Tag Archives: Gearmotor

Bodine Electric featured in PTDA newsletter

This is a reprint of an article published by PTDA (Power Transmission Distributors Association) in the June 15, 2026 issue of their “Spotlight” newsletter. One regular feature of “Spotlight” is a story about one of their manufacturer members. In this issue, PTDA member Bodine Electric Company was featured. The gearmotor described in the story was



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Bodine Electric at Automate 2026

Bodine Electric Company exhibited at the Automate trade show in Chicago at McCormick Place on Monday, June 22, through Thursday, June 25. Automate, North America’s largest robotics and automation event, celebrated its most successful show to date. The 2026 show marked the 10th Automate event and featured 1,230 exhibitors drawing more than 50,000 registrants. Our



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Bodine Electric’s Spring Sales Meeting

Bodine Electric Company held their 2026 Spring Sales Meeting in Iowa last week, from Monday, May 18, through Wednesday, May 20. The meeting began at Bodine’s headquarters in Peosta, Iowa where our sales team got updates from our manufacturing team on various continuous improvement projects. This was followed by a tour of Bodine’s main factory



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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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Bodine Electric at MD&M West 2026

Bodine Electric Company exhibited for the second time at the MD&M West trade show in Anaheim, California from February 3 – 5, 2026. The show floor was divided into four areas of interest: Medical Design & Manufacturing, General Design & Manufacturing, Plastics, and Automation/Packaging. Bodine Electric chose to relocate from the Automation/Packaging area to the



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Bodine Electric at Motion Automation Summit

Bodine Electric Company participated in the Motion Automation Summit at Motion’s headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. While the event spanned the whole week for the approximately 30 product specialists at Motion, Bodine’s participation was limited to Wednesday, October 1, only. Mike Gschwind (VP of Sales & Marketing), Scott Seeley (Customer Service & Distribution Channel Manager), and



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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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120th Anniversary Celebration

On Saturday, June 21, 2025 – Bodine Electric Company held their 120th Anniversary Celebration at the company’s headquarters in Peosta, Iowa. Current and past employees from both the Peosta factory and the Northfield, Illinois factory – along with their family members – were invited to attend the event. Fun was had by all! Even in



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Introducing Ryan Powers

Join us in welcoming Ryan Powers to Bodine Electric’s Sales & Marketing Team. He is our new Territory Sales Engineer. Ryan comes to Bodine with over 17 years’ experience in B2B sales, primarily in the steel industry. In his previous positions, he worked directly with OEM customers that are similar to Bodine’s diverse customer and



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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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