Infeed roller with freewheel gearbox

used for automatic feeding by means of magazines or feeding systems for the reason of equlibrating the different feeding speeds between the magazine and the feeding device
for the reduction of dents, the workpieces should be transported drive by drive through the planing machine, the freewheel roller allowing to close the gaps between the workpieces
the pursuing workpiece accelerates the freewheel roller, by this driving forward and following the previous workpiece closely.
see also first infeed roller controlled