Heidenhain opens 5-axis machining lab

Heidenhain Corp., a supplier of precision measurement and control equipment, has installed a working 5-axis machining lab at its headquarters in Schaumburg, Ill., equipped with the company’s TNC 640 contouring control for milling and turning.

Available for training sessions and visits by appointment, the 5-axis lab is actively machining parts using the company’s control technology. Programming of 5-axis machining is the focus, but other training opportunities include basic to advanced program training, as well as machine calibration, touch probe, and KinematicsOpt training.

The control guides the machining of complex parts, using such optional features as compensation of position errors through axis coupling, active vibration dampening, position-dependent adaptation of controller parameters, load-dependent adaptation of control parameters, motion-dependent adaptation of control parameters, active suppression of chatter, adaptive feed control, and trochoidal milling.