The new fractional horsepower parallel shaft VWDIR83 gearmotors from Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. represent a versatile, long life, value solution. Designed as Von Weise Drop-In Replacements, the Bison VWDIR83 gearmotors are available in 12 standard models; 6 each for 12 volt and 90 volt DC inputs. With gear ratios from 32:1 to 430:1, fixed…
Parallel Shaft Gearmotors from Bison Gear
St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. introduces its new VWDIR84 parallel shaft, fractional horsepower gearmotors designed as Von Weise Drop-In Replacements. The Bison VWDIR84 is available in 13 standard models, with output speeds from 6 to 85 RPM and torques from 50 to 600 in-lbs. Three models are powered by a dual…
Rino P Series Worm/Wheel Gearbox
The Rino P Series Worm/Wheel Gearbox is uniquely built with a slim profile to fit into tight spaces. From 0.87‚†wide for 17 inch-lbs torque to 2.36‚†wide for 520 inch-lbs of torque at 2000 rpm it fits where other gearboxes cannot. Ratios from 5:1 to 120:1 are standard. It has a single piece stainless…
Von Weise Drop-In Replacement Gearmotor
St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. introduces its new VWDIR03 right angle fractional horsepower gearmotor, designed as Von Weise Drop-In Replacements. The Bison VWDIR03 is available in 13 standard models, with output speeds from 4.5 to 100 RPM and torques from 27 to 250 in-lbs. With applications ranging from exercise equipment to…
Commercial Duty Gearmotor Product Line
St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. introduces its new VWDIR line of fractional horsepower gearmotors designed as Von Weise Drop-In Replacements. The VWDIR line encompasses over 75 standard models of AC and DC parallel shaft and right angle gearmotors designed for a wide variety of commercial and light industrial applications. Manufactured in…
Bison Gear Web Site Adds International Order Capability
St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering, has added international order processing and fulfillment capability to its BisonGear.com web site. Bison’s new worldwide order fulfillment capability covers 235 countries, dependencies and territories. Through secure credit card processing and dependable UPS Worldwide delivery, Bison’s gearmotor products are easily accessed anywhere. www.bisongear.com ::Design World::
Bosch Rexroth Expands External Gear Unit Line
Bethlehem, PA – Bosch Rexroth has expanded its line of external gear units with the addition of two new SILENCE pump series and optimized standard series. Users can now select from among more than 5,000 pump variants and over 500 motor variants available in Rexroth’s modular line of external gear units to find the optimal…
Bison Gear Receives Second "Best and Brightest" Award
ST. CHARLES, IL– Gearmotor manufacturer Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has been selected the second consecutive year as one of Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). The Best and Brightest awards were established to honor those companies that recognize employees as their greatest asset.…
Inverter Duty Gearmotor from Bison
Bison’s new 107 series Inverter Duty gearmotor is rated at 1/20 hp @ 230V, 60 Hz and 3 phase. Coupled with a variable frequency Bison drive, the gearmotors are rated from 6 Hz to 90 Hz with a broad line of gear ratios. Input power is either 115V or 230V, 60/ 50 Hz for maximum…
Guidance Counselors introduced to Bison Gear’s Skilled Workforce Initiative
St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. and Waubonsee Community College hosted a group of guidance counselors serving Illinois’ Fox River Valley for an introduction to Bison’s Skilled Workforce Initiative. With a mature workforce that has developed an extensive inventory of valuable skill sets over time, and which is increasingly entering retirement, it…
alpha gear drives, Inc. Changing Name to WITTENSTEIN, Inc.
alpha gear drives, Inc. was founded in North America in 1992. By 1999, the strong demand for servo gear solutions branched out from industrial applications and was coming from fields such as military and medical technology. To better support customers in these specialized industries, additional subsidiaries of alpha were created, including WITTENSTEIN aerospace & simulation,…
Bison Gear’s Skilled Workforce Initiative
St. Charles, IL – Gearmotor manufacturer Ron Bullock’s “efforts to expand and better educate his workforce, even one worker at a time, might come as a surprise given the prevailing public image of U.S. manufacturing as a struggling, outdated industry,” according to a report today by Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism news service. In…
GAM Expands Web Site Content
Mount Prospect, IL ‚– Helpful new tools and expanded content are now available on GAM‚’s website, www.gamweb.com. Visitors can input gearbox and coupling specifications to create 3D CAD files for download and find helpful selection guides, sizing data and more. The company‚’s new customizable line of integrated gear motors, direct drive and stainless steel servo…
Bison Gear’s Sylvia Wetzel Appointed to Investment Board
St. Charles, IL – Sylvia Wetzel, Corporate Training and Development Manager for Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. and Vice President, Bullock Properties, has been appointed to the River Valley Workforce Investment Board. “We are proud that Sylvia’s commitment to skilled workforce development has been recognized by this prestigious appointment,” said Ron Bullock, Chairman of Bison…
DC Gearmotors for OEM Applications
Santa Clara, CA – High quality, low cost DC gearmotors for OEM applications are available from Source Engineering, Inc. of Santa Clara, CA. These 12 mm to 50 mm DC gearmotors are available with cut steel gears for high strength applications, plastic gears for low noise requirements, and very low cost, powered metal. Available in…
Bison Gear on CBS Evening News
St. Charles, IL – Offsetting gloomy economic indicators, CBS Evening News reports a survey found 26% of U.S. manufacturers plan to add jobs between April and June. Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. is one of those manufacturers, having added over 50 new jobs in the last year, with a half dozen positions still to be…
Cost-Effective Power Unleashed
Micro-Drives announces the expansion of its DC gearmotor product line with the addition of its cost-effective series M32P DC gearmotors. Consisting of a DC motor with an iron-core rotor and graphite commutation joined to a metal planetary gearhead, the 32 mm diameter gearmotor’s construction ensures long life even when subjected to demanding conditions. The series…
RAB 30 Right-Angle PMDC Gearmotor from Allied Motion
Allied Motion’s new RAB 30 series of right-angle gearmotors are specifically designed for battery-powered medical mobility equipment such as wheelchair, scooter, and patient lifts. The RAB 30 is also ideal for a varitey of utility and commercial applications like tarp and awning actuators, gate operators, welding wire-feed and cable-pulling systems. The RAB 30 is engineered…
The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association has named Ron Bullock its Chairman until 2010.
(St. Charles, IL) – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) has named Ron Bullock its Chairman until 2010. Bullock is the owner and Chairman of Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. of St. Charles, Illinois. Bullock acquired Bison Gear in 1987 as a manufacturer of gear reducers with 70 employees in a 38,000 sq. ft. facility in…
Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. Promotes James Parejko to Vice President,Continuous Improvement and Engineering
James Parejko, Vice President, Continuous Improvement and Engineering (St. Charles, IL) – James Parejko has been promoted to Vice President, Continuous Improvement and Engineering at Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. In his new role, Parejko will direct the five areas of Continuous Improvement and Engineering: Quality, Process Improvement, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Facilities/Manufacturing Engineering. …
New Guide to Drives and Soft Starters from Danfoss Drives
LOVES PARK, IL — Danfoss Drives has available a new Guide to Drives and Soft Starters for Machine and Plant Automation. This comprehensive and fully illustrated guide features their complete family of VLT® variable frequency drives and MCD soft starters for industrial applications, with detailed product benefits and features, general specifications, dimensions, performance data, options…
Parallel Shaft Gearmotors
Designed as direct drop-in replacements for many high volume OEM applications, the Sharq 207 series parallel shaft gearmotors are the first in a family of eleven new gearmotor designs being introduced in 2007. Powered by 1/20 horsepower, UL and CSA recognized AC motors, the four standard models in the series have torque ratings from 42…