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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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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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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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Brush Replacement for a Bodine type 24A permanent magnet DC (PMDC) stock gearmotor or motor

Brush Replacement for a Bodine type 24A permanent magnet DC (PMDC) stock gearmotor or motor

Watch this video to learn how to inspect and replace the carbon brushes and brush springs in a Bodine type 24A permanent magnet DC (PMDC) stock gearmotor or motor. To watch, click here. To download these instructions as a PDF, please visit our Literature page: https://www.bodine-electric.com/literature/brush-maintenance/ Copyright Bodine Electric Company © 07/2021. All rights reserved.

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New Fan Shrouds for Bodine type 34R, 42R, and 48R - TEFC AC Gearmotors and Motors

New Fan Shrouds for Bodine type 34R, 42R, and 48R – TEFC AC Gearmotors and Motors

Starting this fall, we are rolling out new fan shrouds for our standard type 34R, 42R and 48R AC induction gearmotors and motors (48Rs, likely early 2022). The new, metal fan shrouds are several times stronger than the old metal designs and will provide superior protection to the fan end of the AC gearmotors and

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Molecular Distillation Equipment for the Cannabis Industry

Molecular Distillation Equipment for the Cannabis Industry

A manufacturer of CBD distillation equipment required a gearmotor to precisely control the flow and speed of liquid material through their new distillation apparatus. Working with an authorized Bodine distributor and our sales team, the manufacturer selected several of our variable speed AC inverter duty gearmotors, combined with inverter drives (VFDs) and a PLC control

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AC Inverters (VFDs) for Variable Speed Applications

AC Inverters (VFDs) for Variable Speed Applications

Standard AC motors provide low-cost, low maintenance power for almost any industrial application. However, they have limitations. They run at only one (fixed) speed, meaning sprockets, pulleys or a gearbox are required for speed reduction. AC inverter-duty (variable speed) gearmotors feature either 230 VAC or 230/460 VAC AC 3-phase windings, specifically designed with inverter rated

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New Gearmotor Selection and Application Guide

New Gearmotor Selection and Application Guide

We are celebrating our 115th Anniversary this month, and to celebrate this major milestone, our team developed a new Gearmotor Selection and Application Guide to share our many years of design and application engineering expertise with you. With millions of Bodine AC, PMDC and BLDC fractional horsepower (FHP) gearmotors, motors and speed controls in operation

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