FORM 8-A
                                
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549
                                
        FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                
                                
                         SPX CORPORATION
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                
                Delaware                               38-1016240
(State of incorporation or organization)    (I.R.S.Employer Identification No.)

        700 Terrace Point Drive, Muskegon, Michigan 49443
        (Address of principal executive officers) (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
      Title of each class            Name of each exchange on which
      to be so registered            each class is to be registered
   11-3/4% Senior Subordinated           New York Stock Exchange
        Notes due 2002

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                              None

    - X -  Request immediate effective date  

Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

The  material set forth in the section captioned "Description  of
the  Notes"  in  the Registrant's Amendment No.  2  to  Form  S-3
Registration  Statement (Registration No. 33-52833),  filed  with
the  Securities  and  Exchange Commission on  May  27,  1994,  is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.  Exhibits.

1.   Restated  Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated  herein
     by reference from the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-
     K, file no. 0-419, for the year ended December 31, 1987.

2.   Certificate  of Ownership and Merger dated April  25,  1988,
     incorporated  herein  by  reference  from  the  Registrant's
     Annual  Report on Form 10-K, file no. 0-419,  for  the  year
     ended December 31, 1988.

3.   Bylaws  as  amended  through April  24,  1985,  incorporated
     herein  by reference from the Registrant's Annual Report  on
     Form  10-K, file no. 0-419, for the year ended December  31,
     1987.

4.   Form of the Registrant's 11-3/4% Senior Subordinated Note  due
     2002.

5.   Indenture,  dated as of June 6, 1994, between the Registrant
     and  The Bank of New York, as trustee, relating to the 11-3/4%
     Senior Subordinated Notes due 2002 is incorporated herein by
     reference from the Registrant's Amendment No. 2 to Form  S-3
     Registration   Statement  filed  with  the  Securities   and
     Exchange Commission on May 27, 1994.

                            SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to  the  requirements of Section 12 of  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934,  the Registrant  has  duly  caused  this
registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereto  duly authorized,  on  this 1st day  of
December, 1994.

SPX CORPORATION


By:   James M. Sheridan
Its:  Vice President-Administration