Enhanced Functions and User-Friendly Interface Operation
At EMO Hannover 2025, Heidenhain showcased a range of new features across its TNC7 control system, programming system, and measuring camera software. The innovations aim to enhance user-friendliness, automation, and backward compatibility, addressing both modern and legacy machining needs.
### TNC7 Control System
Heidenhain introduced the **TNC7 go**, a new CNC control designed for legacy machine upgrades and vocational training. The control extends the user-friendly interface of the TNC7 family to these applications. A key new feature is the Graphical positioning function, where users can draw the desired contours or patterns directly on the touchscreen instead of writing an NC program.
The TNC7 go can handle analog axes and is a successor to the earlier HEIDENHAIN TNC 128 control, offering a next-generation, simplified yet powerful control experience.
### HEIDENHAIN Programming System (PC Software)
Heidenhain made its global debut with advanced Feature-Based Programming capabilities. This function allows the extraction of full geometric descriptions (including contours and depths) of individual elements directly from CAD data of 3D models. The system enriches these geometric elements with milling strategies and automatically generates Klartext NC programs.
The system includes a Klartext Converter to enable automatically generated programs to run on HEIDENHAIN controls predating the TNC7, enhancing backward compatibility. New simulation functions were introduced, including rewind and fast-forward capabilities during simulation, a simulation log for easy validation of generated programs, and a new manager function for Digital Twins to assist process control and planning. All previous functions from the HEIDENHAIN programming station remain fully supported.
### Measuring Camera Software (Visual Tool Check)
The new Visual Tool Check software version 1.6 was introduced for the VT 122 measuring camera. It features AI-based wear measurement, which automates the previously manual wear inspection process. This fully automated wear monitoring accelerates process documentation, providing significant benefits especially for the Medical and Aerospace manufacturing sectors. The system enables holistic tool monitoring, saving time and quickly delivering reliable data on tool condition directly at the machine.
In summary, Heidenhain’s innovations at EMO 2025 focus on enhancing user-friendliness, automation, and backward compatibility across CNC programming, control, and tooling inspection, addressing both modern and legacy machining needs. Visitors at EMO Hannover 2025 can see live demonstrations of this technology. Heidenhain can be found at EMO Hannover 2025 in Hall 6, Booth F45.
- In the manufacturing industry, Heidenhain's TNC7 go not only caters to legacy machine upgrades but also vocational training, offering a user-friendly interface and introducing the Graphical positioning function for direct touchscreen contour or pattern drawing.
- Within the finance sector, the HEIDENHAIN Programming System's new feature allows for the extraction of geometric descriptions from CAD data, enriching them with milling strategies, and generating Klartext NC programs, making the programming process more efficient and cost-effective.
