What the hot-EOL flag means for spares
The 1FK7060-5AF71-1EA3: An EOL_HOT reading on a 1FK7 compact motor is the signal a maintenance buyer watches for — production has been formally wound down, so new factory stock is gone or drying up, and the part's remaining life now depends on independent-channel inventory, last-time-buy residuals, and pulled units from decommissioned equipment. For an installed line running 1FK7 axes, that translates into a hard recommendation: hold at least one critical spare per axis in the cabinet before the channel thins out, because a hot-EOL motor that fails with no spare on hand can idle a machine for the full RFQ-and-ship cycle.