In order to improve the adaptation of a long stator linear motor to requirements or conditions of individual transport units or of the transport track it is foreseen, that the control variables (StG) of a driving coil (7, 8) of long stator linear motor are superimposed with an excitation signal (AS) with a predetermined frequency band, wherein actual variables (IG) of the driving coil control are determined, from the control variables (StGAS) superimposed with the excitation signal (AS) and from the determined actual variables (IG) a frequency response is determined and from the frequency response the control parameters (RP) for this transport unit (Tx) are determined and the transport unit (Tx) is controlled using these determined control parameters (RP) for movement along the transport track.

In order to improve the adaptation of a long stator linear motor to requirements or conditions of individual transport units or of the transport track it is foreseen, that the control variables (StG) of a driving coil (7, 8) of long stator linear motor are superimposed with an excitation signal (AS) with a predetermined frequency band, wherein actual variables (IG) of the driving coil control are determined, from the control variables (StGAS) superimposed with the excitation signal (AS) and from the determined actual variables (IG) a frequency response is determined and from the frequency response the control parameters (RP) for this transport unit (Tx) are determined and the transport unit (Tx) is controlled using these determined control parameters (RP) for movement along the transport track.

A wheel, a magnet-wheel system and a method including a wheel for a transport vehicle movable along a guideway in a transportation system. The transportation system includes a conductive surface arranged substantially parallel to the guideway. The wheel includes at least one magnet is affixed to at least one of an exterior of the wheel or an interior of the wheel. The wheel is rotatably drivable by drag forces created in the conductive surface, which is spatially separate from the wheel in transport.

In order to enable safe deceleration of a transport unit of a long-stator linear motor, wherein in a normal mode a plurality of drive coils of the long-stator linear motor are energized in such a way that a magnetic field coupled to a transport unit is moved along a direction of motion in order to move the transport unit along the direction of motion, according to the invention a switching to a controlled short-circuit mode is performed during the braking operation of the transport unit, in which at least some of the drive coils are short-circuited at least over a first time interval in said mode.

The disclosure relates to a method for operating a movement apparatus having a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly includes a base and several permanent-magnet arrangements that are connected to the base via actuators such that they move as a whole relative to the base in at least one degree of freedom by the assigned actuator, the second assembly including a base and a permanent-magnet arrangement arranged firmly relative to the base. Position controllers are provided, each with a controlled variable and with a correcting variable. The controlled variable is one of six possible degrees of freedom with regard to a relative position between the first and second assembly. The correcting variable represents a force or a torque that has been assigned to the degree of freedom. Desired positions of the actuators are computed from the correcting variables and the actuators are set accordingly.

The present invention provides a method for identifying a load and/or wear of a transport element of a transport system with a long-stator linear motor, comprising the steps of: exciting a dynamic system consisting of the long-stator linear motor (160) and the transport element according to at least one excitation pattern; detecting the movement profile of the transport element on the basis of the at least one excitation pattern; and detecting a temporal course of a load current and/or of a load voltage of the long-stator linear motor according to the at least one excitation pattern by means of an integrated measuring device of the long-stator linear motor; wherein a loading condition of the transport element is determined depending on the detected movement profile and the detected temporal course of the load current and/or of the load voltage.

The present invention provides a method for identifying a load and/or wear of a transport element of a transport system with a long-stator linear motor, comprising the steps of: exciting a dynamic system consisting of the long-stator linear motor (160) and the transport element according to at least one excitation pattern; detecting the movement profile of the transport element on the basis of the at least one excitation pattern; and detecting a temporal course of a load current and/or of a load voltage of the long-stator linear motor according to the at least one excitation pattern by means of an integrated measuring device of the long-stator linear motor; wherein a loading condition of the transport element is determined depending on the detected movement profile and the detected temporal course of the load current and/or of the load voltage.

A superconducting eddy-current brake for high-speed trains includes a pair of superconducting magnet units with alternate arrangement of N and S poles; and a cryogenic system. The superconducting magnet units are fixed on a bottom of a bogie of the train and an air gap is provided between the superconducting magnet units and a top surface of a rail below the bogie. The cryogenic system is provided on the bogie of the train. Each superconducting magnet unit is embedded with a superconducting container including a coil case, a thermal shield and a Dewar successively from inside to outside. The coil case is filled with liquid helium. A superconducting coil is provided in the coil case and immersed in the liquid helium. A high-vacuum environment is provided in the thermal shield. Liquid nitrogen inlet and outlet pipes are provided on an outer wall of the thermal shield.

A superconducting eddy-current brake for high-speed trains includes a pair of superconducting magnet units with alternate arrangement of N and S poles; and a cryogenic system. The superconducting magnet units are fixed on a bottom of a bogie of the train and an air gap is provided between the superconducting magnet units and a top surface of a rail below the bogie. The cryogenic system is provided on the bogie of the train. Each superconducting magnet unit is embedded with a superconducting container including a coil case, a thermal shield and a Dewar successively from inside to outside. The coil case is filled with liquid helium. A superconducting coil is provided in the coil case and immersed in the liquid helium. A high-vacuum environment is provided in the thermal shield. Liquid nitrogen inlet and outlet pipes are provided on an outer wall of the thermal shield.

A semiautomatic (1) sensorized apparatus for the execution of inspections of the railway pantograph (P) is detachably associated to a railway pantograph and allows the execution of two distinct tests in succession: i) the first one, which monitors the functional properties of the pantograph, based on the characterization of the thrust force generated by the main suspension; ii) the second, which aims to identify global and local defects, adopting the principle of inspection by means of vibration analysis.