Tag Archives: Gearmotors

Introducing Ryan Powers

Introducing Ryan Powers

Join us in welcoming Ryan Powers to Bodine Electric’s Sales & Marketing Team. He is our new Territory Sales Engineer. Ryan comes to Bodine with over 17 years’ experience in B2B sales, primarily in the steel industry. In his previous positions, he worked directly with OEM customers that are similar to Bodine’s diverse customer and



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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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The Coolest Thing Made in Iowa

The Coolest Thing Made in Iowa

The Coolest Thing Made in Iowa Competition The Coolest Thing Made in Iowa is an annual competition sponsored by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) and Midwest One Bank. The competition was created to be a fun and lighthearted way to showcase the impressive diversity of products manufactured in Iowa and to promote



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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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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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Custom Gearmotors Solve AGV / AMR Challenge

Custom Gearmotors Solve AGV / AMR Challenge

Large distribution warehouses operated by wholesalers,  retailers, or large manufacturers have turned to Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) or Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) to keep up with ever-increasing demand for faster and more economical deliveries. A major original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for AGVs contacted Bodine Electric Company to help develop two new custom gearmotors for their



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Gearmotors for Hazardous Locations

Gearmotors for Hazardous Locations

The National Electrical Code (NEC) categorizes areas that may contain explosive concentrations of dust or vapors into classes and divisions. Bodine now offers gearmotors and motors that meet either Class I, Division 2, (Groups A, B, C and D) or the more stringent Class I, Division 1 (Groups C and D) standards. Our Class I,



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