Phase-out servo, still in service
The 1FK7063-5AF71-1DG0: Lifecycle reads eol_hot: the part is in its final factory-run window, with the last new-unit shipments tightening and the open market thinning. For a procurement desk that means last-time-buy timing on any build still in the pipeline, and a longer-tail independent channel feeding spares for installed bases.
Sourcing posture for an eol_hot line
For an eol_hot servo the buying question is no longer "catalog price" but "how many good units are still pullable, and from where." Our supply is through independent distribution: each RFQ pulls current availability and unit pricing at quote time, with manufacturer traceability documented per lot. No OEM-direct or authorized-channel claim is made here — the value is genuine, traceable, and matched to the remaining demand window for this exact order code. If a BOM position is mid-build and the factory has stopped taking new orders, the next move is to lock remaining production-quantity stock before the line goes dark and rely on the independent channel for service spares afterward. A design that can be re-pointed at the current SIMOTICS S successor should be re-pointed; a design that cannot should hold spares.