
Woodworking Machine Motors
In a furniture workshop most motors turn a cutting tool: a saw blade, a planer cutterblock, a spindle moulder cutter or a sanding belt. With these tools the cut quality depends lar... More Details

In a furniture workshop most motors turn a cutting tool: a saw blade, a planer cutterblock, a spindle moulder cutter or a sanding belt. With these tools the cut quality depends lar... More Details

Loose cardboard, stretch film, PET bottles, tin cans or textile offcuts take up a lot of space in storage; a baling press turns this material into tied, stackable blocks. This page... 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 circular saw machine uses a rotating toothed disc to rip or cross-cut solid wood, planks and boards. For all woodworking machines see the woodworking machine electric motors page... More Details

A plastic granulator breaks injection runners, rejected parts, pipe and profile offcuts, and bulky scrap such as bottles and crates into small pieces that can be processed again. T... More Details

A band saw machine cuts wood with a thin saw band whose ends are welded into an endless loop and which runs tensioned between two wheels. For the other machines in the woodworking ... More Details

An edge banding machine is a furniture line machine that glues PVC, ABS, melamine or veneer tape onto the open edge of a sized chipboard, MDF or plywood part and trims away the exc... More Details

A multi-spindle boring machine is a panel processing machine that drills rows of holes, such as dowel, cam fitting and hinge holes, into furniture panels in a single stroke. The ge... More Details

In hotel, hospital and contract laundries, linen moves along a line: it is washed, dewatered, dried, ironed and folded. This page explains which machines in an industrial laundry u... More Details

Lathes, milling machines, drills, saws and grinders work with the same need everywhere, from a small repair shop to a plant turning out series parts: a dependable electric motor th... More Details

A metal lathe turns a workpiece clamped in the chuck and removes chips with a stationary tool, producing cylindrical parts such as shafts, bushes, flanges and gear blanks. Motor pa... More Details

On a universal metal milling machine the cutting tool rotates while the workpiece advances with the table longitudinally, crosswise and vertically; this is how flat faces, slots, k... More Details

A pillar drill makes holes along a vertical axis in a metal part clamped to a fixed table, and also countersinks, reams and taps threads. For other motor pages arranged by industry... More Details

When buying a spare motor for a rebar cutting machine, three pieces of information give a sufficient start: the power and speed on the old motor's nameplate, the way the motor is a... More Details

On a rebar bending machine, motor and gearbox compatibility is checked at three points: does the new motor run at the input speed the gearbox expects, do its flange and shaft physi... More Details

For an industrial meat mincer, motor selection starts with the plate (perforated disc) size and the amount of meat processed per day, but what makes a replacement successful is rea... More Details

The main motor of a universal lathe is chosen to match the power and speed on the lathe's nameplate, preferably with the same number of poles and the same mounting arrangement. All... More Details