Four safety shock absorbers of the type SCS33-50EUD protect the end positions of a directly driven planar motor. The special focus of this science project: It was to be taken into consideration that a combination of kinetic and drive energy was to be absorbed. Taking the collected data and the fact that new dampers should not be constantly installed in new developments into consideration, self-compensating types were installed that were theoretically somewhat over-dimensioned. The concept of the planar motor has the potential of increasing the productivity of toolmaking machines, etc.