When a company with a 70-year reputation for quality-honed workmanship and experience with OEMs decides that, to better serve their customers, they need a better website they don’t just give it a spit shine and a new banner–at least not if they’re Groschopp Inc. Priding themselves on their full-service engineering department and the ability to…
Hybrid Drive for Agricultural Vehicles
This hybrid drive suits agricultural sprayers—crop irrigation and treatment machines. It has been co-engineered with the Powertrain division of Magneti Marelli. The drive’s electric motor is integrated in a gear unit designed for this type of agricultural application. One of the benefits of this integration is a compact size, which suits sprayers whose drive systems…
Energy Efficient Gear Motors
Gear motors are common units on belt conveyors. The trend is for these units to manage heat better, be lower in weight, and smaller in size. One example is the eDrive™ Technically Advanced Power Transmission Line. This gear motor reduces heat by 25%; reduces weight by 30%; and has a footprint that’s 15% smaller than…
Bison Gear Introduces New IP69K Stainless Steel SANIMotor
Bison’s new IP69K rated stainless steel SANIMotor™ uses state-of-the art technology to ensure long,maintenance-free gearmotor life. This revolutionary gearmotor completely encapsulates all electrical components in thermally conductive epoxy resin, allowing use for up to 40°C (104°F) ambient temperatures. The encapsulated SANIMotor™ is completely enclosed with 304 stainless steel tubing, sealed with EDPM rubber o-rings and…
maxon Improves EC16 Brushless DC Servo Gearmotor
Maxon’s EC16 brushless DC servo gearmotor has had a number of modifications and improvements. The most obvious changes are the 60° winding pattern, the NdFeB high performance magnet and the higher power output. Plus, the shortened motor type’s sterilizable version. The new EC 16 is available with up to five winding types as well as…
Easy online gearbox selection
Online CAD Generator is for quick and easy product selection and part number generation. This online tool builds upon the CAD selection and part number creation functions for alpha gearboxes by adding: Clear and easy to understand visuals representing various part options; Technical specifications for immediate product review; Complete drive train selection from gearbox to motor;…
Stainless steel washdown motors
Stainless steel motors have an exterior construction of 300 Series stainless steel housing, end bells, output shaft, and conduit box. Motors are UL/ULc certified and conform to 2007 EISA efficiency standards. All units feature Class F insulation, Class B rise at 1.15 service factor, and epoxy-encapsulated windings. Internally locked bearings eliminate unwanted axial movement. Other…
Gearmotors Drive Underwater ROVs
There has been a rising tide of underwater applications for ROVs (remote operated vehicles) over the past few years, especially with intensified focus on maritime security and a mandated need to satisfy increasingly strict enforcement regulations. Below the water line ROVs have been repeatedly enlisted at ports and harbors to find and identify unknown foreign…
Gear Motors Help Cameras Get into Positon to Track Fast and Slow Motion
Camera position can make or break a shot. With users ranging from bloggers to entertainment channels, to scientists and engineers, the video market has need for accurate and repeatable positioning, but at a fraction of the typical budget. Camera support system specialist Kessler Crane puts the focus on developing affordable positioning systems that still give…
alpheno® Gearbox from WITTENSTEIN
The engineering team at WITTENSTEIN has succeeded in designing the future in servo gearboxes – the alpheno®. A high performance gearbox that sets new benchmarks for machine productivity efficiency. In 1983, Manfred Wittenstein introduced the first low-backlash planetary gearhead – the alpha. The product range has continued to expand with the adding of inline and…
B&R Expands Line of Synchronous and Stepper Motors
B&R Industrial Automation announces the addition of precision planetary gears to its line of synchronous and stepper motors. The result is a high performance and economical drive program for all industrial fields that can be optimized to meet customers’ needs and is provided from a single supplier. Together with the renowned German manufacturer Neugart, B&R…
OKS Coating Provides Corrosion Protection for Lenze Geared Motors
UXBRIDGE, MA – Lenze Americas announced a new OKS Coating for its Lenze geared motors and gearboxes for the packaging market. The metallic coating provides superior surface and corrosion protection that withstands extremely harsh ambient conditions. Environmental factors including UV rays, temperature, humidity, salt-spray, oil, solvents, fuel and acids can cause corrosion on motor surfaces…
33A-WX Permanent Magnet DC Gearmotor from Bodine
CHICAGO, IL — The new WX gearhead is now available with two 33A permanent magnet DC (PMDC) motors. The WX is a high-torque gearhead built to provide longer life and higher performance than similar gearmotors in the same size range. These gearmotors are designed to drive applications such as conveyor systems, packaging equipment, metering pumps,…
Pittman® 22mm Brush-Commutated DC Gearmotors
Pittman® brand 22mm brush-commutated DC gearmotors integrate planetary gearboxes to meet demanding speed and torque requirements in applications with tight design envelopes. They ideally suit devices for the data storage, medical and biotech, semiconductor processing, and automation industries, among others, where DC gearmotors must be relatively small and highly powerful. These 22mm DC gearmotors (Series…
Bison Gear Acquires Von Weise of Canada Brushless DC Motor Business
St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has acquired the brushless DC (BLDC) electric motor business of Von Weise of Canada Company. The product line includes low voltage (12-24 volt) BLDC motors ranging from 80 to 225 watts (0.1 to 0.3 hp) with integral multifunction speed controls. “With increased requirements for greater energy…
Sauer-Danfoss’ Fan Drive Gear Motors Offer Three New Features
AMES, IOWA – Sauer-Danfoss (NYSE:SHS)’ SGM2 and SGM3 aluminum fan drive gear motors now offer three new features: integrated reversing and proportional valves; a bi-directional motor for remote HIC reversing valves with shaft seal protector and cast iron cover; and outrigger bearing for slewing, high vibration, and oscillating fan drive applications. These new features help…
Sensorless Brushless DC Gearmotors
St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. introduces its new line of sensorless brushless DC (SBLDC) parallel shaft gearmotors with powers up to 1/6 hp (124 watts). The new 34 frame AUTONOmotor™ gearmotors are powered by totally enclosed, nonventilated (TENV) brushless motors that are sensorless to reduce cost, size, and wiring complexity while…
Sauer-Danfoss introduces New Features for High Performance Fan Drive Systems
AMES, IOWA – Sauer-Danfoss’ (NYSE:SHS) D Series cast iron fan drive gear motor now offers an integrated valve solution to match fan speed to cooling demand with the additional capability to reverse fan rotation for radiator cleaning. Sauer-Danfoss’ D Series cast iron fan drive gear motor now offers an integrated valve solution, matching fan speed…
Bison Gear & Engineering Receives 50 Year AGMA Membership Award
St. Charles, IL – The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) recognized Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. with a special 50 Year Membership Award at its recent annual meeting in Tucson, Arizona. Bison Gear Executive Vice President George Thomas and Chief Learning Officer Sylvia Wetzel were on hand to receive the award. AGMA Chairman, Dave Ballard,…
Groschopp Introduces the NEMA Right Angle Worm Gearboxes
Groschopp Inc. introduces their new line of NEMA Right Angle (RA) Worm Gearboxes. The high performance industrial machine industry can now access Groschopp’s extensive supply of high quality, lightweight, modular NEMA Right Angle Worm Gearboxes. Groschopp’s new NEMA Right Angle Worm Gearboxes with hollow out-put shafts allow options for right, left or dual shaft configurations.…
New 100mm AC Right Angle Gearmotors from Bison Gear
St. Charles, IL – As OEM equipment becomes smaller in size, while output power requirements increase, gearmotor and electric motor manufacturer, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. introduces its new 100mm AC motor line offering 1/8 hp (93w) in 30% less volume than previously available. The new 4″ diameter single phase motors have now been mated…
Bison Gear and Kaman Industrial Technologies Sign National Distribution Agreement
St. Charles, IL – Following a successful period of regional authorized distribution, gearmotor manufacturer, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has entered into a new North American distribution agreement with Kaman Industrial Technologies, one of North America’s largest distributors of power transmission and motion control products. Kaman now has the ability to distribute the full product…
Bison Gear’s New 100mm AC Gearmotor
St. Charles, IL – In response to customers demanding more power in a smaller space, gearmotor and electric motor manufacturer, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has introduced its new 100mm AC motor line offering 1/8 hp (93w) in 30% less volume than previously available. The new 4″ diameter single phase motors have been mated to…
Bodine Expands Online Product Support Tools and Information
CHICAGO, IL— Bodine Electric Company has expanded the product information and support section of its website, www.bodine-electric.com. Visitors to the Bodine web site can now find product information, accessories, and replacement parts by simply entering a Bodine product serial number. Commonly requested information and literature such as connection diagrams and operating manuals can be downloaded…
Bison Gear Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence
St. Charles, IL – Today, over 200 employees of Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the St. Charles, Illinois headquartered gearmotor manufacturer. Bison was established in 1960 by three Chicago area entrepreneurs who derived the company’s name from their last initials of B-S-N. The company began…