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120th Anniversary Celebration

120th Anniversary Celebration

On Saturday, June 21, 2025 – Bodine Electric Company held their 120th Anniversary Celebration at the company’s headquarters in Peosta, Iowa. Current and past employees from both the Peosta factory and the Northfield, Illinois factory – along with their family members – were invited to attend the event. Fun was had by all! Even in

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Bodine Celebrates 120 Years - May 10th, 2025

Bodine Celebrates 120 Years – May 10th, 2025

Celebrating 120 Years of Excellence We are proud to celebrate 120 years of Bodine Electric Company! Bodine Electric was founded on May 10, 1905, and since then has remained family owned with 3rd and 4th generation family members actively working towards continued success for our company. The continued involvement of the Bodine family and the

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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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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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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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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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