Drive device

The utility model relates to the field of industrial sewing machine control, in particular to a drive device for an industrial sewing machine. The drive device comprises a drive device body and a first shell. The drive device body is provided with a shaft extension end. The first shell is detachably connected to the side, provided with the shat extension end, of the drive device body. A cavity is formed between the drive device body and the first shell. An encoder is arranged in the cavity and is connected with the drive device body through the shaft extension end. Compared with the prior art, the drive device has the following advantages that the shaft extension end of the drive device body serves as the center shaft of the encoder, the encoder is fixedly connected to the drive device body and is fixed through the first shell, through the connection mode, receiving is simple, the encoder can directly obtain the operation state of the drive device body, transmission errors are reduced, and the accuracy of the information collected by the encoder is improved.