For production managers, the ability to check on the status of machines remotely is an invaluable asset for monitoring cutting cycles and importantly, establishing the reasons for idle times.
The range of small, absolute rotary encoders of 35mm diameter in Heidenhain's 1000 and 1100 series has been expanded to include new versions with Drive-CLiQ connectivity.
TMB+ torque motors, manufactured by ETEL in Switzerland and available in the UK and Ireland through Heidenhain, have the new option of a cooling jacket that provides alternative mounting options and other advantages to users in the machine tool industry.
Established in Burgess Hill, West Sussex in 1969, Heidenhain (GB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the German manufacturing group Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, is celebrating 50 years of supporting the manufacturing industry this year.
XYZ Machine Tools’ philosophy of offering ‘what the customer needs’ has led to its Heavy-Duty (HD) range of vertical machining centres being made available with the Heidenhain TNC 620 control.
A new incremental length gauge for high precision measuring and in-process control applications in harsh environments has been introduced by Heidenhain.
The need for Krenhof AG, an Austrian forging manufacturer, to produce an increasing number of modular dies has led to the purchase of two Alzmetall mill-turn centres equipped with Heidenhain TNC 640 controls. They are the first 5-axis machining centres in the Köflach factory and were purchased along with a new CAM system.
A new, incremental length gauge for high precision measuring and in-process control applications in harsh environments has been introduced by Heidenhain.
As part of the Industry 4.0 area at EMO 2017, Heidenhain is presenting its Connected Machining system of production in which all work steps are networked - from the design to the deliverable component – via the company’s TNC control.