St. Charles, IL – A new white paper on “Improving Gearmotor Efficiency” posted on the Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. web site addresses the relatively untapped energy savings to be had with the proper application of the billions of fractional horsepower electric motors and gearmotors in use today. Most electric motor efficiency efforts and attention […]
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FlexTorq(TM) 762 Hollow Shaft Offset DC Gearmotors
St. Charles, IL – Designed to fit into high torque, tight space applications, and featuring either a 1.25″ (31.75 mm) I.D. hollow shaft or a 1.25″ diameter solid shaft in the u-shaped or s-shaped configuration, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. introduces its new FlexTorq™ 762 series hollow shaft offset DC gearmotors. Driven by 1/20, 1/4 […]
Bison Gear’s VWDIR20 Parallel Shaft AC Gearmotor
St. Charles, IL – A new parallel shaft AC gearmotor available in eight standard models is the latest addition to the expanding Von Weise Drop-In Replacement gearmotor line of Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. The new VWDIR20 AC gearmotors feature 1/4 horsepower (186 watts) 115V, 60 Hz split phase electric motors. The compact, integral gear […]
Bison Gear’s Inverter Duty Gearmotors
St. Charles, IL – Electric motors consume from 63% to 70% of the electricity used in American manufacturing. However, most motor efficiency efforts to date have focused on less than 10% of the total electric motor population: those motors greater than one horsepower. In response to customer desires to increase efficiency in equipment employing fractional […]
VRAL Heavy-duty Servo Reducer
Itasca, IL – Shimpo Drives is proud to announce the introduction of its new servo speed reducer product, the Able VRAL Series. Offered in concentric shaft, with a maximum 5 arc-min backlash rating, the VRAL is Shimpo’s heavy-duty servo reducer product. The VRAL offers long life with high duty ratings and impressive output torque. VRAL […]
AC Right Angle Gearmotor
St. Charles, IL – A new right angle AC gearmotor available in six standard models is the latest addition to the expanding Von Weise Drop-In Replacement gearmotor line of Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. The new VWDIR33 AC right angle gearmotors feature 1/12 horsepower (62 watts) dual voltage (115/230V), dual frequency (60/50 Hz) single phase […]
New Micron Planetary Gearhead Selection Guide
WOOD DALE, IL – Danaher Motion has available a new product selection guide for Micron TRUE Planetary™ Gearheads. The guide details their portfolio of NemaTRUE™, DuraTRUE™, UltraTRUE™ and EverTRUE™ gearhead solutions with complete product features, benefits, specifications and ordering information. It also introduces the new ValueTRUE™ product offering; a high performance, helical crowned planetary gearhead […]