GE-FanucIC600BF915LSeries Six Axis Positioning Module Type 1 (APM / AX15), Single-Axis Servo Interface, Single Slot

Product Description

What this part is

A GE Fanuc Series Six Axis Positioning Module, Type 1, catalogue number IC600BF915L. It is the motion-control interface between a Series Six programmable controller and one servo-controlled axis. The module takes position commands from the PLC program, closes the position loop against axis feedback, and issues the velocity command to the servo drive.

Correcting the source data

This is a controller interface module, not a servo drive and not a motor. It commands a drive; it does not supply motor power. You still need the servo amplifier, the motor and the feedback device.

Decoding the order code

IC600 — GE Fanuc Series Six product lineBF — board with faceplate. The bare board is IC600YB915 and the faceplate alone is IC600FP915.915 — Axis Positioning Module, Type 1. The Type 2 APM is IC600BF917, a different and later module.L — revision suffix. An equal or higher alpha suffix directly replaces a lower one, so an L supersedes A through K.
AX15 is GE’s shorthand for the Type 1 APM and is what the faceplate and much of the field literature call it. 44A717556-G01 and 44A717555-G01 are GE internal drawing numbers for the board and its subassembly — kept here because buyers search on them, but the catalogue number to order against is IC600BF915L.

What this module means in practice

Without an APM, a Series Six can only bang discrete outputs at a drive and count pulses in ladder — crude, slow and hard to tune. The APM moves the position loop off the CPU and onto dedicated hardware, so the PLC issues a move and the module executes it. Commissioning, tuning and diagnostics are done from the Program Development Terminal, which monitors and controls the APM directly. If you are recovering a legacy Series Six machine with a servo axis, this module is normally the single-source item that decides whether the machine runs.

Published specifications

Function: axis positioning module, Type 1 — interface between Series Six controller and a servo-controlled axisAxes: single axis per modulePlatform: GE Fanuc Series Six, Model 600 and Model 6000 systemsConfiguration and monitoring: Program Development Terminal (PDT)Form factor: single Series Six rack slot, board with faceplateBoard-and-faceplate catalogue number: IC600BF915; bare board IC600YB915; faceplate IC600FP915Reference document: GEK-83543A, Axis Positioning Module (Type 1)

Installation and setup notes

Seats in a Series Six rack and draws logic power from the rack supply — add it to your rack current budget. Servo command, feedback and limit wiring land on the faceplate connector. Insert and remove with the extraction/insertion tool furnished with the CPU rather than pulling on the faceplate. Expect to load and verify axis parameters from the PDT before first motion, and prove overtravel limits and the E-stop chain with the drive disabled.

Quantity and configuration

One module, board with faceplate. The rack, rack power supply, servo amplifier, motor, encoder or resolver, axis cabling, connector kit, Program Development Terminal and documentation are not included.

Interchange guidance

Direct replacement for lower-suffix IC600BF915 modules. IC600BF917 is the Type 2 Axis Positioning Module — a different generation with different documentation (GEK-90766A), so it is a related item and not a drop-in for a Type 1. IC600YB915 is the same board without a faceplate. Also written IC600-BF915L, IC600 BF915L, IC6OOBF915 (letter O for zero), BF915L and AX15.