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Bodine Electric Names New President

Bodine Electric Names New President

Please join us in congratulating Jeff Bodine on his retirement as President of Bodine Electric Company effective April 10th, 2026. Jeff has been with the family-owned company for almost 48 years, serving as president since 2017. When announcing his retirement, Jeff stated, “When I first walked through Bodine’s doors more than five decades ago, I

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Motors & Magnets Discussed at MDSM

Motors & Magnets Discussed at MDSM

Terry Auchstetter, Director of Marketing & Product Development at Bodine Electric Company, attended the 2026 Motor, Drive Systems & Magnetics Conference at Florida State University in Tallahassee on March 4 & 5. Auchstetter has now attended this conference five times and noted that the presentations each year, whether intentionally or not, have an overarching theme.

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Bodine Wins Bronze in 2025 LEAP Awards

Design World’s Editor-in-Chief Rachael Pasini and Managing Editor Mike Santora presented the winners of the 2025 LEAP Awards on October 29, 2025 in an online broadcast. LEAP stands for Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program and the awards span four of the WTWH engineering brands: Design World, Fluid Power World, Engineering.com and EE World. The winners

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Put an Encoder on it!

Put an Encoder on it!

I contributed a column for the June 2025 issue of Tech Brief’s Motion Design supplement about putting encoders on motors. Titled “Encoders on Motors Fix Motion Disorders”, the column summarized several options for adding an encoder to a motor. For this blog article, I created an extended version of that column that includes additional photos,

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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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