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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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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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Stainless Steel AC Inverter-Duty Gearmotors

Stainless Steel AC Inverter-Duty Gearmotors

Rated IP-69K for protection against dust and high temperature, high pressure water ingress. Our new stainless steel AC right-angle gearmotors are ideal for machines and systems that are subject to intensive cleaning and daily washdowns. Regardless of whether the gearmotors are used for material handling, intralogistics, packaging, or clean room applications, their hygienic properties, long

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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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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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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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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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Gearmotors for Commercial Food Equipment

Gearmotors for Commercial Food Equipment

Bodine Electric is a proud supplier to many OEMs in the food equipment industry. Our engineers have designed gearmotor solutions for applications in pizza conveyor ovens, pita bread production, mixers, pumps, and beverage dispensers. Some of our newer gearmotors are rated IP-66 and can withstand moisture, grime and water jets. For more info, please visit:

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