Bodine 3317HX Servo DC Motor – Special OEM Design for 130 VDC High-Speed Applications

Product Overview

The Bodine 3317HX is a servo-grade fractional horsepower DC motor manufactured by Bodine Electric Company, the Peosta, Iowa–based drive specialist whose motors have anchored OEM machinery for more than a century. Positioned within Bodine’s 33/34-frame DC motor family, the Bodine 3317HX carries the “HX” product-type designation that, according to Bodine’s published nomenclature, identifies a special OEM design built around the company’s high-speed permanent-magnet DC architecture—making it a purpose-engineered motion source rather than a general catalog motor.

At its core, the Bodine 3317HX delivers the hallmark characteristics of Bodine’s DC servo products: high starting torque, linear speed/torque characteristics, adjustable speed across a wide range, and predictable performance under fluctuating loads. Supplied as a 130 VDC machine, it is designed to operate from unfiltered SCR-type controls or filtered and unfiltered PWM-type DC speed controls, giving integrators full flexibility when pairing it with legacy analog drives or modern digital motion controllers.

Because the Bodine 3317HX is an OEM special, it frequently appears in dedicated machinery roles—field-service documentation and reseller listings consistently reference 130 VDC servo duty in high-speed spinning and chute-fed textile equipment—while its compact 33/34-frame envelope allows drop-in replacement in installed machines without mechanical rework. The base 3317 performance platform it derives from is documented at 10,000 RPM, 33 oz-in rated torque, 1/3 HP output, with a torque constant of 14.5 oz-in/A and a voltage constant of 10.7 V/krpm, providing the speed headroom and torque density that servo applications demand.

For machine builders and end users, the value of sourcing a genuine new Bodine 3317HX lies in preserving the engineering intent of the original OEM design: matched torque constants, consistent rotor inertia, stabilized magnets, and USA-manufactured quality that keeps existing motion profiles, drive tuning, and cycle times intact across the service life of the equipment.

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