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Video: How to Connect a PMDC Gearmotor to a Filtered PWM DC Speed Control

Video: How to Connect a PMDC Gearmotor to a Filtered PWM DC Speed Control

In this new How-To video, we are demonstrating how to connect a 130VDC, two-wire PMDC gearmotor to a Bodine WPM PMDC motor speed control powered from a 115VAC/60Hz/1-phase line. In this example, we used a Bodine stock model 6071, type 33A-HG/H, 130VDC hollow shaft gearmotor, powered by a 0-130VDC (out), type WPM Speed control item

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What Does IP-69K Mean for Stainless Steel Gearmotors?

What Does IP-69K Mean for Stainless Steel Gearmotors?

Gearmotors rated for IP-69K are typically designed to operate in wet, dusty, washdown environments, or where equipment is subject to particularly intensive high-pressure cleaning such as in food or pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. This new Tech Note explains what IP-69K means for your geared motor application, as well as how to mount and wire one of

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Stainless Steel AC Inverter-Duty Gearmotors

Stainless Steel AC Inverter-Duty Gearmotors

Rated IP-69K for protection against dust and high temperature, high pressure water ingress. Our new stainless steel AC right-angle gearmotors are ideal for machines and systems that are subject to intensive cleaning and daily washdowns. Regardless of whether the gearmotors are used for material handling, intralogistics, packaging, or clean room applications, their hygienic properties, long

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New 24VDC, 8-pole, 120°-Comm BLDC Speed Control for CI/D1 Gearmotors: Model 3917

New 24VDC, 8-pole, 120°-Comm BLDC Speed Control for CI/D1 Gearmotors: Model 3917

The new type ABL-3917 BLDC Control operates from a 24VDC power supply or battery. This control was designed to power our 24V brushless DC, 34B6-FX, Class I/Division 1, for Hazardous Locations, Parallel Shaft BLDC Gearmotor with 8-pole winding and 120° commutation. For more information, please visit: https://www.bodine-electric.com/products/brushless-dc-controls/low-voltage-brushless-dc-controls-120-commutation-8-pole/3917/ Copyright Bodine Electric Company © 05/2023. All rights reserved.

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Bodine Launches Competitor Cross-Reference Tool for Baldor, Bison, or Leeson Gearmotor Replacements

Bodine Launches Competitor Cross-Reference Tool for Baldor, Bison, or Leeson Gearmotor Replacements

If you are looking to cross a Baldor, Bison, or Leeson gearmotor you can now do so on our customer Support web page. Each competitor part number is constructed differently: For example, if you are crossing a Baldor item, the part number will look something like this GCP24004, please do not add any additional spaces,

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Typical Operating Conditions for AC Gearmotors and Motors

Typical Operating Conditions for AC Gearmotors and Motors

Read our latest Tech Note on Typical Operating Conditions for AC Gearmotors and Motors! With this new Tech Note from our engineering team, you’ll learn how operating a gearmotor or motor above or below the ratings shown on its product nameplate can affect performance. For standard gearmotors, the torque rating shown on the product nameplate

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Obsolescence - Phase-Out Notice - Bodine Type ABL BLDC Controls with 115VAC Input

Obsolescence – Phase-Out Notice – Bodine Type ABL BLDC Controls with 115VAC Input

Bodine Type ABL BLDC Controls with 115VAC Input: After a successful product life of over 30 years, it is time for our “high-voltage” 115VAC-input ABL brushless DC motor speed controls to retire. This notice is to inform you that we are obsoleting these controls after 30+ years of service. Based on current parts availability, we

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!

Our Team wishes you and your family a Happy 4th of July! Bodine Electric Company will be closed for an extended holiday weekend from July 2nd to July 5th.

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New Class I/Div 1, Ex-Proof AC and BLDC type 34R/34B Motors

New Class I/Div 1, Ex-Proof AC and BLDC type 34R/34B Motors

We are excited to announce (4) all-new Class I/Div 1, Explosion-Proof AC and BLDC type 34R/34B motors for use in Hazardous Locations. The AC motors are offered with either 230VAC or 460VAC Inverter-Duty (3-ph) windings. Our brushless DC models are available with new 8-pole, high-power, 12V or 24VDC windings, and set for 120° commutation. The

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Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

Our entire team would like to wish you Happy Holidays and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year! Below is our holiday schedule for the remainder of 2020: We will be closed – 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, and 01/01/2021 respectively. We look forward to working with you and your team in the New Year!

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