Patent ID: 8639421

Claim:
An industrial truck with an electric travel drive ( 14 ) and controls ( 20 ) that can switch the electric travel drive ( 14 ) to regenerative operation to brake the industrial truck, characterized in that an eddy current brake ( 16 ) is provided that is controlled or regulated by the controls ( 20 ) during regenerative operation ( 14 ) to brake the industrial truck, wherein the controls ( 20 ) control or regulate the eddy current brake ( 16 ) depending on the rpm of the electric travel drive, and wherein the controls ( 20 ) control or regulate the eddy current brake ( 16 ) in a manner such that the braking torque of the travel drive is supplemented at high rpms, 1500 rpm or higher, by the braking torque generated by the eddy current brake, further characterized in that the controls ( 20 ) specify a setpoint for the braking torque to be generated by the eddy current brake, and control or regulate the eddy current brake corresponding to the setpoint, and further wherein the controls determine a setpoint for the eddy current brake in a manner such that the braking torque resulting from the regenerative operation of the travel drive and the eddy current brake is constant.