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Welcome to PDFsupply.com Your one source for GE Fanuc PLC parts.
Today's video is to discuss the history of GE/GE Fanuc, now GE IP PLC products.
The GE Fanuc PLC was basically introduced as a GE product in 1981 and it was the GE
Series Six Model 6. It was made up of a metal rack with multiple
cards making up the CPU system. First the Power Supply, then the CPU control
and then the I/O cards. It would then expand to multiple racks. It is still installed today
and is programmed with Logic Master 6 software in a serial format.
The second product to follow the Series Six was a much smaller, and one of the first modular
PLC systems called Series One. The Series One was made by a company, Koyo
for General Electric. It consisted of a 5 slot or 10 slot rack, was capable of being
expanded, consisted of a CPU behind the Programmer and Power Supply with multiple I/O Cards and
then with a cable would expand to addition racks.
That left a wide gap between the Series One and the Series Six. So, the next product of
introduction was the Series Three. The Series Three was very similar to the Series One in
that it was a modular system, but the CPU and programmer were embedded as one single
unit. The lifespan of this product was relatively
short, and also made by Koyo. These are used constantly in many applications like elevators
and grain control systems and still today are running.
The following unit was the Series Five, again another relatively short-lived product consists
of Power Supply, CPU and a programmer and multiple I/O. Again, made by Koyo for General
Electric. After these products were all introduced,
the first true GE Fanuc product in the small units was the GE Fanuc 90-30 system and is
installed today. It consists of a Power Supply, a CPU, which I'll install, and then multiple
I/O Cards. This was introduced in the later 80's and is still one of the most popular
GE Fanuc PLC's out. Following the 90-30, came the 90-70, the big
brother. This is called the Series 90-70. Again, Power Supply, CPU and I/O, multiple
racks. These products have now come into of a mature status and they have now moved to
their sister product, the Rx3i and the Rx7i. The Rx3i replacing the 90-30, and the Rx7i
replacing the 90-70. Their differences are the high speed buses on these units and more
powerful processors. But functionally, perform about 90% of the same tasks that the 90-30
would do, but with much higher speed and more flexibility.