What Types Of Industrial Power Tools Are Available?

By Robert G

Electric Sander
This device operates with a belt driven sander making short work of the most demanding sanding tasks. Buffing down an old wooden dresser ready for a fresh coat of paint or taking the knots out of the decking are but two possible uses for this power tool.

Drill
The common drill is probably one of the most often purchased power tool, using various sized drill bits to bore and auger holes in wood, plastic, metal and plaster for picture and shelf hanging and many other uses.

Saw
This is a industrial power tool for cutting wood or other material, consisting of a serrated blade (a blade with the cutting edge toothed) and worked either by hand or by steam, water, electric or other power source.

Lathe
In woodturning, metalworking, metal spinning, and glass working, a lathe is a machine power tool which spins a block of material so that when abrasive, cutting, or deformation tools are applied to the block, it can be shaped to produce an object which has rotational symmetry about an axis of rotation. Examples of objects that can be produced on a lathe include candlestick holders, table legs, bowls, baseball bats, crankshafts or camshafts.

The material is held in place by either one or two centers, at least one of which can be moved horizontally to accommodate varying material lengths. In a woodworking lathe, an adjustable horizontal metal rail between the material and the operator accommodates the positioning of shaping tools, which are usually hand-held. With wood, it is common practice to press and slide sandpaper against the still-spinning object after shaping.

Crushers
Crushers are commonly classified by the degree to which they fragment the starting material, with coarse crushers not reducing it by much, intermediate crushers fragmenting it much more significantly, and grinders reducing it to a fine powder.