Machine Type · Twin Tub
Twin Tub Motors: a Wash Motor and a Spin Motor, Matched
A twin tub machine is the one washer format that needs two different motors by design — a reversing wash motor for the wash tub and a dedicated spin motor for the spin tub. Nanyang’s catalogue documents both halves: wash motors at 25–220 W and the XM-8058-1 spin motor at 25–90 W, with identical voltage, frequency, winding, packing and terms across the pair.
- Wash side
- XM-8048 / XM-8028 / XM-8068 — 25–220 W
- Spin side
- XM-8058-1 — 25–90 W
- Voltage
- 220–240 V / 110 V
- Frequency
- 50 / 60 Hz
- Listed MOQ
- 1,000 pieces per model
Both halves as published in the company’s catalogue listings; twin tub is a listed application of every model shown.
01 The Pairing
Why the two halves should come from one works
The catalogue text for every Nanyang washing machine motor states its application range — semi-automatic, fully automatic, single tub, twin tub, top loading and front loading. Twin tub machines sit at the heart of that range: they remain the volume format across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, and they are the format where a motor supplier’s discipline shows most, because a failure in either tub stops the whole machine.
Pairing the two motors from one catalogue buys three practical things. The electrical options match — both motors wound for the same market voltage and frequency, in the same wire material if you specify it. The commercial terms match — the same listed MOQ, packing on pallets or in cartons, and L/C or T/T terms, so the pair ships as one programme. And accountability is singular: when a machine misbehaves on your test line, there is one motor partner in the conversation, not two suppliers attributing the symptom to each other.
02 Specifying
What a twin tub enquiry should carry
- Wash side: tub capacity class and the wash motor you use today (nameplate photo settles it), with its bracket pattern
- Spin side: spin tub size and the bracket form you need — the spin motor page shows the XM-8058-1 listing’s own photograph, and separately photographs attached to two other listings
- Electrical: market voltage (220–240 V or 110 V) and frequency (50 or 60 Hz), applied identically to both motors
- Winding: copper, aluminium or copper-clad aluminium — one choice across the pair keeps the specification consistent
- Quantities: sets per shipment and per year; the listed MOQ is 1,000 pieces per model
Manufacturers already buying the two motors separately can consolidate in one step: send both nameplates in a single enquiry and the match for each half is confirmed together, with a combined shipment plan.
03 Questions
Twin tub motors, answered plainly
Can I buy only the spin motor for an existing twin tub line?
Yes — the XM-8058-1 is a catalogue model in its own right with its own listing and MOQ. The pairing argument is about convenience and accountability, not a bundle condition.
Are the wash motors reversing types?
Twin tub wash duty is reversing duty by nature. The catalogue describes the range’s application to twin tub machines; the exact starting and reversing arrangement for your machine’s control is confirmed against your current motor’s data in the quotation.
Which wash motor pairs with which machine size?
By power point within the 25–220 W band and by bracket fit. Send the incumbent motor’s nameplate and bracket dimensions; the matched model is named in the reply.
One enquiry, both tubs
Two nameplate photos and your quantities — the reply matches wash and spin motors together and prices the pair as one programme.