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Considerations for Traction Motor Applications -- AC, BLDC or PMDC Motors

Considerations for Traction Motor Applications — AC, BLDC or PMDC Motors

  A ”traction motor” is a motor or gearmotor used in a traction application. Golf carts, electric vehicles, locomotives, lift trucks, etc. Often “traction motors” also have mounting features, temperature sensors, wiring terminals that are useful in mounting the motors in a vehicle. They may also have a higher level of environmental protection against dust



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Professor Shahidehpour Named IIT’s Bodine Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor Shahidehpour Named IIT’s Bodine Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has appointed Mohammad Shahidehpour to the Carl and Paul Bodine Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer engineering.  Dr. Shahidehpour has been a faculty member at IIT for the past 25 years, with expertise in large-scale power systems, non-linear stochastic systems and optimization theory. He has written more than 300



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Bodine Electric -- A Brief History in Motion...

Bodine Electric — A Brief History in Motion…

Over a century ago, two Swedish immigrant brothers, Carl and Paul Bodine, recognized that industrial machinery required stronger, more reliable motors than those currently on the market. In 1905 they rented a small loft in Chicago for their company headquarters and concentrated on developing durable small motors. A Century of Innovative Design As the demand



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Welcome to the Bodine Electric Blog!

Welcome to the Bodine Electric Blog!

As the leading supplier of fractional horsepower (FHP) industrial electric motor products, Bodine Electric Company offers more than 1,000 standard designs of electric motors, gearmotors, and motion controls worldwide. Bodine FHP gearmotor and motor solutions include AC induction (fixed- and variable speed), permanent magnet DC (PMDC), and high-performance Brushless DC products. All are available as motors only,



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