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New highly-accurate LIKselect encoder
SCHAUMBURG, IL (June 2021) – The new LIKselect kit-style linear encoder is designed to make machine motion design ideas come to life while saving valuable space and enabling precise positioning within its control loop. Available now from NUMERIK JENA in North America as part ...
How to design long-lasting, precision feedback into semiconductor production machinery
It’s one thing to find something that works. It’s another, to find something that works, can keep up with the high demands and resist wear and tear. There’s only one chance to get as much of that right as possible, in the design stage ...
Taking control of cost of ownership in semiconductor production machinery
When it comes to component selection for semiconductor equipment, the name of the game is often cost of ownership. In other words, how long and how well it will perform as designed out-of-the-box and installed into the system, and ultimately, uptime. Semiconductor work is ...
Eight tips to OPTIMIZE your operation during COVID
During the 2020 IMTS digital trade show, Gisbert Ledvon, HEIDENHAIN’s Business Development Manager of the Machine Tools division, was interviewed by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) for IMTS Network. Ledvon, who started his career as an apprentice toolmaker in Germany and has since held ...
Service upgrades encoder testing capabilities
By David Fuson, Service Operations Manager As part of HEIDENHAIN’s continuing Customer First initiative, the Service Department in Schaumburg, IL, has enhanced its testing capabilities with the acquisition of a new traversing testing device for high-accuracy encoders. Arriving from Germany earlier this year, this ...
ETEL’s UltimET advanced motion controller
SAN JOSE, CA (June 2021) – ETEL’s new UltimET Advanced is a powerful and versatile multi-axis motion controller now available to bring fast real-time processing and a higher level of flexibility to a variety of complex manufacturing applications. This standalone controller from ETEL, a ...
Learning opportunity
HEIDENHAIN and partner FRAISA recently welcomed a group of apprentices from the Technology Manufacturing Association to view some of the latest manufacturing technology advancements. Here at HEIDENHAIN’s Illinois headquarters, the students watched demonstrations of 5-axis and 3+2 machining, as well as used some of ...
Linear and rotary feedback for medical imaging solutions
There's no room for error in medical imaging. Precise images and patient comfort depend on reliable and resilient motion control. That's why machinery builders turn to the HEIDENHAIN Family of Brands time after time for solutions and advice. Using a CT scanner as an example, ...
How interface electronics are enabling Industry 4.0
Just like encoders and motors have had to advance to meet the demands for higher throughput and smaller products, so have the interfaces they use to communicate. Automating production ultimately depends on the fast and accurate transfer of data. And the intensely competitive race ...
New TS 750 high-precision touch probe
SCHAUMBURG, IL (May 2021) – HEIDENHAIN’s new TS 750 high-precision touch probe is now available for in-process workpiece measurement in grinding machines and lathes. This extremely durable new probe offers the ability to state the reproducibility of its jobs at increased probing speeds better ...
