Machine Type · Top Load
Motors for Top-Loading Washing Machines
Top loading is named in the application text of every one of the nine catalogue listings — “top loading” is the makers’ own word for where these motors go. For top-load programmes, the range divides by machine class: semi-automatic top-loaders draw on the 25–220 W wash range, fully automatic top-loaders on the 50–180 W automatic models.
- Wash range
- 25–220 W (XM-8048 / 8028 / 8068)
- Automatic models
- 50–180 W (XM-8138-2 / 8198)
- Voltage
- 220–240 V / 110 V
- Frequency
- 50 / 60 Hz
- Listed MOQ
- 1,000 pieces per model
Top loading is a stated application in each listing’s catalogue text.
01 Matching by Machine Class
Two top-load worlds, two motor groups
The top-loading format covers two quite different machines. The semi-automatic top-loader — including the twin tub designs covered on their own page — pairs a wash motor with simple controls and, in twin tub form, a spin motor. The fully automatic top-loader adds a control board, a single tub doing both wash and spin extraction, and a duty profile of programmed agitation and high-speed spinning from one motor. The catalogue’s two automatic models, XM-8138-2 and XM-8198 at 50–180 W, are the listings positioned for that second world; the general wash range serves the first.
What the buyer should not do is treat “top load motor” as a single specification. Agitator and impeller (pulsator) designs load the motor differently; tub size sets the power point; the spin phase sets the speed duty. The reliable route is the nameplate of the motor in your current machine, plus the machine’s capacity class — matched against the catalogue in one enquiry. A note on exports: top-loaders dominate exactly the markets where voltage and frequency variants multiply — 220–240 V here, 110 V there, 50 Hz in one country and 60 Hz in the next — and a range wound to order for each market, as this catalogue offers, is worth more than a warehouse of fixed-rating motors bought on price alone.
02 Specifying
The top-load checklist
- Machine class: semi-automatic or fully automatic; agitator or impeller wash action
- Capacity: rated wash capacity of the machine the motor enters
- Incumbent motor: nameplate photo and bracket/shaft dimensions — the decisive data
- Electrical: 220–240 V or 110 V; 50 or 60 Hz; winding material preference
- Programme: quantities per shipment and year; destination market
All nine catalogue motors share their commercial frame — listed MOQ of 1,000 pieces, packing on pallets or in cartons, L/C or T/T terms, and the IEC 60034 specification basis stated in each listing — so a top-load range spanning both machine classes can still be run as one supply programme.
03 Questions
Top-load motors, answered plainly
Do the same motors suit front-loaders?
Front loading is also a stated application in the catalogue text, and it has its own page — the duty differs (drum orientation, spin speeds), so the match is confirmed per machine, not assumed from the format word.
My top-loader is a large-capacity model — which power point?
Within the documented bands, larger machines take the higher power points; the incumbent motor’s rating is the honest guide. Send it, and the matched model and power point come back named.
Can one order cover semi-auto and fully-auto models?
Yes — mixed-model orders across the catalogue are normal programme business; state each model’s quantity in one enquiry.
Name the machine class, we name the motor
Semi-auto or fully automatic, plus the incumbent nameplate — enough for a matched, priced answer for your top-load range.