{"id":358,"date":"2015-08-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2020-03-05T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:34:11","slug":"replacing-servo-amplifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you experience a system failure due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/fanuc\/automation\/servo-amplifiers\/1\">Fanuc C series<\/a> servo amplifier, (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/product\/A06B-6066-H002\">A06B-6066-H002<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/product\/A06B-6066-H003\">H003<\/a> etc.) you may feel like your only option is to replace it with the same exact unit. However <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/fanuc\/1\">Fanuc<\/a> also offers the \u03b1 series servo amplifiers which features improvements over the C series. In most cases you can replace your C series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/fanuc\/automation\/servo-amplifiers\/1\">servo amplifier<\/a> with the \u03b1 series servo amplifier that has the identical final four numbers of the C series model number. The chart below outlines this:<\/p>\n<p>The advantages of replacing your C series amplifier with an \u03b1 series amplifier are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A built in power supply<\/li>\n<li>A second interface, type B, as well as the more conventional type A interface<\/li>\n<li>Updated power device, intelligent power module, to reduce power loss and increasing reliability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u03b1 series amplifiers are also designed with the same dimensions as the C series so that you can install them into your current system easier.<\/p>\n<p>Go to our website to check out our selection of C series and \u03b1 series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/fanuc\/automation\/1\">FANUC amplifiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you experience a system failure due to a Fanuc C series servo amplifier, (A06B-6066-H002, H003 etc.) you may feel like your only option is to replace it with the same exact unit. However Fanuc also offers the \u03b1 series servo amplifiers which features improvements over the C series. In most cases you can replace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,30],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanuc","category-product-information","tag-motors-and-drives"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Replace Fanuc C Series Servo Amplifiers with \u03b1 Series Servo Amplifiers, which are available now with free same-day shipping from MRO Electric and Supply.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Replace Fanuc C Series Servo Amplifiers with \u03b1 Series Servo Amplifiers, which are available now with free same-day shipping from MRO Electric and Supply.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MRO Electric Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mroelectric\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-12T13:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-05T16:34:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joe Kaminski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mroelectric\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mroelectric\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joe Kaminski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joe Kaminski\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b993515a2417163a23dfe88597c8d13a\"},\"headline\":\"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-12T13:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-05T16:34:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/\"},\"wordCount\":178,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Motors &amp; Drives\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Fanuc\",\"Product Information\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/\",\"name\":\"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-12T13:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-05T16:34:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Replace Fanuc C Series Servo Amplifiers with \u03b1 Series Servo Amplifiers, which are available now with free same-day shipping from MRO Electric and Supply.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"MRO Electric Blog\",\"description\":\"Applications of PLCs, CNCs, and more!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MRO Electric and Supply\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mro-logo-new_large2_blue-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mro-logo-new_large2_blue-1.png\",\"width\":430,\"height\":222,\"caption\":\"MRO Electric and Supply\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mroelectric\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mroelectric\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b993515a2417163a23dfe88597c8d13a\",\"name\":\"Joe Kaminski\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb7c0d641ed541ad912b27609e8079304fc356be7b5b53578b32ad3fa973f506?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb7c0d641ed541ad912b27609e8079304fc356be7b5b53578b32ad3fa973f506?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Joe Kaminski\"},\"description\":\"Joe Kaminski is an industrial automation specialist at MRO Electric. He has a background in industrial engineering and supply chain management. Joe has worked in the automation industry for over 10 years providing support to some of the largest companies in the world. For more info, visit www.mroelectric.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/author\/jadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series","description":"Replace Fanuc C Series Servo Amplifiers with \u03b1 Series Servo Amplifiers, which are available now with free same-day shipping from MRO Electric and Supply.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series","og_description":"Replace Fanuc C Series Servo Amplifiers with \u03b1 Series Servo Amplifiers, which are available now with free same-day shipping from MRO Electric and Supply.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/","og_site_name":"MRO Electric Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mroelectric\/","article_published_time":"2015-08-12T13:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-05T16:34:11+00:00","author":"Joe Kaminski","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mroelectric","twitter_site":"@mroelectric","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joe Kaminski","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/"},"author":{"name":"Joe Kaminski","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b993515a2417163a23dfe88597c8d13a"},"headline":"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series","datePublished":"2015-08-12T13:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-05T16:34:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/"},"wordCount":178,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["Motors &amp; Drives"],"articleSection":["Fanuc","Product Information"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/","name":"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-08-12T13:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-05T16:34:11+00:00","description":"Replace Fanuc C Series Servo Amplifiers with \u03b1 Series Servo Amplifiers, which are available now with free same-day shipping from MRO Electric and Supply.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/replacing-servo-amplifiers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Upgrading From FANUC C Series Servo Amplifier to \u03b1 Series"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/","name":"MRO Electric Blog","description":"Applications of PLCs, CNCs, and more!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"MRO Electric and Supply","url":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mro-logo-new_large2_blue-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mro-logo-new_large2_blue-1.png","width":430,"height":222,"caption":"MRO Electric and Supply"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mroelectric\/","https:\/\/x.com\/mroelectric"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b993515a2417163a23dfe88597c8d13a","name":"Joe Kaminski","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb7c0d641ed541ad912b27609e8079304fc356be7b5b53578b32ad3fa973f506?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb7c0d641ed541ad912b27609e8079304fc356be7b5b53578b32ad3fa973f506?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Joe Kaminski"},"description":"Joe Kaminski is an industrial automation specialist at MRO Electric. He has a background in industrial engineering and supply chain management. Joe has worked in the automation industry for over 10 years providing support to some of the largest companies in the world. For more info, visit www.mroelectric.com.","url":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/author\/jadmin\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Brian Hughes","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4052,"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/4052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mroelectric.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}