What are the Final Sale, End of Life, End of Support dates for Scanivalve products?

Products and versions of Software reach the end of their Product Life Cycle for a number of reasons including market demands, technology innovation and development driving changes in the product, or they simply mature over time and are replaced by functionally richer technology. While this is an established part of the overall product life cycle, Scanivalve recognizes that end-of-life milestones often prompt companies to review the way end-of-sale and end-of-life milestones impact the Scanivalve products in their environment.  The matrix below provides historical, current, and planned Final Sale and End of Support Dates to assist in the migration of alternative Scanivalve Products and Software versions.

You can find obsolete documentation for some products by clicking the product name in the table.

Definitions / Terms

DISCONTINUED

“Discontinued” for a product means that the product is no longer active in production and cannot be offered for sale. Discontinued products may still qualify for software maintenance and serviceability as long as parts and resources are available.

As the user of a product, one has to plan for the facilities’ needs, both current and a few years down the line. If the requirement is immediate and short term, it’s best to take advantage of the last buy. Typically, manufacturers will offer replacement products that can be use in place of a discontinued product. Some of these products can even be described as “drop-in replacements,” where the replacement model may be able to directly replace a legacy product with few to no modifications.

END OF LIFE

“End Of Life” for a product means that the product has outlived the parts that are required to repair it. Sometimes products can still be minimally serviced beyond the End Of Life date, such as replacing o-rings, small pneumatic repairs, or performing calibrations. If you have a product you feel may fit in this category, please contact us.

This scenario presents a risk to companies that depend on their equipment to manufacture their goods and services. Because Scanivalve equipment is usually a capital investment, it often times goes through an approval process for funding. In addition, new equipment from a supplier can have a long lead times due to the manufacturing process. Unfortunately, this frequently causes users to experience a loss of production and revenue for weeks and possibly months while a new product is being built. To mitigate these risks, it’s important to know about typical end of life cycles for your products. This will help to properly plan the process of replacing aging equipment and eliminate the surprise of a sudden breakdown of obsolete equipment, which can result in a loss of production and revenue.

UPGRADE PATH

“Upgrade Path” suggests that the discontinued product may have the ability to be upgraded to an active “Current Product.” This upgrade will use preexisting and new parts for the upgrade. Review any notes if ones are listed.
Please consult us for the upgrade possibility of your product. Include the Model, Serial Number, and Pressure Range (if applicable).

CURRENT PRODUCT

“Current Product” is the current active product that could be used as a replacement product, sometimes as a “drop-in” replacement, but not always. This does not imply that the discontinued product can be “upgraded” to this product unless specified. Please consult the products data sheet or manual for more information on the current product, or contact us for more information on replacing your equipment.

Notes

Note 1 – These modules can be calibrated as long as no electronics or hardware require repair. Hardware or electrical failures cannot be repaired unless spare parts have been kept by the user, or additional modules can be used to repair a module. Some pneumatic issues may be repairable depending on the severity and age of the module – see note 7.

Note 2 – Upgrade path to current series available. All available upgrades will be suspended at the listed End Of Life date.
— Some DSA modules can be upgraded to DSA-PTP by replacing the power and processor board, along with a valve rebuild. All other electronic parts (including the sensors, excitation boards, and ADC board) are not replaced unless repair is required. It is recommended that if the module is over 15 years old, it be replaced by a new unit verses an upgrade.

Note 3 – Older DSA modules may have used sensor batches that have different voltage output than what is currently available. Because of this, a calibration to the unit may result in a calibration failing to reach the full temperature compensated range (0°C to 72°C). Often, we have found the maximum range for these units to be 0°C to ~55°C. If this is acceptable, we can continue with the calibration. Otherwise, the module cannot be calibrated.

Note 4 – The RADBASE cannot be repaired and does not require calibration, however attached A/D3200 or RDS3200 units may be repaired and/or calibrated.

Note 5 – Transducers used in SPC4000 (SPT4000) can be calibrated and can be installed in the latest SPC4050. Transducers used in an SPC4050 (SPT4050) cannot be used in an SPC4000. SPC3000s can only be calibrated if no electronic or hardware repairs are needed (with the exception of some pneumatic repairs).

Note 6 – ZOC22, 23, and 33 modules that were manufactured prior to 2004 (and have never been returned to Scanvialve for service) are often not repairable as parts are no longer available. This includes leaking modules, bad sensors, and electronic issues. These modules must be replaced with a suitable replacement.
For modules that were manufactured between 2004 and 2012 – some parts are of limited availability and repairs may or may not be successful. In some cases, we can combine multiple modules to create a single functional unit – but not always. We can evaluate the module, but a replacement module should be considered at this time. For any modules manufactured beyond 2012, the chance of repair is better however we can only repair module with the limited parts that are on hand.

Note 7 – Modules that are over 10 years old may require valve rebuilds or pneumatic repairs. These can be performed; however, this will lengthen the expected repair time. We cannot calibrate modules whose internal valve(s) are leaking.