Overly Hautz
  • PRODUCTS
      • Automatic® Motor Bases
        • DX925Automatic® Motor Bases
          These bases are ideal for most applications including remote sites. The space saving pancake design is spring loaded to virtually eliminate maintenance.
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      • Adjustable Motor Bases
        • 254B2Adjustable Motor Bases
          Our adjustable motor bases include products intended for wide range of specific applications.
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      • Heavy Duty Bases and Rails
        • A100225 HDW-C2Heavy Duty Bases and Rails
          Overly Hautz Style C2HD motor bases feature reinforced construction for Heavy Duty applications utilizing motors from smaller to over 200 horsepower.
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      • Conversion Bases
        • Adapter ArrayConversion Bases
          Overly Hautz transition fixtures adapt NEMA “rerated” motor frame sizes to existing mountings. Tell us your requirements, if we don’t have your conversion base in stock, we will custom build a conversion base for you.
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      • Pivoting Motor Bases
        • A101780.1Pivoting Motor Bases
          Overly Hautz offers standard and heavy duty pivot bases to mount motors above or below the driven unit, with sizes ranging from 56 through 449T and larger.
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      • Stainless Steel
        • 254B2 SSStainless Steel
          Adjustable Rails are available in lengths from 1 to 8 feet for motors ranging from under 10 to over 1000 horsepower. Each installation of adjustable rails normally requires two rails.
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  • CUSTOM
      • Custom Built Bases
        • A104071-A_DOUBLECustom Built Bases
          Our specialists solve many design problems in adjustable or fixed mountings for motors plus speed reducers, clutches, dynamic brakes, generators, gear motors and other power transmission assemblies.
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  • ABOUT
      • About Overly Hautz
        • oh19About Overly Hautz
          At Overly Hautz Motor Base Company, motor mounting systems are our specialty.
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      • Mission Statement
        • oh8Mission Statement
          At Overly Hautz Motor Base Company, motor mounting systems are our specialty.
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      • History
        • oh10History
          Founded in 1934, we pioneered the concept of fabricated motor bases and rails over 90 years ago.
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      • Giving
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      • Professional Affiliations
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      • FAQs
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Automatic® Motor Base Certification

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Automatic® Saves $1000’s in Energy

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Automatic® Motor Base Patent

Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. receives patent for modifications and improvement to the front of…
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Issuance of US Patent For Motor Base Screw Adjusting Mechanism

Overly Hautz Company, the leading North American manufacturer of motor mounting products, is pleased to…
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New Adjustable Motor Base Greatly Increases Life Cycle

Overly Hautz Company (OHC) has introduced a new patent-pending screw adjusting mechanism to their line…
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Overly Hautz Announces Expansion

Overly Hautz Company, the leading North American manufacturer of motor mounting products, has expanded their…
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Tenso-Set Quick Release Patent

Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. jointly develops the Tenso-Set Quick Release patent for Browning.
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Overly Hautz Implements New ERP System

LEBANON, OHIO April 3rd, 2013 – Overly Hautz Company, the leading North American manufacturer of motor…
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Email: motorbases@overlyhautz.com

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  • PRODUCTS
    • Automatic® Motor Bases
      • Automatic® Motor Bases
    • Adjustable Motor Bases
      • Adjustable Motor Bases
    • Heavy Duty Bases and Rails
      • Heavy Duty Bases and Rails
    • Conversion Bases
      • Conversion Bases
    • Pivoting Motor Bases
      • Pivoting Motor Bases
    • Stainless Steel
      • Stainless Steel
  • CUSTOM
    • Custom Built Bases
      • Custom Built Bases
  • RESOURCES
  • ABOUT
    • About Overly Hautz
      • About Overly Hautz
    • Mission Statement
      • Mission Statement
    • History
      • History
    • Giving
      • Giving
    • Professional Affiliations
      • Professional Affiliations
    • FAQs
      • FAQs
  • NEWS
  • CONTACT
1984-Present
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  • 2019

  • Relocation

    The Overly Hautz Motor Base Company is relocated across state to a new site just north of Cincinnati, at 215 S. West St., Lebanon, OH.

  • Automatic Motor Base

    The Overly Hautz Motor Base Co acquires the product rights for the Automatic Motor Base invented and patented by Jerome J. Sloyan, the owner of the Automatic Motor Base Co,..Read More

  • Pivoted Motor Base

    The Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. purchases the product rights of the Murray Pivoted Motor Base from the Murray Equipment Co.

  • Expansion

    The Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. expands shipping, assembly and inventory into the adjoining property in Lebanon site.

  • Tenso-Set Quick Release Patent

    Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. jointly develops the Tenso-Set Quick Release patent for Browning.

  • Automatic Motor Base Patent

    Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. receives patent for modifications and improvement to the front of the Automatic Motor Base.

  • Newly Renovated Property

    The front end office moves to the newly renovated adjoining property at 285 S. West St. The additional facility also provides for expansion of finished goods inventory, a vast shipping..Read More

  • Automatic® Motor Base Certification

    Automatic<sup class="registered-trademark">®</sup> Motor Base Certification

    LEBANON, OHIO (December 11, 2016)  The Automatic Motor Base is certified as an energy saving device by Advanced Energy, a certified motors and drives testing laboratory, of Raleigh, NC after..Read More

  • Overly Hautz Company

    Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. starts doing business as Overly Hautz Company.

  • Screw Mechanism Patent

    The patent covers the invention of a screw mechanism which is used to adjust the position of a motor. The mechanism provides enhanced pulling power and a reduced likelihood of..Read More

  • US Patent Awarded

    US Patent awarded for new Adjusting Screw Mechanism that increases lifecycle of motor bases by 5-10x.

1953-1983
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  • 1983

  • Adjustable Motor Base Patent

    Overly-Hautz awarded patent on the Adjustable Motor Base.

  • Harry Overly Passes Away

    Harry Overly, an original founder of Overly-Hautz passes away in April at 71 years of age.

  • Expansion

    The Overly-Hautz Company acquires a property, builds an addition, and moves to 8617 Clinton Road in Cleveland.

  • Shorewall

    Shorewall of Grosse Ile, Michigan is acquired and becomes a division of Overly-Hautz. They create versatile wall systems for waterways, erosion control, and truck loading docks from light weight steel.

  • Industrial Agricultural Product Business

    Overly-Hautz buys a business with locations in Meridian and Jackson, Mississippi that makes industrial agricultural products and implements.

  • Restructuring

    The Overly-Hautz motor base division restructures and becomes The Overly Hautz Motor Base Company.

1934-1952
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  • Riester & Thesmacher Co.

    Harry Overly and Edward Hautz meet and work together at Riester & Thesmacher Co., a sheet metal fabrication company in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • Overly Sheet Metal Company

    In May, during the Depression, Harry Overly started the Overly Sheet Metal Company on Memphis Avenue in Cleveland

  • Overly-Hautz Company Created

    Edward Hautz joined Harry Overly’s enterprise and The Overly-Hautz Company is founded. The company is a sheet-metal job shop with contracted work based on customer’s demand.

  • New Larger Facility

    The Company moves in December to a larger 3,300 square-foot facility in Cleveland at 11500 Madison Avenue.

  • Growth

    The Overly-Hautz Company, becoming a strong sheet-metal fabrication competitor in the Cleveland area, grows to occupy all 24,000 square feet of the building on Madison Ave.

  • War Years

    War Years

    During the war years, the plant takes on new war-effort contracts, producing parts for the Bofors gun mounts, water-tight gun mounts for submarines, and radar units.    

  • fabricated steel motor mount

    Overly-Hautz creates a fabricated steel motor mount for Reliance Electric.  This fabrication job develops into a highly successful proprietary product line.

  • Motor Rails

    Overly-Hautz introduces motor rails with an adjustable feature.

  • Adapt-O-Mount

    Adapt-O-Mount product is first designed and fabricated by Overly-Hautz. It provides a simple method of adapting a new re-rated motor to the old mountings.

  • Edward Hautz Passes Away

    Edward Hautz, an original founder of Overly Hautz passes away in December at 55 years of age.