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A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes with a radial fan with a suction side and a delivery side. An air outlet of a centrifugal separator is connected to the suction side of the fan. At least one drive motor controlled by a control unit, and in the form of a rotating electric

A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes with a radial fan with a suction side and a delivery side. An air outlet of a centrifugal separator is connected to the suction side of the fan. At least one drive motor controlled by a control unit, and in the form of a rotating electric motor, drives the fan and the separator. A fan drive motor and a separator drive motor are arranged, uncoupled in terms of rotation, one behind the other on a common shaft fixed to the housing. The respective stators are supported by the common shaft. The rotating parts of the fan are connected to the rotor of the fan drive motor, and the rotating parts of the separator are connected to the rotor of the separator drive motor and are mounted to rotate coaxially with respect to the shaft fixed to the housing.

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1. A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes comprising: a radial fan which exhibits a suction side and a pressure side;a centrifugal separator, an air outlet of which is connected to the suction side of the radial fan;at least one drive unit which includes an electric motor and s

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A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes comprising: a radial fan which exhibits a suction side and a pressure side;a centrifugal separator, an air outlet of which is connected to the suction side of the radial fan;at least one drive unit which includes an electric motor and serves for driving the radial fan and the centrifugal separator; and,a control unit for the drive unit, whereinthe drive unit includes a fan drive motor and a separator drive motor, which are arranged in series, rotationally decoupled, and drive the radial fan and the centrifugal separator, respectively, and whereinthe fan drive motor and the separator drive motor have a common axle which is fixed with respect to a housing, andthe fan drive motor includes a stator which is seated on a peripheral surface of the common axle, andthe separator drive motor has a stator which is fastened to a radial outside of a carrying socket which is fastened to the common axle, andthe fan drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and the separator drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and wherein the fan drive motor bearings and the separator drive motor bearings are carried by the common axle. 2. The suction device of claim 1, wherein the respective stators being connected to the axle, and rotating parts of the radial fan being connected in non-rotating manner to the rotor of the fan drive motor and rotating parts of the centrifugal separator being connected in non-rotating manner to the rotor of the separator drive motor and being supported in rotating manner coaxially relative to the common axle. 3. The suction device of claim 2, wherein the rotors each take the form of a rotor bell wherein each rotor bell is carrying magnet segments on their inside and each rotor bell is placed from one end onto the common axle which is fixed with respect to the housing. 4. The suction device of claim 1, wherein the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor are electronically commutated. 5. The suction device of to claim 4, wherein the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor each exhibit a commutator plate with three magnetic-field transducers and the commutator plates are mounted on the axle which is fixed with respect to the housing. 6. The suction device of claim 1, wherein the radial fan comprises a first stage and a second stage each comprising an impeller revolving in a working space a deflecting stage being coaxially arranged on the common axle between the first stage and the second stage connecting an outlet of the first stage to an inlet of the second stage. 7. The suction device of claim 2, wherein the common axle exhibits a cavity extending in direction, which is provided with uninterrupted inlet connections and output connections for cooling air to a circumferential surface and to a front side of the common axle, respectively. 8. The suction device according to claim 1, wherein the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor are synchronous motors and their supply circuits provide supply signals with differing frequencies. 9. The suction device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is accommodated in a disc-shaped housing part, the radial dimension of which corresponds substantially to that of the radial fan. 10. The suction device of claim 1, wherein a housing of the radial fan has an outer wall which is covered at least partly with insulating material. 11. The suction device of claim 2, wherein the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor are electronically commutated. 12. The suction device of claim 11, wherein the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor each exhibit a commutator plate with three magnetic-field transducers and the commutator plates are mounted on the axle which is fixed with respect to the housing. 13. The suction device of claim 2, wherein the radial fan comprises a first stage and a second stage each comprising an impeller in a working space, and a deflecting stage being coaxially arranged between the first stage and the second stage connecting an outlet of the first stage to an inlet of the second stage. 14. The suction device of claim 2, wherein a ventilator wheel for cooling thermally loaded components of the suction device including the control unit, the stators and/or the bearings of the rotors is coaxially arranged on the common axle between the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor, the ventilator wheel being driven by the fan drive motor or the separator drive motor. 15. The suction device of claim 2, wherein the common axle exhibits a cavity extending in a longitudinal direction, which is provided with uninterrupted inlet connections and output connections for cooling air to a circumferential surface and to a front side of the common axle, respectively. 16. The suction device of claim 2, wherein the control unit is arranged in a region between the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor. 17. A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes comprising: a radial fan which exhibits a suction side and a pressure side;a centrifugal separator, an air outlet of which is connected to the suction side of the radial fan;at least one drive unit which includes an electric motor and serves for driving the radial fan and the centrifugal separator; and,a control unit for the drive unit, whereinthe drive unit includes a fan drive motor and a separator drive motor, which are arranged in series, rotationally decoupled, and drive the radial fan and the centrifugal separator, respectively, and,wherein the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor have a common axle which is fixed with respect to a housing, and,wherein the fan drive motor includes a stator which is seated on a peripheral surface of the common axle, and,wherein the separator drive motor has a stator which is fastened to a radial outside of a carrying socket which is fastened to the common axle, and,wherein the fan drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and a rotor bell rotatably arranged on a first end portion of the common axle, and,wherein the separator drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and a rotor bell rotatably arranged on a second end portion of the common axle,and wherein the fan drive motor bearings and the separator drive motor bearings are carried by the common axle. 18. A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes comprising: a radial fan which exhibits a suction side and a pressure side;a centrifugal separator, an air outlet of which is connected to the suction side of the radial fan;at least one drive unit which includes an electric motor and serves for driving the radial fan and the centrifugal separator; and,a control unit for the drive unit, whereinthe drive unit includes a fan drive motor and a separator drive motor, which are arranged in series, rotationally decoupled, and drive the radial fan and the centrifugal separator, respectively, and whereinthe fan drive motor and the separator drive motor have a common axle which is fixed with respect to a housing, andthe fan drive motor includes a stator which is seated on a peripheral surface of the common axle, andthe separator drive motor has a stator which is fastened to a radial outside of a carrying socket which is fastened to the common axle, andthe fan drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and the separator drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and wherein the fan drive motor bearings and the separator drive motor bearings are carried by the common axle; and,wherein a ventilator wheel for cooling thermally loaded components of the suction device including the control unit, the stators and/or the bearings of the rotors is coaxially arranged on the common axle between the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor, the ventilator wheel being driven by the fan drive motor or the separator drive. 19. A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes comprising: a radial fan which exhibits a suction side and a pressure side;a centrifugal separator, an air outlet of which is connected to the suction side of the radial fan;at least one drive unit which includes an electric motor and serves for driving the radial fan and the centrifugal separator; and,a control unit for the drive unit, whereinthe drive unit includes a fan drive motor and a separator drive motor, which are arranged in series, rotationally decoupled, and drive the radial fan and the centrifugal separator, respectively, and whereinthe fan drive motor and the separator drive motor have a common axle which is fixed with respect to a housing, andthe fan drive motor includes a stator which is seated on a peripheral surface of the common axle, andthe separator drive motor has a stator which is fastened to a radial outside of a carrying socket which is fastened to the common axle, andthe fan drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and the separator drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and wherein the fan drive motor bearings and the separator drive motor bearings are carried by the common axle; and,wherein the control unit is arranged in a region between the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor. 20. A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes comprising: a radial fan which exhibits a suction side and a pressure side;a centrifugal separator, an air outlet of which is connected to the suction side of the radial fan;at least one drive unit which includes an electric motor and serves for driving the radial fan and the centrifugal separator; and,a control unit for the drive unit, whereinthe drive unit includes a fan drive motor and a separator drive motor, which are arranged in series, rotationally decoupled, and drive the radial fan and the centrifugal separator, respectively, and whereinthe fan drive motor and the separator drive motor have a common axle which is fixed with respect to a housing, andthe fan drive motor includes a stator which is seated on a peripheral surface of the common axle, andthe separator drive motor has a stator which is fastened to a radial outside of a carrying socket which is fastened to the common axle, andthe fan drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and the separator drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and wherein the fan drive motor bearings and the separator drive motor bearings are carried by the common axle; and,wherein the control unit includes two supply circuits which energise the fan drive motor and the separator drive motor at different rotational speeds. 21. A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes comprising: a radial fan which exhibits a suction side and a pressure side;a centrifugal separator, an air outlet of which is connected to the suction side of the radial fan;at least one drive unit which includes an electric motor and serves for driving the radial fan and the centrifugal separator; and,a control unit for the drive unit, whereinthe drive unit includes a fan drive motor and a separator drive motor, which are arranged in series, rotationally decoupled, and drive the radial fan and the centrifugal separator, respectively, and whereinthe fan drive motor and the separator drive motor have a common axle which is fixed with respect to a housing, andthe fan drive motor includes a stator which is seated on a peripheral surface of the common axle, andthe separator drive motor has a stator which is fastened to a radial outside of a carrying socket which is fastened to the common axle, andthe fan drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and the separator drive motor includes a rotor with bearings and wherein the fan drive motor bearings and the separator drive motor bearings are carried by the common axle; and,wherein at least one of the two drive motors has an axial dimension that is distinctly smaller than a radial dimension of the radial fan.