Empower Manufacturing
The countdown has begun! We hope to see you at EMO Hannover starting on Sept. 22, 2025! The following highlights await you:

New machining technologies for the TNC7 such as shaping, cylindrical grinding and cylinder surface machining that enhance the control’s done-in-one machining capabilities
The new TNC7 go, which brings an intuitive user interface and innovative functions such as “Graphical positioning” to vocational t...

Today’s top tip from our NC Solutions database: Programming a workpiece counter that recalls the current count after shutdown is easy. Simply use a table for non-volatile storage!  
Visit our NC Solutions database for an example including a downloadable program file:https://www.klartext-portal.com/tips/nc-solutions/workpiece-counter-with-qr-parameter

Today is International Panic Day. But you have nothing to worry about, because this day is intended to remind you to keep calm and stay in control during potentially challenging situations; like when proving-out new workpieces. The OC 310 override controller on the TNC7 provides you with one-of-a-kind assistance while doing so. A multi-colored LED override indicator and the tactile vibration feedback ensure a high level of control and safety. And if the OC 310 detects sudden rotation t...

Five-axis machining is rightly seen as the gold standard in subtractive manufacturing. To master the complexity behind simultaneous multi-axis contouring, TNC controls from HEIDENHAIN offer innovative functions that make even the hardest milling challenges easy to manage.
Three examples:

Tool Center Point Management: Ensures optimal tool guidance and prevents contour damage
Cycle 32: Optimally adapts machine settings to the required milling processes
Cycle 444: Automatically probes even co...

Perfect contour fidelity, surface quality and machining time are mutually conflicting goals:
 
- If the top priority is fast machining, then contour fidelity and surface quality will suffer.
- If exact contour fidelity is your aim, then slower feeds and exact tool approaches will result in longer machining time and more surface marks.
- If exceptional surface quality is key, then machined surfaces must often be ground smooth at the cost of contour fidelity and machining speed.
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Traditional milling machines and lathes are a common sight in many machine shops, where they are still used for training purposes or for making simple parts. But due to their often high overall longevity, many of these machines are constrained by aging digital readouts or low-tech graduated dials.
Fortunately, upgrading your machines can be convenient and cost-effective. Simply retrofit them with an ND 7000 or POSITIP 8000 digital readout. After a fast and easy installation process, you&rs...

Download your free e-book: If you want to boost your shopfloor efficiency with minimal investment, then collecting, visualizing and analyzing machine data is an essential starting point. Accurate machine data collection exposes the efficiency of your processes and delivers a valuable basis for analyzing wider operational data. Learn how easy this is in our free e-book Greater Process Efficiency, Higher Productivity.
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The TNC7 brings productivity-enhancing CNC performance to machine tools of all types. The control’s HMI portfolio offers the perfect hardware variant for every application, featuring intuitive touchscreen operation on a 16”, 19” or 24” Full HD monitor.
Two different operating panels are also available: a full keyboard unit with all operating keys or a streamlined version reduced to a machine operating panel and only the most important TNC function keys.
Each hardware va...

Is it possible to improve something as venerable as the potentiometer? Absolutely. The OC 310 override controller is the latest potentiometer generation for TNC7 controls and offers a variety of noteworthy enhancements.
With a quick turn of the OC 310, users can increase feeds to 100% or drop them down to 0%. Haptic feedback improves everyday convenience, causing the override controller to vibrate at user-defined events. And with our "Conditional stop" software function, users can set breakpoin...