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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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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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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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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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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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New Video: How to Connect a Reversing Switch to a 3-Wire-Reversible PSC Gearmotor

New Video: How to Connect a Reversing Switch to a 3-Wire-Reversible PSC Gearmotor

In this How-To video, we explain how to install and wire a reversing switch for one of our stock, AC single-phase, permanent split capacitor (PSC), 3-wire-reversible gearmotors or motors. For this demonstration, we are using our large die cast terminal box, model 0986, a stock capacitor, and a Single-Pole, Double-Throw, Carling brand toggle switch, with

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Introduction to Motor Constants for Fractional Horsepower Gearmotors

Introduction to Motor Constants for Fractional Horsepower Gearmotors

Motor constants are needed to calculate permanent magnet DC (PMDC) or brushless DC (BLDC or EC) motor specifications and ratings, or to match the motor properly to an amplifier. The motor constants are required in order to predict the PMDC or BLDC motor’s performance with changing variables, such as different input voltages or different loads. (See below PDF

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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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