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Gearmotor Winding Options - AC, PMDC, and BLDC (EC)

Gearmotor Winding Options – AC, PMDC, and BLDC (EC)

Winding design is one of the major factors that determines gearmotor performance. For example, the windings may be driven by AC or DC current. They may require a capacitor, or a control to run, and may be configured as single, split- or three-phase systems. Some motor types provide precise speed and position control, while others



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Bodine Electric COVID-19 Update – Continuity as an Essential Business

Bodine Electric COVID-19 Update – Continuity as an Essential Business

In three short months, the Coronavirus has spread across the world affecting businesses in all industries and all demographics. At Bodine Electric Company, we have multiple facilities in United States, as well as a subsidiary operation in Suzhou, China – all of which have been fortunate in not having any severe impacts due to the



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How to Connect a 3-Wire-Reversible 1-Phase PSC Gearmotor or Motor

In this How-To video, we explain how to connect and wire a run capacitor to one of our stock PSC (single-phase), 3-wire-reversible AC (fixed speed) gearmotors (type WX & FX). Permanent Split Capacitor (PSC) gearmotors require a run capacitor to be connected to the winding at all times. Copyright Bodine Electric Company © 03/2020. All



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Bodine Gearmotors for Packaging Applications

Bodine Gearmotors for Packaging Applications

We have decades of experience with supplying rugged, high-performance gearmotor solutions to many OEMs in the packaging industry. Our design team understands the demanding performance requirements for packaging machines where downtime is not an option. Bodine offers over 1,400 standard/stock products with gear ratios from 4:1 to 3600:1, torque to 1000 lb-in (113Nm) and horsepower



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Cannabis Industry to Reign Supreme in 2020

Cannabis Industry to Reign Supreme in 2020

We visited MJBizCon in Las Vegas in December 2019 — a premier trade show for Cannabis Industry related products and services (Marijuana Business Daily put on this trade show event). We saw a lot of innovative automation equipment that is used in the Marijuana Business for cultivating, trimming, extracting, packaging, and processing the various products.



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Happy Holidays and a Healthy 2020!

Happy Holidays and a Healthy 2020!

We wish you Happy Holidays and a great start into 2020! Holiday Hours for Bodine Electric Company 12/23 (Monday) 7:00am – 5:00 pm CST 12/24 (Tuesday) Closed 12/25 (Wednesday) Closed 12/26 (Thursday) 7:00am – 5:00 pm CST 12/27 (Friday) 7:00am – 5:00 pm CST 12/30 (Monday) 7:00 am – 5:00 pm CST 12/31 (Tuesday) Closed



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How to Select and Size Gearmotors for Conveyor Applications

How to Select and Size Gearmotors for Conveyor Applications

This post provides step-by-step instructions for how to size and select a gearmotor in a belt-driven conveyor application. Before sizing a gearmotor, we must first know the application requirements. For our example, the conveyor system requirements are as follows: Able to handle a 200lb (90kg) load Have adjustable speed, up to 12 inches/second Be able



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What is a Gearmotor?

What is a Gearmotor?

In our company history, we mention that Bodine Electric is one of the pioneers in the design and development of small (fractional HP = FHP, less than 1 HP) gearmotors in North America. Bodine Electric introduced the first integral gearmotors in the 1920s. Here is a brief discussion on how we define a gearmotor or



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Gearmotor Tips from Bodine Electric: Type 33A or 42A DC Motor Brush Replacement

Gearmotor Tips from Bodine Electric: Type 33A or 42A DC Motor Brush Replacement

In this Gearmotor Tips video, we demonstrate how to inspect and replace the carbon brushes in a Bodine type 33A or 42A permanent magnet DC (PMDC) stock gearmotor or motor. Our stock 33A and 42A PMDC gearmotors and motors use a unique method of maintaining a constant force on the motor brushes. A roll-type spring



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Replacing Carbon Brushes in PMDC Gearmotors from Bodine

Replacing Carbon Brushes in PMDC Gearmotors from Bodine

Learn how to replace brushes in our 24A, 33A or 42A PMDC gearmotors and motors.



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