three-phase machine motor

A plastics plant houses loads that have almost nothing in common under one roof: the extruder screw turns against a steady torque all day, the granulator rotor takes a blow with ev... More Details

A gang saw (frame saw) splits a block of marble or granite into many slabs in a single pass by driving a set of tensioned blades back and forth. This page covers the three-phase mo... More Details

On a roof tile line, the clay column leaving the extruder is first cut into slugs, and those slugs then take their interlocking, grooved shape in the moulding press. How the press ... More Details

A hydraulic power unit is a self-contained package placed next to a press or machine tool, combining the oil tank, motor-pump group, valve block, filter and often an oil cooler. Th... More Details

A panel saw is the first station of furniture production: it divides chipboard, MDF, plywood and laminated boards into accurately sized pieces. For an overview of the woodworking s... More Details

A sanding machine smooths a wood or MDF surface before paint, varnish or lacquer, removing knife marks and differences in thickness. It comes in different sizes, from the small dis... More Details

On a hydraulic plastic injection moulding machine, the forces that close the mould, push the melt into the mould and eject the part all come from oil pressure; the electric motor t... More Details

A surface planer (also called a jointer or flat planer in the workshop) is the machine that flattens a twisted or cupped face of a board and squares one edge to that face; in a woo... More Details

A thicknesser brings a board whose one face has already been flattened down to the required size and makes its two faces parallel; in furniture and joinery shops it is the machine ... More Details

A four-sided planer, known in the trade as a profile machine or moulder, machines timber on all four faces in a single pass and produces long parts such as dimensioned battens, pan... More Details

A wood lathe spins a piece of timber held between two centres or in a chuck; the turner rests a gouge on the tool rest, or a copy attachment moves a knife along a template, to give... More Details

A log splitter separates a log into two or four along the grain, either by pushing it against a wedge or by driving a rotating threaded cone into it. Farms preparing stove and boil... More Details

In a carpet washing workshop a rug moves through dust removal, washing, spin-drying and wrapping stations, and every station runs on its own electric motor. This page focuses on th... More Details

Fruit and vegetable markets, dairy and meat plants, bakeries and logistics centres reuse plastic crates, trays and pallet carriers many times; after every trip they pass through a ... More Details