byazici
Plastic
- Joined
- May 18, 2015
- Location
- Ankara, Turkey
Hello,
We are in the process of buying our first 5 axis cnc mill and we are down to the controller. For various reasons we seem to be going for the DMU50 3rd gen. and it comes with either a Siemens 840D or a TNC 640. So, what to do?
There are some points that might help you guys help me,
1. There is no prior experience on these controls, so, they are both controls we will have to learn.
2. There is no price difference and there is very little if any support difference.
3. The Siemens DMU comes with Siemens motors and Magnascale linear encoders, while the Heidenhain DMU comes with its own motors and linear and rotary encoders.
Because most of out complex parts will be from CAM, what we would wish for is,
1. User friendly control
2. Relatively easy to learn or self teach, as much as possible
3. Relatively easy to program basic milling jobs from the control, good graphical representations are important for us
4. Collision protection ability for axes, work holding, tooling and part
5. Simulation capability
I have searched the forum, the web and around us as much as I could but, could not really find people who had enough experience with both of the controls to tell me the differences that matter.
Are there any important things that one can do and the other cant? Read ahead capability? Options? Anything?...
Most people that I heard or read from have more experiences on one or the other, not both, which is normal I guess. However, any knowledgable input will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
We are in the process of buying our first 5 axis cnc mill and we are down to the controller. For various reasons we seem to be going for the DMU50 3rd gen. and it comes with either a Siemens 840D or a TNC 640. So, what to do?
There are some points that might help you guys help me,
1. There is no prior experience on these controls, so, they are both controls we will have to learn.
2. There is no price difference and there is very little if any support difference.
3. The Siemens DMU comes with Siemens motors and Magnascale linear encoders, while the Heidenhain DMU comes with its own motors and linear and rotary encoders.
Because most of out complex parts will be from CAM, what we would wish for is,
1. User friendly control
2. Relatively easy to learn or self teach, as much as possible
3. Relatively easy to program basic milling jobs from the control, good graphical representations are important for us
4. Collision protection ability for axes, work holding, tooling and part
5. Simulation capability
I have searched the forum, the web and around us as much as I could but, could not really find people who had enough experience with both of the controls to tell me the differences that matter.
Are there any important things that one can do and the other cant? Read ahead capability? Options? Anything?...
Most people that I heard or read from have more experiences on one or the other, not both, which is normal I guess. However, any knowledgable input will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.