Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for a vehicle, comprising at least one electric machine, in particular an electric motor, having a rotor and a stator, a drive axle and a main service brake, the drive device being equipped with an additional service brake in the form of a fluid gap brake, comprising a fluid gap which is situated between the rotor and the stator and can be flooded with a fluid to achieve a braking effect. The invention also relates to a vehicle having a drive device having a fluid gap brake and to a method for braking a drive device by means of the fluid gap brake, characterized by the following method steps: —flooding the fluid gap with fluid from a reservoir by means of the flooding device; —emptying the fluid gap of fluid into a reservoir by means of the drainage device.

Abstract: A laser pipe cutting machine for cutting pipes or profiled sections using a laser beam generated by a laser unit, includes a machine bed on which a feed station is provided for feeding pipes or profiled sections to be processed along an x-axis, and a push-through chuck through which the pipe or profiled section is pushed to a cutting head. The cutting head is movably disposed along a y-axis running perpendicularly to the x-axis and along a z-axis running perpendicularly to the y-axis. The machine bed is equipped with an axis support on which the cutting head is movably mounted and the push-through chuck is disposed.

Abstract: An axle drive unit may be employed by an electrically-driven motor vehicle having at least one drive axle. The axle drive unit may have at least one electric motor for generating a drive torque and at least one gearing (or transmission) for transmitting the drive torque to the drive axle. The electric motor and the gearing may form a structural unit. In short, the axle drive unit allows a drive train of a motor vehicle to have the simplest, weight-saving construction possible. Power electronics and an inductive charging receiver for a battery system may be integrated into the structural unit. The power electronics may be electrically connected to the inductive charging receiver and may be tuned to rectify an alternating voltage that can be induced in the inductive charging receiver.

Abstract: An axle drive unit may be employed by an electrically-driven motor vehicle having at least one drive axle. The axle drive unit may include at least one electric motor for generating a drive torque and at least one gearing (or transmission) for transmitting the drive torque to the drive axle. The electric motor and the gearing may form a structural unit. The axle drive unit allows a drive train of a motor vehicle to have the simplest, weight-saving construction possible. To achieve this, power electronics and an electromechanical service brake system may be integrated into the structural unit. The electromechanical service brake system may be configured as an inboard service brake system for transmitting braking power to the drive axle.

Abstract: A laser processing machine has a processing area and a laser processing device. A workpiece can be processed by the laser processing device at a processing location via emission of laser radiation to generate a processing product. An environment of the processing area is shielded against the laser radiation by a protective housing. The processing product can be moved in a discharge direction to pass a boundary of the protective housing that is flexible in the discharge direction. A product rest, arranged below the processing location in the vertical direction and extending in the discharge direction, functions to store the processing product. In the vertical direction below the processing location, the protective housing extends in the discharge direction, forming an extension with which the protective housing extends over the product rest. The boundary limits the extension in the discharge direction and is arranged above the product rest.

Abstract: An axle drive unit may be employed by an electrically-driven motor vehicle having at least one drive axle. The axle drive unit may include at least one electric motor for generating a drive torque and at least one gearing (or transmission) for transmitting the drive torque to the drive axle. The electric motor and the gearing may form a structural unit. The axle drive unit allows a drive train of a motor vehicle to have the simplest, weight-saving construction possible. To achieve this, power electronics and an electromechanical service brake system may be integrated into the structural unit. The electromechanical service brake system may be configured as an inboard service brake system for transmitting braking power to the drive axle.

Abstract: An axle drive unit may be employed by an electrically-driven motor vehicle having at least one drive axle. The axle drive unit may have at least one electric motor for generating a drive torque and at least one gearing (or transmission) for transmitting the drive torque to the drive axle. The electric motor and the gearing may form a structural unit. In short, the axle drive unit allows a drive train of a motor vehicle to have the simplest, weight-saving construction possible. Power electronics and an inductive charging receiver for a battery system may be integrated into the structural unit. The power electronics may be electrically connected to the inductive charging receiver and may be tuned to rectify an alternating voltage that can be induced in the inductive charging receiver.

Abstract: A laser processing machine has a processing area and a laser processing device. A workpiece can be processed by the laser processing device at a processing location via emission of laser radiation to generate a processing product. An environment of the processing area is shielded against the laser radiation by a protective housing. The processing product can be moved in a discharge direction to pass a boundary of the protective housing that is flexible in the discharge direction. A product rest, arranged below the processing location in the vertical direction and extending in the discharge direction, functions to store the processing product. In the vertical direction below the processing location, the protective housing extends in the discharge direction, forming an extension with which the protective housing extends over the product rest. The boundary limits the extension in the discharge direction and is arranged above the product rest.