EP2633142A1

EP2633142A1 - Door drive and control method therefor

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Publication number: EP2633142A1
Application number: EP11752543.6A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Michael Bergmann; Michael Sanke; Bernhard Herbst; Michael Wortmann
Original assignee: Hoermann KG Antriebstecknik
Current assignee: Hoermann KG Antriebstecknik
Priority date: 2010-10-11
Filing date: 2011-09-05
Publication date: 2013-09-04
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-05
Also published as: ES2532767T3; DE102010050827A1; EP2633142B1; RU2557731C2; PL2633142T3; WO2012048953A1; RU2013111295A

Abstract

The invention relates to a door drive (14) for driving a door (10), comprising a motor unit (50) and a gear device (100) for transmitting drive forces of the motor unit (50) onto an element of the door (10) to be driven, the motor unit (50) being designed as a geared motor (102) which comprises a motor (60) and a self-locking motor gear (61). In order to provide an inexpensive yet failsafe door drive (14), a motor gear temperature monitoring device (120) for monitoring a temperature of the motor gear (61) is provided. An advantageous control method for a door drive (14) is also provided.

Description

GATE OPERATION AND CONTROL PROCEDURES THEREFOR

The invention relates to a door drive for driving a door with a

Electric motor unit and a transmission device for transmitting

Driving forces of the electric motor unit on a driven element of the door, wherein the electric motor unit is designed as a geared motor, the one

Electric motor and a self-locking motor gearbox has. Such a door drive is known for example from WO 2010/009952 A1.

Moreover, the invention relates to an advantageous control method for such a door drive.

From WO 2010/009952 A1 is a modular so-called

Wellentorantrieb known, the direct driving one at one

to be driven gate existing Torwelle is formed. Such a door shaft may for example be part of a weight balancing device and is e.g. connected to a torsion spring, which serves to balance the gate weight. The door shaft is connected by gearing to a gate to be moved, so that moves on rotation of the Torsionsfederwelle the gate between its opening and closing position.

The door drive known from WO 2010/009952 A1 has a

Electric motor unit and a transmission device. As a gear device is used in the known door drive a traction mechanism, such as

Chain transmission, which connects an engine output shaft of the electric motor unit with a to be connected to the door shaft output shaft of the transmission device.

In WO 2010/009952 A1, the transmission device is formed by selecting its output shaft from an assortment of output shafts. You can do that create different gear ratios, so as to adapt the door drive to different goals. Due to the adaptable translation of the transmission device, the electric motor unit with relatively less

Peak performance are designed. The electric motor unit can therefore be designed as a particularly favorable geared motor. This geared motor has an electric motor, which has its power via a self-locking

Motor transmission, which is also part of the gear motor derives. Most such self-locking motor gear are designed as worm gear, wherein a worm is mounted on the shaft of the electric motor, which drives a seated on the output shaft of the electric motor unit gear. As a result, the motor gear is self-locking against forces exerted by the gate on the electric motor unit. This has the effect that on the one hand the gate is held over this self-locking gear and thus opposes unauthorized opening attempts; On the other hand, even when a spring or other element of a weight balancing device breaks, the raised leaf can not fall down.

Other examples of door drives of the type mentioned are those in the company brochure "garage and entrance gate drives - compatible

Drive solutions from Europas Nr. 1 "of the Hörmann KG sales company from April 2010 (Druckschrift 04.201 O / Druck 04.2010 / HF85945EN / G.XXX) These are garage door and drive gate operators that are designed as towing drives In the case of the towing drives, the transmission device has a driver guided along a guide rail, which is connected to the motor output shaft of an electric motor unit designed as a corresponding geared motor For sliding gate operators, the motor output shaft of the geared motor drives a gate drive gear meshing with a rack on the sliding gate. For all these different types of gate operators with different transmission devices for driving the different gates can each designed as a geared motor with self-locking motor gear

Electric motor unit can be used for driving.

Many of these gate drives are in terms of power and the

Speed controlled. For example, it is often the case that the gate wing, although slowly retracts in previously learned end positions, but moves much faster between these end positions. As a result, a gentle inlet of the door leaf can be achieved in its end position, yet the closing and opening process can be performed relatively quickly. A slow procedure in the area of the end positions also has the advantage that it can react more quickly to expected obstacles by switching off or reversing.

The invention has now taken on the task of optimizing such door drives such that they deliver high durability and reliability despite cost-effective manufacturability.

This object is achieved by a door drive with the features of claim 1 and a control method with the steps of claim 9.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

The invention provides a door operator for driving a door with a

Electric motor unit and a transmission device for transmitting

Driving forces of the electric motor unit on the gate, wherein the electric motor unit is designed as a geared motor, an electric motor and a

self-locking motor gear has. In particular, a drive shaft of the motor gear is driven by the electric motor to rotate an engine output shaft of the engine gear, wherein the transmission means for receiving driving forces from the engine output shaft of the engine gear and to

Transmission of the driving forces on a driven element of the gate W is formed. According to the invention is a

Motor gear temperature monitor provided for monitoring a temperature of the motor gear.

For components of the self-locking engine transmission, materials which can be produced and processed at relatively low cost in recent times, such as, for example, Plastic materials used. In particular, it is preferable to produce a motor gear wheel of plastic, in particular high-strength plastic, which meshes with a worm gear and is seated on the output shaft of the electric motor unit. This has advantages in terms of manufacturing costs, but also in terms of possible noises and in terms of a smooth running. This allows relatively high forces to be transmitted during normal operation. Experiments have shown that, however, especially in the case of accidents, such as a failure of a counterbalancing device for the gate to be moved, thereby increased forces can lead to damage or even failure of the engine gearbox.

Experiments have shown that such failures are very rare in cold gear, but the risk of failure is particularly increased when the engine gearbox is particularly heated by an increased power requirement. In particular, turns in case of failure of a counterbalance or other incidents that lead to a difficult run of the door leaf or the transmission device, the motor gear relatively quickly

Temperature increase.

If it is then driven further with undiminished power, this can lead to a failure of the engine transmission and thus to a failure of the electric motor unit.

The danger of a failure is greater if, in the case of a heated engine transmission, a hard torque impact, as can occur, for example, when a weight-compensating spring breaks, acts on the self-locking engine transmission. Although it is already known for some time, especially for motor vehicle applications available on the market electric motors, the electric motor itself (ie, for example, the rotor or the stator or commutators or the like) by a

To monitor temperature switch, which leads to a shutdown of the electric motor at too high a temperature. However, such a measure would not be sufficient for door drives to avoid failure of the electric motor unit in special load situations. Before one can notice a temperature increase at the electric motor, is already in the self-locking

Motor transmission a significant increase in temperature occurred.

The invention therefore provides to monitor the temperature of this engine transmission by a monitoring device. This gives a further control parameter by means of which a control of the door drive can be carried out.

Preferably, then a control of the drive takes place in dependence on the monitored engine transmission temperature.

As a result, it is possible to keep the engine transmission temperature always in the uncritical temperature ranges for the stability of the respectively selected materials.

It could, for example, be moved such that the maximum power of the electric motor is reduced with increased engine transmission temperature, so as to avoid a further increase in the engine transmission temperature. Achieve the

Motor engine temperature critical values, which could lead to a deterioration of the material properties of the motor gear elements, also a further operation of the electric motor could be prevented. One can thus significantly reduce breaks or wear on the motor gear elements. Therefore, you can the transmission elements with less effort, for example

less expensive materials, and still produce a high

Ensure operational safety. This has particular advantages when the motor gear is a worm gear. Furthermore, this has particular advantages when a meshing with a worm of the worm gear output gear of the

Motor gear is made of plastic. The invention is also applicable to other materials.

Preferably, it is provided that the motor unit comprises a housing having a motor gear housing portion in which the motor gear is housed, and with an electric motor housing portion in which the electric motor is housed, wherein the motor gear temperature monitoring means comprises a sensor device accommodated in the motor gear housing portion for detecting a temperature in the motor gear housing portion having. As a result, exactly the temperature within the motor gear housing is detected.

In the case of gate drives, it is customary to determine the door travel via a pulse generator which is coupled to a motor shaft. For this purpose, it is provided in a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention that the motor gear a

Detecting device for detecting a rotation of the motor gear

is assigned, which has a rotation sensor for detecting a rotation of at least one rotating part of the motor gear. For example, here at least one Hall element could be provided to detect the rotation of a shaft of the electric motor, a rotation of a worm of a worm gear or the rotation of a driven by the worm, sitting on the output shaft of the motor gear. The rotation sensor could be a Hall sensor, e.g. for detecting the rotational speed and the direction of rotation of one of said rotating part may be formed. It is now preferred in a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, a

Temperature sensing element of the engine transmission temperature detection device to be arranged together with a rotation sensor. After anyway one

Connection element and / or electronic element for detecting a rotation is present, the cost of providing a further connection element and / or electronic element for sensing the temperature is very low. For example, the same connections or different lines could be the same Connection for connecting the rotary sensor and a temperature sensor may be formed on a door drive control.

Particular advantages of the invention in a Wellentorantrieb the type shown in WO 2010/009952 A1. There, by selecting a suitable

Translation ratio in the transmission device also a relative

cost-effective gear motor for driving even larger goals are used. In the case of heavier gates, however, the danger is great that in the event of incidents, higher loads will be introduced on the electric motor unit. For example, when a torsion spring breaks, a large torque is generated on the door shaft. If a self-locking gearbox is then connected, it must cope with this torque shock.

With the invention can now ensure that the motor gear does not reach such temperatures where the material is already impaired so that such force peaks just can not be handled, but material damage would be possible or likely.

The invention provides, according to a further aspect thereof, a control method for controlling a door drive for driving a door, wherein the door drive with an electric motor unit and a transmission device for transmitting

Driving forces of the electric motor unit is provided on a driven element of the door, wherein the electric motor unit is designed as a geared motor having an electric motor and a self-locking motor gear, wherein the

Control method is characterized by the steps:

Detecting a motor gear temperature at the engine gearbox and

Controlling the electric motor as a function of the detected engine transmission temperature.

It is preferably provided that the temperature of a worm gear of the electric motor unit is monitored. A further preferred embodiment includes the step of limiting an engine output of the electric motor when the engine transmission temperature exceeds a predetermined first threshold temperature.

Preferably, further operation of the electric motor is prevented when the engine transmission temperature exceeds a predetermined second threshold temperature.

Furthermore, the monitoring of the engine transmission temperature can of course also serve to output corresponding warning messages or explanatory messages. For example, via a display, a e.g. coded message

which explains to the operator why the electric motor suddenly only runs at low power or does not drive at all anymore. Or, a warning is issued that the engine transmission temperature is too high and that further operation should be discontinued for a while.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is a

Geared motor of a door drive designed such that on the screw of a self-locking electric motor gear, a temperature sensor sits, which measures the temperature of the motor gearbox. The software - for example one

Control - can monitor this temperature and at certain

First, arrange a slow speed for temperatures or switch off the drive if the altitude increases further. As a result, overheating of the engine gearbox can be avoided.

The motor gear preferably has a plastic wheel. Preferably, a high performance plastic, e.g. Delrin or Teflon, used, but the durability of such materials - as with other materials - temperature dependent.

In particular, tests have been carried out with spring break. If a spring, which is attached to a door shaft that is coupled to the motor gearbox, breaks, then this self-locking motor gearbox must withstand the corresponding force peaks. An attempt was made to set a strength of the gearbox against spring breakage so that a certain high number of spring breaks could be endured on the same toothed segment. If one reckons the peak forces on the gear motor, torques in the order of magnitude of three-part Newtonmeter values can definitely arise at spring break.

At room temperature, the required number of spring breaks without damage was possible. In a further test with an engine gearbox temperature above 60 ° C, the engine gearbox has failed earlier. The inventors have thus discovered that the motor gearbox can be loaded differently depending on the temperature and that this could lead to a deterioration of the durability.

Therefore, according to the invention, a motor gear temperature is monitored to provide high reliability.

An advantage is that you can then produce significantly cheaper gear. On the one hand, less expensive materials can be used, which may have more temperature-dependent skills than other, more expensive materials. On the other hand, the motor gearbox can be designed for peak load at room temperature and need not be designed for peak loads in the heated state.

An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows:

1 is a schematic, partially sectioned side view of a gate with Torwelle and Wellentorantrieb,

Fig. 2 is a view of a corner region of the door of Fig. 1 of

Inside of the space to be closed seen from, wherein the connection of the Wellentorantriebes is shown to the door shaft; 3 is a first perspective view of a basic structure of the

Wellentorantriebes;

4 is a second perspective view of the basic structure of FIG

Wellentorantriebes;

Fig. 5 is an illustration of the trained as a geared motor

Electric motor unit;

Fig. 6 shows a further illustration of the electric motor unit with open

Motor gear housing cover;

Fig. 7 shows a further illustration of the electric motor unit with

Removed engine gearbox housing cover; and

Fig. 8 is an illustration of a detail of the motor gear housing cover with temperature sensor and rotary sensors.

In Figs. 1 and 2, an automatically driven gate 10 with a door shaft 12 and designed as a Wellentorantrieb or direct drive door drive 14 is shown. The door drive 14 is attached to a door drive attachment 15.

The gate 10 has a movable in a guide 16 between a closing end position and an opening end position door leaf 18. The door shaft 12 is formed as part of a weight balancing device 20 and has a force storage, for example in the form of a torsion spring 22, which balances the weight of the door leaf 18 as far as possible during its movement. For this purpose, the door shaft 12 is coupled in a gear to the door leaf 18 such that the door shaft 12 rotates when moving the door leaf 18. In the example shown this is

Geared coupling by cable drums 24 and wound on it wire 26 realized. The door operator 14 is connected to one end of the door shaft 12 for rotatably driving the same.

FIGS. 1 and 2 further show walls 28 of a building 30, which has a door opening 32 which can be closed by the door 10. The door drive 14 is produced in industrial mass production and is - as described in more detail in WO 2010/009952 A1 - in its manufacture so adaptable that he

different gates 10 and 30 different buildings with appropriate installation situations is customizable.

The door drive 14 has, as shown in FIG. 2, a drive housing 34. The drive housing 34 has a plurality of hoods or covers 36, 37. In the actual drive housing 34, the drive elements are mounted on a support structure or base structure 40.

3 and 4 show the door drive 14 without the covers 36 and 37, so that the drive elements and the base structure 40 can be seen.

The door operator 14 has an electric motor unit 50 for supplying the driving force and a transmission device 100 which transmits the driving force of the electric motor unit 50 to an element of the door 10 to be driven.

In the example of a direct drive shown here, the transmission device 100 is designed to transmit the drive force to the door shaft 12. To the

Example, in the embodiment of the door drive 14 provided here, a traction mechanism 94 is provided, which will be explained in more detail hereafter.

In the following, the construction of the basic structure 40 of the door drive 14 will first be explained in more detail. The base structure 40 has a first base structure part 42 and a second base structure part 44, which are detachably connected together at a fastening interface 46. The first base structure part 42 is formed as a base plate or base plate 48. On the base plate 48, the electric motor unit 50, a Elektroanschlusseinheit 52, a decoupling device 54 and a decoupling sensor 56 are attached.

The electric motor unit 50 is designed as a gear motor 102 and has a motor housing 58, in which an electric motor 60 and a self-locking motor gear 61, for example in the form of a worm gear 62,

are housed. Accordingly, an engine output shaft 64 is the

Electric motor unit 50 connected to an output shaft of the worm gear 62. This motor output shaft 64 has on the side of the base plate 48, which is opposite to the electric motor unit, a first gear of the

Transmission device 100 e.g. in the form of a first sprocket 66.

The electrical connection unit 52 has a power unit 68 with transformer and

Power electronics and a control device 70 which controls the electric motor 50 via the power unit 68. In another embodiment, not shown here, the electrical connection unit 52 has only the power unit 68. The control device 70 is then housed in a separate control housing (not shown), which is fixed in the area of the door drive 14 fixed.

By means of the decoupling device 54, the first gear - eg chain crack I 66 - the transmission device 100 of the motor gear 61 uncoupled, so that the transmission device 100 can rotate freely in the uncoupled state while it is held in the engaged state by the self-locking motor gear 61. The uncoupling device 54 has a manually actuated by not shown actuating elements coupling pin 72, which is controlled by a cam 74 axially movable upon rotation. This axial movement is transmitted to the chain sprocket 66 or the motor output shaft 64, on which the sprocket 66 sits, via a coupling element acting as a lever element, so that the sprocket 66 or the motor output shaft 64 can be moved in the axial direction out of engagement with the motor gear 61 , Of the Uncoupling sensor 56 detects a movement of the clutch pawl 76 and thus a decoupling process.

The electric motor unit 50 further has a rotation detecting device 104 for detecting a rotation of the motor gear 61. For example, a rotation sensor 05, e.g. in the form of a two-channel Hall sensor, provided with the rotation of the output shaft of the worm gear 62 is detected. In particular, this direction of rotation and further rotational speed can be detected by angular momentum. As a result, by counting the pulses, the position of the connected gate - e.g. Door leaf 18 - be detected. This position and in particular the end positions of the gate leaf can be taught by performing a learning trip after the first commissioning.

The control device 70 is designed such that upon receipt of a signal of the uncoupling sensor 56, which indicates a re-established after a disengaging clutch state, a new reference run for the gate 10 is performed in which the position, in particular at least one of the end positions of the door leaf 18 are taught again.

The second base structure part 44 is likewise designed as a plate, which can be connected to the base plate 48 via the attachment interface 46. The second base structure part 44 has an output shaft 80 of the door drive 14, which is rotatably mounted on a bearing 82 arranged at a certain radial distance from the motor output shaft 64. The output shaft 80 has on one side a shaft coupling 84 with a connection part 86, which can be placed on the end of the door shaft 12. A radially inwardly pointing projection 88 engages when placed on an existing on the door shaft 12 longitudinal groove 90 (FIG. 2), so that the connecting part 86 rotatably seated on the door shaft 12.

At the other end, the output shaft 80, a second gear of the transmission device 100, for example in the form of a second sprocket 92, on. The Both gears on the engine output shaft 64 and the output shaft 80 of the transmission device 100 are connected via the traction mechanism 94 with each other geared. The traction mechanism 94 has, for example, a drive chain 96.

As has been described in greater detail in WO 2010/009952 A1, to which reference is expressly made for further details, it is possible to select or exchange the second basic structural part 44 with one another in each case

Diameter of the second gear of the transmission device 100 the

Change gear ratio of the transmission device 100 and thus adapt to the drive tasks. As a result, it is possible to resort to a relatively inexpensive electric motor 60 for constructing the electric motor unit 50.

In the following, the electric motor unit 50 used here will be described on the basis of FIG

Illustrations in FIGS. 5 to 8 explained in more detail.

The motor housing 58 of the electric motor unit 50 has a

Motor gearbox housing portion 106 and a motor housing portion 108 on. In the motor gear housing portion 106, the motor gear 61 is housed. In the electric motor housing portion 108 of the electric motor 60 is housed. The motor gear housing portion 106 has a detachable gear cover 1 10 on. While the electric motor unit 50 is shown in Fig. 5 with attached and fixed gear cover 1 10, the

Gear cover 1 10 removed in the illustrations of Figs. 6, 7 and 8 from the remaining part of the motor gear housing portion 106.

As can be seen in FIG. 5, an electrical connection 12 of the rotation detection device 104 is provided on the transmission cover 110 on the outside thereof, where the signals of the rotation sensor 105 can be tapped off.

The electric motor unit 50 further has one

Motor transmission temperature monitoring device 20, with a

Temperature of the motor gear 61 can be monitored. As can be seen in particular from Fig. 6, the motor gear 61 has a connected to the rotor of the electric motor 60 screw 122 and a

Motor gear 124, which meshes with the worm 122. The

Motor gear 124 forms the part of the output shaft of the worm gear 62. The motor gear 124 is made of plastic, in particular

High performance plastic, formed.

Particularly at high loads, the motor gear 61 is strongly heated by friction, which can lead to a deterioration in the material strength of parts of the engine gear 61, in particular of the motor gear 124.

In the embodiment shown here, heating of the engine transmission 61 can be detected by means of the engine transmission temperature monitoring device 120. If engine transmission temperatures are in a range, e.g. empirically

detectable - critical area, the control device 70 can reduce the maximum power of the electric motor 60 accordingly, so that the door drive 14 now only the door leaf 18 can move slowly. This will prevent further heating. If the engine transmission temperature is in an even higher range, the control device 70 can also completely stop the electric motor 60 until the engine transmission temperature has returned to normal.

For detecting the engine transmission temperature, the

Engine transmission temperature monitor 120 includes a temperature sensor 126 which detects the temperature within the engine transmission housing portion 106.

In the illustrated embodiment, the temperature sensor 126 is seated together with the rotation sensor 105 on a common board 128. In this way, the manufacturing and installation costs for the

Engine transmission temperature monitor 120 hold low and the connection of the temperature sensor 126 to the controller 70 can be made via the same port 1 12 as for the rotation sensor 105. Accordingly, FIG. 4 shows the gear motor 102 with the gear cover 1 10 mounted as a DC motor. In a plastic insert 130, the terminal 112 is provided with a 6-pin terminal strip for two Hall sensors (rotation sensor 105) and the temperature sensor 126.

In Fig. 6, the gear cover 1 10 is unscrewed and put aside. It can easily be seen that the sensors 105, 126 are positioned directly above the worm shaft worm 22 in the installed state.

Fig. 7 shows another view of the unscrewed gear cover. Here the contacting of the motor connections is better recognizable. The motor connections can be recognized by two elongated pin lugs 132 in another plastic insert 134. Next, a metal pin 136 is provided, the only to

Positioning purposes serves.

As can be seen from FIG. 5, due to the proximity of the two plastic inserts 130, 134, a proximity of the connection 1 12 for the sensors 105, 126 to the

Motor terminals 132 given, so that a faster connection of both the electric motor 60 and the sensors 105, 126 can be done.

FIG. 8 shows a detail of the sensors 105, 126. The temperature sensor 126 shown above in the image is an NTC resistor in the example shown here, in particular in the range 3 to 6 kOhm.

At the bottom of the picture, the two Hall sensors 138, 140 of the rotation sensor 105 for the speed detection and direction of rotation detection are clearly visible.

Although the invention has been explained with reference to a designed as Wellentorantrieb door drive 14, the invention is not limited to this Torantriebs- type. Other embodiments result from the fact that the garage door and entrance gate drives, the attached in the aforementioned and the application as part of the disclosure company brochure "garage and Entrance gate drives - compatible drive solutions from Europe No. 1 "of the Hörmann KG sales company of April 2010 (printing notice 04.201 O / 04.2010 / HF 85945 / G.XXX) are shown and described, with a corresponding geared motor 102, as in the Fig. 5-8 is shown, and a correspondingly modified control device with

Motor gearbox temperature monitoring are provided.

ßezugszeichenliste:

gate

door shaft

door drive

Torantriebsbefestigung

guide

door leaf

Weight balancer

torsion spring

cable drum

wire ropes

wall

building

door opening

drive housing

cover

base structure

first basic structure part

second base structure part

Mounting interface

baseplate

Electric motor unit

Electrical connection unit

Uncoupling

Entkuppelsensor

motor housing

electric motor

Engine / gear worm gear

Engine output shaft

first sprocket (gear wheel)

power unit

control device

coupling pin

cam

coupling claw

output shaft

camp

shaft coupling

connector

head Start

longitudinal groove

second sprocket

traction drives

drive chain

transmission device

gearmotor

Rotation detector

rotation sensor

Motor gear case portion

Electric motor housing portion

transmission cover

connection

Engine Transmission temperature monitoring device

slug

motor gear

temperature sensor

circuit board 130 plastic insert

132 pin flags (motor connections)

134 plastic insert

136 metal pin

138 Hall sensor

140 Hall sensor

Claims

Claims. Door drive (14) for driving a door (10) with a

Electric motor unit (50) and a transmission device (100) for transmitting driving forces of the electric motor unit (50) on a driven element of the door (10), wherein the electric motor unit (50) as a geared motor (102) is formed, the an electric motor (60) and a self-locking motor gearbox (61),

characterized by a motor gear temperature monitor (120) for monitoring a temperature of the motor gear (61).

2. Door drive (14) according to claim 1,

characterized,

the motor gearbox (61) is a worm gear (62).

3. Door drive (14) according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

in that the electric motor unit (50) has a motor housing (58) with a

Motor gearbox housing portion (106) in which the motor gearbox (61)

is housed, and with an electric motor housing portion (108), in which the electric motor (60) is housed, wherein the

Engine transmission temperature monitor (120) one in the

Motor housing housing portion (106) accommodated temperature sensor (126) for detecting a temperature in the motor gear housing portion portion (106).

4. door drive (14) according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

in that the motor gear (61) has a rotation detection device (104) for detecting a rotation of the motor gear (61) is assigned, which comprises a rotation sensor (105) for detecting a rotation of at least one element (122, 124) of the

Motor transmission (61), and that the rotation sensor (105) and a

Temperature sensor (126) of the engine transmission temperature detecting means (120) on a common board (128) are arranged.

5. door drive (14) according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized by a control device (70) associated with the

Motor gear temperature detecting means (120) is connected to the electric motor (60) depending on one of the

Engine transmission temperature detecting means (120) detected temperature of the motor gearbox (61) to control.

6. door drive (14) according to claim 5,

characterized,

in that the control device (70) is designed such that it has a

Motor power of the electric motor (60) limited when the engine transmission temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.

7. door drive (14) according to claim 5 or 6,

characterized,

in that the control device (70) is designed such that it prevents an operation of the electric motor (60) when the engine transmission temperature is above a predetermined switch-off temperature.

8. door drive (14) according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

in that the door drive (14) is designed as a shaft gate drive for directly rotating a door shaft (12) of the door (10), preferably such that the gear device (100) has a traction mechanism (94) whose

Input shaft to an engine output shaft (64) of the engine transmission (61) is coupled and the output shaft (80) to the door shaft (12) is coupled.

A control method of controlling a door operator (14) for driving a door (10), the door operator (14) comprising an electric motor unit (50) and a transmission device (100) for transmitting drive forces

Electric motor unit (50) is provided on a driven element (12) of the door (10), wherein the electric motor unit (50) as a geared motor (102) is formed, which has an electric motor (60) and a self-locking

Motor transmission (61), characterized by the steps:

Detecting an engine transmission temperature at the engine transmission (61) and

Controlling the electric motor (60) in dependence on the detected

Engine Transmission temperature.

10. Control method according to claim 9,

characterized,

the temperature of a worm gear (62) of the electric motor unit (50) is monitored.

1 1. Control method according to one of claims 9 to 10,

marked by

Limiting an engine power of the electric motor (60) when the

Motor transmission temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.

12. Control method according to one of claims 9 to 1,

marked by

Preventing operation of the electric motor (60) when the

Motor transmission temperature exceeds a predetermined shutdown temperature.

13. Control method according to one of claims 9 to 12,

marked by

Output of a warning message if the motor gearbox temperature is a

exceeds predetermined threshold temperature and / or an explanatory message, if an excess of a threshold temperature influencing a sequence of a door drive takes place.