Parker November 2018 Discontinuation

9630 & 9640 Series Obsolescence

Discontinuation Date: November 2018

Parker Electromechanical Automation makes every effort to ensure our products exceed our customers’ expectations. To do so, we occasionally must change/improve some aspect of the product. This bulletin describes the obsolescence of the 9630 and 9640 series. This information is provided so that you may take appropriate action with users of the 9630 and 9640 product lines.

Availability
The obsolescence of the 9630 and 9640 series is due to low sales volume of these product lines. It is expected that the obsolescence of these series will be negligible overall. Parker will keep enough parts on hand to offer the 9630 and 9640 for approximately six months after the issuance of this notice to allow the migration of affected customers to alternative products. Currently the estimated LTB date is May 1st 2019.

It is recommended that LTB orders are placed as soon as possible as remaining units are estimated based upon historical purchase patterns and the LTB date is estimated, not guaranteed.The following is a complete list of products affected by this obsolescence notice:
9630P3U2B0
9630P3U2B0-DEMO
9630P3U4B0
9630P3U4B0-DEMO
9630P3U6B0
9630P3U8B0
9640P3U0B0
9640P3U0B0-DEMO
9640P3U0B0-R

Migration Recommendations
Both the 9630 and 9640 series of ACR controllers included the ability to program using both the Acro Basic language as well as in IEC 61131-3 PLC programming languages (such as ladder). The 9630 also allowed users to choose between using analog control or Ethernet POWERLINK to command slave drives, whereas the 9640 only controlled slave drives through Ethernet POWERLINK. For many customers, the IEC 61131-3 PLC portion of their ACR program is limited and can be written into AcroBASIC with little effort. The best option might be to migrate to the AcroBASIC-only counterparts of the 9630 and 9640: the 9030 and 9040 respectively. This would expand the life of the application with potentially little effort.Alternatively, where IEC 61131-3 is strongly preferred by the customer, the Parker Automation Controller or PAC (parker.com/emn/pac) maybe an appropriate alternative. The PAC is programmed solely in IEC 61131-3 languages and supports PLCOpen motion control function blocks. The PAC’s main control bus is EtherCAT butit also supports Ethernet/IP and others. It is important to note that the PAC is not capable of using traditional analog command signals to control servos; thus, applications would need to retrofit drives in addition to controls.

ET125 Obsolescence

Parker’s Electromechanical and Drives Division makes every effort to ensure our products exceed our customers’ expectations. To do so, we occasionally must change/improve some aspect of our product offering. This bulletin describes the obsolescence of the ET125, part of the ET Electric Cylinder Series.

Availability
Due to an inability to source certain critical components, the ET125 will no longer be able to be manufactured by Parker Hannifin and is immediately obsoleted. New orders will no longer be accepted.

Parker will continue to offer the remainder of the ET series (32, 50, 80 and 100 profile sizes). Customers that require performance characteristics similar to the ET125 should refer to the ETH125 Electric Cylinder as an alternative to their application. In addition, customers can utilize Parker’s sizing and selection tool, Virtual Engineer, to select the necessary actuator for their application. In addition, Parker’s application and engineering teams are available to help develop a cost-effective solution for your application.