With GE Fanuc’s recent acquisition of VMIC, you have a tremendous opportunity to improve your Series 90-70-based control solutions.  VMIC has a wide variety of modules for the Series 90-70 and other expertise that will help you reduce costs and improve the performance of your systems.  Examples are the analog I/O modules that will be offered for the Series 90-70. 

Why use the new modules?  That’s easy: performance, hardware savings and installation savings are just a few.  With up to 64 channels of analog on a single module, cost can be reduced by as much as 50 percent.  In addition to the reduced hardware cost, the modules are also half-width modules that can be used in either a standard Series 90-70 rack or an integrator rack.  When the modules are placed in the integrator rack, the I/O capacity is doubled. 

Reflective Memory is another key product from VMIC that will help GE Fanuc solve your problems.  Reflective Memory is a high-speed network, up to 170 Mbaud, that allows multiple controllers to share large amounts of memory.  Typically Reflective Memory is used in the metals industry such as aluminum rolling mills and is a growing need in the semiconductor manufacturing market. 

Another strength for VMIC is their wide range of Single Board Computers (SBCs).  The SBCs can be used for a wide range of applications such as off loading some of the data processing of a Series 90-70 PLC.  The benefit to you is higher performance and more efficient process.  Furthermore, SBC integrates GE Fanuc’s software products, such as our CIMPLICITY suite and View Station on the backplane of the Series 90-70.  The SBC and software integration improves data throughput and reduces hardware cost and panel space. 

For more information on VMIC and new Series 90-70 modules, e-mail Bill Black.