The TNC 620 contouring digital-drive control from HEIDENHAIN Corp. is a new control for use on both milling machines and machining centers with up to 5 axes plus a spindle. The TNC is based on the NC Kernel software platform and boasts of: ?The ability to handle complicated tasks, including those that use swivel and rotary axes.?Functions which produce optimal machining results for simultaneous machining.?A dynamic look-ahead.?Algorithms for jerk limitation.?Intelligent motion control.?A HSCI (HEIDENHAIN Serial Controller Interface) that is based on the 100BaseT Ethernet standard.?A purely digital EnDat 2.2 encoder interface that completes the TNC 620 with a uniformly digital design from the main computer to the encoder.?info@heidenhain.com?www.heidenhain.com

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