Community College of Denver (CCD) is the first Authorized Training Partner for HEIDENHAIN TNC controls in North America. (l-r) HEIDENHAIN's Julian Renz, CCD's Eric Miller, HEIDENHAIN's Joe Pizzoferrato and CCD's Matthew Sweeney
HEIDENHAIN has announced Community College of Denver's (CCD) Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) as the first HEIDENHAIN authorized training partner (ATP) focusing on its CNC controls in North America. "Here, both students and industry stakeholders alike can now access and train on the latest in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment," said a company spokesperson.
To become a HEIDENHAIN ATP, CCD staff completed several rounds of advanced training on the 5-axis HEIDENHAIN TNC machine controls and successfully passed an extensive exam.
"We are thrilled to be able to contribute to domestic manufacturing with these advanced capabilities," said Matthew Sweeney, AMC Director."
HEIDENHAIN's TNC Business Development Manager Gisbert Ledvon explained that "HEIDENHAIN has been in a relationship with CCD and their Advanced Manufacturing Center in Colorado since 2015, including participating in multiple joint workshops held at CCD for 5-axis machining covering theoretical and practical parts." There are multiple HEIDENHAIN TNC controls in operation at the AMC, and student classes are currently being offered there from basic to advanced control programming and training.
CCD is now listed online as one of the global ATPs of DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH, and other North American institutions are now invited to apply to the ATP program as well. More information about ATP program partnership is available from HEIDENHAIN.
This expanded HEIDENHAIN ATP program is part of a larger North American TNC support initiative. This new support includes increased control training at HEIDENHAIN offices in the Schaumburg, IL, an establishment of a controls application group with dedicated contact information (TNCApplications@heidenhain.com), as well as a hotline for on-the-go technical support (847-490-0351, Ext. 2).
For more information contact:
HEIDENHAIN Corporation
333 E. State Parkway
Schaumburg, IL 60173-5337
847-490-1191
www.heidenhain.us
Eric Miller
Community College of Denver (CCD)
Cherry Creek Building
1111 W. Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80204
303-352-3060
www.CCD.edu/machining