
Compressor Electric Motors
A compressor turns the energy it takes from the mains into compression work through the motor shaft; from the tank-mounted piston unit in a workshop to the screw package in a facto... More Details

A compressor turns the energy it takes from the mains into compression work through the motor shaft; from the tank-mounted piston unit in a workshop to the screw package in a facto... More Details

A flour mill is a long chain of machines linked by pipes and elevators, from the silo that receives wheat to the bag. The grain is first cleaned and tempered, then broken down step... More Details

In a textile mill, motors work in two separate worlds. On one side are the spinning, weaving and knitting halls: the air is warm and humid, fibre floats constantly in the air, and ... More Details

A calibrating machine evens out the thickness of a slab coming from a gang saw or block cutter at every point; a honing and polishing machine then brings that levelled surface to a... More Details

Small tiles, mosaic pieces and borders cut from travertine, marble or limestone are put through an antiquing process so that they lose their freshly cut, sharp look and take on the... More Details

The vacuum press is the machine that turns clay from a plastic mass into a shaped column and is regarded as the heart of the brick and roof tile line; we summarised the whole line ... More Details

In ceramic tile, sanitaryware and tableware plants, the body sent to forming is first prepared by grinding clay, kaolin, feldspar and quartz together with water for many hours. The... More Details

Green bricks and tiles leaving the press must lose most of their water before entering the kiln; if this water is not removed slowly and evenly, the product cracks or warps. In the... More Details

A small peeler in a restaurant kitchen and a long peeling line in a crisp factory do the same job on different scales: they wear away the potato skin by friction. The movement that... More Details

A blower is a machine that delivers air continuously at a pressure a fan cannot reach but far below that of a compressor; it sends air to the diffusers of a treatment basin, to a p... More Details

The pellet mill is the machine that draws the most electricity in a feed plant. It presses steam-conditioned mash through a perforated ring die and turns it into cylindrical rods; ... More Details

The dust collection fan is the heart of a system that draws air from a plant's dust sources, passes it through ducts, a filter and a cyclone, and discharges it cleaned. The same lo... More Details

A circulation pump does not carry water from one place to another; it turns the same water round and round in a closed circuit. In a heating installation from the boiler to the rad... More Details

In field, orchard and greenhouse irrigation, the pump that lifts water from a canal, pond or tank and pushes it into the pipes is usually driven by a three-phase asynchronous motor... More Details

In chemical, paint, detergent and petrochemical plants, the process pump that carries acids, alkalis, solvents or resins is usually driven by a standard three-phase asynchronous mo... More Details

A screw compressor is a machine in which two intermeshing helical rotors compress air continuously; from workshops to large factories, it is the main source of compressed air. The ... More Details

A tertiary crusher is the machine at the third stage of a crushing line that takes pre-crushed, screened stone and turns it into sand and fine chippings. The horizontal-shaft terti... More Details

A roller mill is the machine that turns wheat into flour step by step in a modern flour mill. One roller mill usually has two separate grinding sections; in each section a pair of ... 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

A plastic extruder melts granules or regrind with a screw turning inside a heated barrel, mixes it and pushes it continuously out through a die; a pelletising line turns this melt ... More Details