Patent ID: 8291804

Claim:
A drive assembly with a rotating saw blade arranged in a rotatable manner in a protective cover for the connection of a robot, composed of a housing that can be connected to the robot, a shaft via which the saw blade can be driven by interposing a gearbox being mounted in said housing, characterized in that the saw blade is held between two inner rings, which are arranged on both sides of the saw blade and accommodate it and are firmly connected to one another and to said saw blade, and which are accommodated in a rotatable manner in non-rotating outer rings connected to the protective cover, the protective cover having side plates firmly connected to the outer rings, wherein the saw blade, the inner rings, the outer rings, and the side plates of the protective cover define a unit such that the saw blade, the inner rings, the outer rings, and the protective cover remain as a unit during installation onto and removal from a drive hub, the drive hub having a bolted joint.