Executive Summary
HIMA continues to extend the economic life of its safety controllers by releasing new firmware versions and guaranteeing hardware availability for a minimum of 15 years after first customer delivery.
At the same time, selected legacy I/O modules are entering the “Limited” phase (last-time-buy within 24 months).
This bulletin outlines the revised lifecycle roadmap and highlights the top spare-part SKUs that every end-user should stock to avoid unplanned downtime.
Current Lifecycle Snapshot
|
Product Family |
Status (Aug-2025) |
Key Firmware |
End of Commercial Delivery |
Recommended Action |
|
HIMax V6 rack |
Active |
V6.4.1 |
≥ 2040 |
Upgrade to V6.4.x |
|
HIMax V5 rack |
Mature |
V5.6.3 |
31 Dec 2030 |
Plan migration |
|
HIMatrix F3x |
Active |
F3 v2.9 |
≥ 2035 |
Maintain |
|
F8652E CPU |
Limited* |
F8 v1.7 |
31 Dec 2027 |
Last-time-buy now |
|
F7553 DI module |
Obsolete |
– |
Already discontinued |
Replace with F75 |
*Limited = spare parts still available but no new feature releases.
Critical Spare-Parts List (12-month buffer stock)
|
Reference |
Description |
Typical Lead-time |
Recommended Qty* |
|
F8652E |
SIL 3 CPU, 2oo3, 32 MB |
10 weeks |
1 per 5 racks |
|
F7554 |
16-ch SIL 3 DI, 24 VDC |
8 weeks |
2 per 10 racks |
|
F3236 |
8-ch SIL 3 AI, 4-20 mA |
8 weeks |
1 per 10 racks |
|
F6217 |
8-ch SIL 3 DO, 24 VDC |
8 weeks |
2 per 10 racks |
|
F7130-A |
Redundant power supply |
12 weeks |
1 per 3 racks |
|
SILworX V6 license dongle |
Engineering tool |
2 weeks |
1 spare site-wide |
*Calculations assume 99 % availability target and 24-hour call-out window.
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