Machine optimization

Your achievable machining results are heavily influenced by the dynamic and static accuracy of your machine tool, including inaccuracies arising from machine production, installation, elastic deformation, dynamic error, and more.

Attaining optimal results requires collecting data on these inaccuracies and compensating for them. To improve the quality of your machine, the HEIDENHAIN Service team is ready to support you with tailored measurement offerings.

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Volumetric laser measurement

The positioning accuracy of your machine is largely determined by the perpendicularity and straightness of its guideways. Using our laser tracer, we’ll measure your machine and verify the positioning accuracy for all linear axes (X, Y, and Z). We can also check for other factors, such as straightness errors and angular deviations, along with the pitch, yaw, and roll of the axes. Any measured deviations can be compensated for in the control, resulting in significantly improved spatial positioning accuracy.

For users and manufacturers of machine tools
On-site servicing at your company

Linear laser measurement

For simpler measurement tasks, we also offer linear laser measurement with a high-accuracy laser interferometer that can verify the accuracy of a linear axis. Deviations are compensated for through relevant entries in the control’s compensation table.

For users and manufacturers of machine tools
For all machine tools, even those with non-HEIDENHAIN controls
On-site servicing at your company

Measure the accuracy of rotary axes

Using an RVM 4000 reference encoder and our ACCOM 4.0 PC software for machine measurement, we can perfectly verify the accuracy of your machine’s rotary axes. This process can be used for the high-accuracy acceptance testing of machine axes during initial setup or to improve machine accuracy by checking for and correcting deviations.

For users and manufacturers of machine tools
For all machines tools, even those with non-HEIDENHAIN controls
On-site servicing at your company
Rent the RVM 4000 for do-it-yourself inspection
Tailored specialist workshop on using the RVM 4000 with ACCOM 4.0

Learn more about the RVM 4000 Watch the RVM 4000 video

Verify contouring behavior

How good is your machine’s real-world contouring behavior? Measurements performed with the KGM 200 provide information about the thermal behavior and positioning accuracy of your machine’s axes. Circularity, free-form, and step-response tests provide the information you need to optimally align axes. For details about performing these tests, visit our product page devoted to the KGM 200.

For users and manufacturers of machine tools
For all machines tools, even those with non-HEIDENHAIN controls
On-site servicing at your company
Tailored technician workshop on using the KGM 200

We offer laser measurement, rotary axis measurement, and contouring-behavior testing for your machine tool, even for machines with non-HEIDENHAIN controls!

Angle head setup and calibration

An angle head helps with machining tasks such as inside machining. When it comes to defining, setting up and performing the measurements needed for an angle head, the HEIDENHAIN Service team is ready to help, regardless of the type, size, machine coupling, or tool holder involved. This service covers angle heads with fixed and adjustable angles, but also simple variants and double-sided angle heads.

For users of machine tools
For machine tools with a TNC7, TNC 640, or iTNC 530 control (Tilting option and PLANE function required)
On-site servicing at your company
Remote servicing for defining the angle head

Take the test:

Do you have irregular marks, shadows, or chatter marks on the surface of your workpiece?
Do you have unusually high tool wear?
Do you notice contour deviations on high-accuracy parts when dynamic parameters are used?
Do you repeatedly detect tolerance violations during workpiece inspection?
Do you experience difficulties with vibrations or inaccuracy under varying loading scenarios but can’t seem to find a better way to configure the machine settings?
Do you notice different machining times for the same part on different machines?
Do you notice noises during certain milling processes or during different workholding configurations?
Do you need to increase or reduce the spindle speed for certain processes in order to prevent chatter marks?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you could benefit from machine optimization!

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Service department

+49 8669 31-0

service@heidenhain.de

Avoid scrap and time-consuming rework!

We’ll help you find the right solution by:

Analyzing the problem together
Identifying possible fixes and improvements
Optimizing the controller settings or the motion control for the axes
Implementing functions from Dynamic Precision and Dynamic Efficiency

Contact person – Service

Service department

+49 8669 31-0

service@heidenhain.de

Machine capability testing

Although a brand-new machine tool can deliver good results for a wide range of use cases, these results may not yet be optimal for your specific use cases. And after a while, new machine tools also settle, resulting in different vibrations and damping behavior. An on-site machine inspection at your company by the HEIDENHAIN Service team provides solid data for optimizing your machine’s potential and results.

Process optimization

If you often manufacture identical parts in large quantities, then you can benefit from process optimization. In process optimization, we don’t just look at the machine but also examine the entire process in detail, creating a holistic package for the optimal interplay between accuracy and dynamic performance. Even if our analysis yields only a two to three percent improvement in speed and cost, the accumulated savings are significant!

Laser measurement is not always necessary.
Machine optimization steps you can take on your own:

KinematicsOpt and KinematicsComp

Firmly integrated into the TNC controls, the cycles of the KinematicsOpt software option make it fast and easy to verify and optimize your machine’s kinematics.

KinematicsComp allows you to unlock additional capabilities from the KinematicsOpt option or perform a complete volumetric correction of the machine.

We are happy to support you as you seek the optimal implementation for your machine. Extract up to 40% more accuracy from your machine tool!

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Dynamic Precision: precise machining in less time

Control options that simultaneously increase the accuracy and dynamic performance of your machine tool

Compensate for position deviations

Cross Talk Compensation (CTC) compensates for acceleration-dependent position error. You can increase the amount of jerk in your machine tool by up to a factor of two and shorten the machining time by up to 15% while ensuring the same or even better surface quality.

Suppress vibrations

Mill parts faster without vibration: The machine Vibration Control (MVC) function suppresses dominant low-frequency vibrations and prevents surface errors such as visible shadows arising from elasticity in the drive train or from vibrations related to the machine’s base.

Optimize controller parameters

Milling positions, loads, and feeds affect your results. HEIDENHAIN offers three functions that automatically optimize controller parameters for the given conditions: Position Adaptive Control (PAC), Load Adaptive Control (LAC), and Motion Adaptive Control (MAC).

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