpiece holder (56) from a first workpiece holder position to a second workpiece holder position, different from the first, having at least one pilot pin (68), which extends along a pin axis (S) and is adjustable between a nonengagement position, in which it is out of engagement with a workpiece holder (56), and an engagement position, in which it is in engagement with a workpiece holder (56), and the pilot pin (68) has a pilot pin body (78) as well as a first support face (84) and a second support face (86), which extend in the axial direction and the circumferential direction relative to the pin axis (S) and point in the radial direction and are located remote in the radial direction from the pilot pin body (78) and are embodied for contact with counterpart support faces (70a) of an engagement recess (70), and the first support face (84) and the second support face (86) are embodied at least in some portions in different axial

Abstract: A conveyor system has a conveyor track with a conveyor means that moves along at least one subsection of the conveyor track in a direction of conveyance, at least one workpiece carrier bringable into driving engagement with the conveying means to move it in the direction of conveyance, and a deflection device that deflects the workpiece carrier out of the direction of conveyance and therefore moves it from the subsection of the conveyor track, the deflection device including a deflection section that swivels the workpiece carrier around a swivel axis that is substantially parallel to its vertical axis, the deflection device also including a further deflection section that is located along a trajectory of the workpiece carrier in front of the deflection section and has a different design than the deflection section and that displaces the workpiece carrier laterally relative to the subsection of the conveyor track.

Abstract: A conveyor system has a conveyor track with conveying means that moves along at least one subsection of the conveyor track, at least one workpiece carrier bringable into driving engagement with the conveying means to be moved along the conveyor track, the at least one workpiece carrier including a first control curve and a second control curve, and a first control curve tracker and a second control curve tracker assigned to the conveyor track and configured so that the first control tracker is bringable into a first control engagement with the first control curve and the second control curve tracker is bringable into a second control engagement with the second control curve, the control curves and the control curve trackers being configured and/or located such that the at least one workpiece carrier is deflectable laterally off of the subsection of the conveyor track via an interaction of the first control engagement and the second control engagement.

Abstract: A link chain has a plurality of chain links, with at least one chain link having a carrying unit and a guide unit, wherein a carrying surface of the carrying unit, at least in places, extends in both a feed direction and in a transverse direction of the at least one chain link, and the guide unit is situated on a side of the carrying unit oriented away from the carrying surface in a vertical direction of the at least one chain link and serves to connect the at least one chain link to a chain link preceding and to a chain link following the at least one chain link in the feed direction, wherein the carrying unit is stepped with an upper plate part that has the carrying surface and a lower plate part that is offset from the upper plate part in the feed direction, wherein the lower plate part has an upper surface oriented toward a lower counterpart surface of the upper plate part of an adjoining chain link, and the upper surface of the lower plate part is at least partially inclined downwards in a direction exte

Abstract: A deviating device for deviating a transporting means in a deviating plane was a deviating unit, two track portions of a movement path of a transporting means adjoining the deviating device and clamping the deviating plane, and mountable on the deviating unit, the track portions being mountable on a separate component of the deviating device, the components being turnable relative to one another about a turning axis which is substantially orthogonal to the deviating plane and being fixable in a predetermined angular position.

Abstract: A deviating device for deviating a transporting means in a deviating plane was a deviating unit, two track portions of a movement path of a transporting means adjoining the deviating device and clamping the deviating plane, and mountable on the deviating unit, the track portions being mountable on a separate component of the deviating device, the components being turnable relative to one another about a turning axis which is substantially orthogonal to the deviating plane and being fixable in a predetermined angular position.