Electrical machine, has pole winding support, and displacement bodies that are provided in pole gap, where bodies are arranged and designed such that they form cooling sections with exciter windings at their periphery

The machine has a side pole rotor with exciter windings, and pole winding support and displacement bodies (6) that are provided in a pole gap. The displacement bodies are arranged and designed such that they form cooling sections with the exciter windings at their periphery. The displacement bodies and the pole edges (11) are formed such that a radial air flow in the pole gap is adjusted. Um die Kühlung einer elektrischen Maschine mit Schenkelpolläufer (1) zu verbessern, die in den Pollücken Polwicklungsstützen (5) und Verdrängungskörper (6) aufweist, werden die Verdrängungskörper (6) derart angeordnet und gestaltet, dass sie an ihrem Umfang zumindest abschnittsweise Kühlebenen mit den Erregerwicklungen (4) ausbilden.