Abstract:
The invention relates to a drive for a transport device, such as a conveyor belt, wherein the drive comprises an external-rotor motor, comprising a stator and a rotor, and a gear unit, comprising a shaft and an input drive gear. The invention further relates to a set of drives that comprises drives according to the invention, wherein external-rotor motors of different sizes, comprising stators of identical diameter and differing heights with corresponding rotors, and/or gear units having different speed-increasing stages or speed-reducing stages are provided. The invention further relates to a method for driving a transport device by means of the drive according to the invention.