Ngoba abantu basetshenziselwa ukubiza ama-Steam Generator Boilers, abakhiqizi be-Steam bavame ukubizwa ngokuthi ama-steam boilers. Ama-Steam boilers afaka ama-generator amusha, kepha abakhiqizi be-Steam akuwona ama-boilers kaSteam.
I-generator emutha yidivaysi eyenziwe ngomshini esebenzisa uphethiloli noma eminye imithombo yamandla yokushisa amanzi ukukhiqiza amanzi ashisayo noma umusi. Ngokusho kokuhlukaniswa kwesiteshi sokuhlola ama-boiler, i-Steam Generator ingeyakho umkhumbi wokucindezela, futhi ukukhiqizwa nokusetshenziswa kumele kube lula.