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Bodine Electric Type WX Gearmotors Now Have Higher Torque Ratings

Bodine Electric Type WX Gearmotors Now Have Higher Torque Ratings

Bodine Electric Company recently upgraded the design of many of our type WX gearmotors to increase the output torque ratings while maintaining the same long-life rating. Two parts in the gearhead design were changed to accomplish the higher torque ratings: the rotor/armature shaft and the first stage gear. The rotor is the name for the



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Bodine Wins Silver for 2024 LEAP Awards

Bodine Wins Silver for 2024 LEAP Awards

2024 LEAP Awards by Design World Design World’s VP, Editorial Director Paul J. Heney and Executive Editor Lisa Eitel presented the winners of the 2024 LEAP Awards on October 30th, 2024, in an online broadcast. These brands cross four of the company’s design engineering brands: Design World, Fluid Power World, Engineering.com, and EE World. This year’s winners



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BODINE ELECTRIC AT AUTOMATE 2024

BODINE ELECTRIC AT AUTOMATE 2024

Bodine Electric Company exhibited at the AUTOMATE 2024 trade show at McCormick Place in Chicago from Monday, May 6 through Thursday, May 9, 2024. A team of eight people from Bodine’s sales and marketing departments took turns greeting visitors to our booth number 2180 during the four days. AUTOMATE is the largest robotics and automation



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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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How To Connect a Reversing Switch to a 3- or 4-Wire (PSC) Gearmotor

How To Connect a Reversing Switch to a 3- or 4-Wire (PSC) Gearmotor

Below information is from our latest Application Note on how to connect and reverse our fixed-speed, 3-wire and 4-wire reversible, AC single-phase gearmotors and motors. We conclude our series of AC application notes with four examples of what types of  reversing switches an engineer or technician can use to reverse our stock gearmotors. How to Wire an Optional Reversing Switch to a 3- or 4-wire



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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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How to Connect a Run Capacitor to a AC 4-Wire-Reversible PSC Gearmotor or Motor

How to Connect a Run Capacitor to a AC 4-Wire-Reversible PSC Gearmotor or Motor

In this How-To video, we show you how to wire and connect one of our AC single-phase, 4-wire-reversible, permanent split capacitor (fixed speed) gearmotors with its run capacitor and a power cord. PSC gearmotors or motors require a run capacitor to be connected to the winding at all times. To enclose the capacitor or to



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