To reduce or completely eliminate a problem of supporting.

This machine includes a movable component (24) and direct drives (10, 16) for moving the movable component (24). The directs drives include a stator (10) and a rotor unit (16). The rotor unit (16) is connected to the movable component (24) via connection mechanisms (26; 30, 30', 32, 32', 34) which enable relative displacement of the movable component (24) with respect to the rotor unit (16). The direct drives (10, 16) include clearance holding device (18) for holding a clearance (d) between an effective part (14) of the stator (10) and an effective part (20) of the rotor unit (16).