Panster wheel
A Panster wheel is a water wheel of a water mill , which is movably mounted and can be adjusted according to the water level. The water wheel is lowered or raised according to the water level via chains and a winch (drawing board) in order to ensure the best possible efficiency of the water mill. With a drawing wheel it was possible to use two mill ditches next to each other as a drive for the mill or, depending on the gradient, to use the water in a channel twice in a row. This means that several water wheels could be operated one behind the other (movably mounted) in a water-bearing trench, or side by side in 2 trenches. In water mills, several plants (hammer, oil, grain ...) could be used flexibly (depending on the season) or several plants could be operated at the same time. Especially in areas with little gradients, due to the lack of water power, a so-called undershot water wheel (as a drawing brush) or several wheels on a mill was used in order to achieve the highest possible efficiency. In contrast to the drawing board, a water wheel operated as a stick board is immovable in height.
Footnotes and individual references
- ↑ Annaburger Hefte, mills between Elbe and Schwarzer Elster, section on watermills and their equipment.