Digital Readout Improves Readability, Eases Installation
Heidenhain’s ND 5023 digital readout (DRO) is designed for use with manually-operated machine tools.

DROs Offer Useful Software Features
Heidenhain’s Acu-Rite brand has released a line of three digital readouts (DROs) with software features and hardware for milling, turning, grinding and boring applications

Manufacturing News of Note: March 2018
IMTS 2018 opens registration, partnership enables remote access to CNCs, and other industry news.

Rotary Encoders Improve Robot Absolute Position Accuracy
Heidenhain introduces encoders designed specifically for the requirements of the robotics, medical and drive technology industries.

Heidenhain, Open Mind Partner to Connect CAM Simulator, CNCs
Open Mind’s Connected Machining module will enable networked Heidenhain TNC controls to be run from remote locations.

Monitoring System Connects Control with PCs, Mobile Devices
Heidenhain Corp.’s StateMonitor connects the company’s TNC controls with PC systems to enable users to view data and evaluate control processes remotely and in real-time.

Control Beyond CAM Unlocks Five-Axis Potential
Capabilities native to the CNC can facilitate levels of performance that would be impossible to achieve by relying solely on post processed part programs.

Responding to Growth, Heidenhain Appoints New Management
The changes come as the company establishes a more significant West Coast sales and support presence.

Heidenhain Acquires AMO
AMO’s precision feedback encoder products will expand Heidenhain’s motion control offerings.

Gage Enables Accurate In-Process Measurement
The Heidenhain-Specto ST 3087 RC gage has a special housing for in-process measurements.

Understanding Direct-Drive Technology in Machine Tools
Today’s electric motors and electronic control systems offer important benefits.

Touch Screen Controls Speed, Simplify Navigation
Heidenhain’s TNC 620 contouring controls now include touchscreen technology designed to enable operators to navigate quickly and intuitively through lists, programs, tables and other content via kinetic scrolling. 

Milling Machine’s CNC Leaves a Mark
When the prototyping process wasn't able to keep pace with creativity, installing a Heidenhain CNC on this manufacturer's Webb milling machine enabled faster machining, prototyping for this tattoo-machine developer.

Heidenhain Appoints New President, Managing Director
David Doyle now has responsibility for the corporation’s operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Volumetric Compensation for Aerospace Applications
Präwest needed to improve machine tool accuracy. Etalon's LaseTracer-NC and KinematicsComp from Heidenhain enabled the shop to make dimensionally accurate workpieces without readjustments.

Heidenhain Announces New Distributor in Texas
Lighthouse Global Energy distributes Heidenhain’s Leine & Linde encoders to serve the wind energy and oil and gas industries.

Rotary Encoders Couple Motor Feedback Systems to Torque Motors
Heidenhain supplements its line of inductive position encoders with the ECI 4000/EBI 4000 rotary encoder series.