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Description

Meggitt is committed to providing the best technology and systems for the monitoring and protection of
industrial machinery. Our solutions, including the VM600 machinery monitoring systems from the
vibro-meter® product line, enable safer and more efficient operation of critical machinery in power
plants, and oil & gas company assets. They allow protection and accurate condition monitoring, helping
to avoid catastrophic failures and enabling cost-effective predictive maintenance, helping you to get
the most from your machinery.
While we trust that your VM600 system has served you well, Meggitt is committed to offering our
customers the best possible measurement and monitoring solutions, which naturally involves updating
and replacing items in our product range.
Since its launch in 2001, more than 8,000 VM600 rack-based machinery protection and/or condition
monitoring systems have been installed throughout the world and VM600 solutions are recognised
globally for their high quality, reliability and performance in the field. In 2021, the second-generation
VM600Mk2 system was launched in order to integrate the latest technology, improve performance, meet
our industry’s evolving demands, and ultimately to replace first-generation VM600 (VM600Mk1) systems.
“VM600Mk2, launched in September 2021, is an evolution of the bestselling VM600 and the result of
70 years of domain expertise. It extends the lifetime of existing VM600 systems and enables
state-of-the-art advanced machinery protection and condition monitoring.”

While the VM600Mk1 system is today in the mature phase of its product life-cycle, the VM600 was
specifically designed to be flexible and modular, and to support future evolution (VM600Mk2). This allows
us to ensure continued support and to extend VM600 system lifetimes, to the benefit of our customers.
Accordingly, this letter is to inform you that VM600Mk1 cards and systems are being phased out with
immediate effect and that we will now offer and supply equivalent VM600Mk2 modules and systems for all
new orders. This accelerated transition from VM600Mk1 to VM600Mk2 is primarily due to the obsolescence of
key electronic components since 2016, which has limited our ability to produce VM600Mk1 cards. (Usually,
our obsolescence management strategy enables us to identify component obsolescence issues early,
thereby allowing appropriate measures to be taken to enhance product lifetimes. However, due to the
ongoing global electronic components crisis, such situations have become increasingly difficult to
manage.) Further, we are confident that now is the right time for this transition because of the number of
VM600Mk2 systems that have been installed and are exceeding customer expectations since the launch
last year.
At the same time, we have also decided to limit the availability of VM600Mk1 cards to spares, in order to
continue to support existing first-generation VM600 systems for as long as possible. Accordingly, VM600Mk1
cards are now subject to an end-of-life / last-time-buy announcement, as described in a separate letter:
vibro-meter® VM600 systems – end of life for first-generation VM600 cards (VM600Mk1).