The TNC 640, HEIDENHAIN's high performance mill-turn control, is offered with touch technology that supplements the TNC 640's field-proven cycles and functions. It allows the user to operate the control screen with gestures, similar to smartphones or tablets.
With the new TNC 640 touchscreen, the operator navigates intuitively through long lists, programs, tables and other content by what is known as kinetic scrolling. The kinetic scroll converts the impulse of hand contact into a particular scrolling speed. A short, slow swipe scrolls the screen over a few lines, while a long, fast swipe scrolls it over many lines.
The user can stop dynamic scrolling at any time with a short tap. That makes it possible to easily find an NC block, for example, or a tool in long NC programs or tool tables. The user moves the programming and 3-D test graphics directly on the screen-dynamically, smoothly and without jerks. The desired graphic view can be adjusted conveniently by touch. The user can also use touch gestures to zoom in for details and out again, as well as move or rotate graphics.
The minimum requirement for NC Software version is 340 59x-07 SP2. The hardware enabling touch control are the MC8532 main computer and the BF 860 color flat-panel.
These units come without any hardware keys since they have been designed for touch operation. The MC 8532 features 19" touchscreen, an Intel Core i7-7-3 processor with 1.7 GHz on SSDR and 4 GB RAM memory. The BF 860 offers four USB ports. The TE 745 (FS) remains unchanged and does not need to be upgraded with the hardware. In that way, the operation of the TNC 640 remains familiar to existing TNC 640 users.
Solutions packages "Connected Machining," "Dynamic Efficiency" and "Dynamic Precision" remain available.
For more information contact:
HEIDENHAIN Corporation
333 E. State Parkway
Schaumburg, IL 60173-5337
847-490-1191
www.heidenhain.us