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Struggling with a milling or turning challenge? Our NC solutions may have the answer.

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The NC solutions database

Don't reinvent the wheel: we may have already solved your problem

Click below to access a rich database of NC programs designed to address common shopfloor challenges. Originally created for the classroom, these solutions draw on many years of customer support provided by our helpline and training department. They're now available to all TNC users.

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Make machining easier

Connect your shop floor and office

Digitalize your job management by linking TNC controls to your corporate network. Learn how with our Connected Machining solutions.

Don't let interrupts stop you

Program interrupts require seamless tool retraction and approach. TNC controls make it easy to resume machining.

Learn the secret to milling fits

Use this method to mill fits with greater precision and reliability. Especially for medium- and large-batch production runs.

Clamp less with complete machining

Single-setup machining on a milling-turning machine has many benefits. Discover the flexibility of milling, turning and grinding in any sequence.

Simplify complexity with 5-axis machining

Manufacture a wider range of parts with more throughput: 5-axis machining shortens production times and enables higher part complexity.

Improve your accuracy

What’s the top cause of position error in machine tools? Thermal error. The solution: closed-loop control on linear and rotary axes.

Connect your shop floor and office

Digitalize your job management by linking TNC controls to your corporate network. Learn how with our Connected Machining solutions.

Don't let interrupts stop you

Program interrupts require seamless tool retraction and approach. TNC controls make it easy to resume machining.

Learn the secret to milling fits

Use this method to mill fits with greater precision and reliability. Especially for medium- and large-batch production runs.

Clamp less with complete machining

Single-setup machining on a milling-turning machine has many benefits. Discover the flexibility of milling, turning and grinding in any sequence.

Simplify complexity with 5-axis machining

Manufacture a wider range of parts with more throughput: 5-axis machining shortens production times and enables higher part complexity.

Improve your accuracy

What’s the top cause of position error in machine tools? Thermal error. The solution: closed-loop control on linear and rotary axes.

Leverage on-control programming

Discover painless programming

Learn how HEIDENHAIN controls make it so easy to create NC programs from the convenience of your machine.

Simplify skiving and hobbing

Our gear-teeth milling cycles make it easy and economical to manufacture high-quality spur and helical gears in a single setup.

Graphically validate your programs

HEIDENHAIN TNC controls provide detailed 3D program simulations, allowing you to work out the bugs before you start machining.

Optimize your tool path

Use Cycle 32, TOLERANCE, to achieve the optimal balance between accuracy and dynamic performance for every machining step.

Calibrate your machine

KinematicsOpt lets you recalibrate your milling machine in minutes, giving you optimal machining results even over long production runs.

Import contours from 3D models

Use the CAD Viewer function and CAD Import option to review 3D drawings on your control or to add contours to NC programs.

Discover painless programming

Learn how HEIDENHAIN controls make it so easy to create NC programs from the convenience of your machine.

Simplify skiving and hobbing

Our gear-teeth milling cycles make it easy and economical to manufacture high-quality spur and helical gears in a single setup.

Graphically validate your programs

HEIDENHAIN TNC controls provide detailed 3D program simulations, allowing you to work out the bugs before you start machining.

Optimize your tool path

Use Cycle 32, TOLERANCE, to achieve the optimal balance between accuracy and dynamic performance for every machining step.

Calibrate your machine

KinematicsOpt lets you recalibrate your milling machine in minutes, giving you optimal machining results even over long production runs.

Import contours from 3D models

Use the CAD Viewer function and CAD Import option to review 3D drawings on your control or to add contours to NC programs.

Have it all: speed, accuracy and sustainability

Reduce your TCO and carbon footprint

Calculate your potential to reduce idle time with HEIDENHAIN touch probes and the TD 110 tool breakage detector.

Create more chips in less time

Use our Dynamic Efficiency options for the TNC to reduce chatter, optimize your feed rate and employ trochoidal milling. 

Produce faster without lowering accuracy

Our Dynamic Precision options counteract the downsides of dynamic machining to ensure high accuracy and surface quality.

Prevent costly collisions

The Dynamic Collision Monitoring option checks even complex 5-axis axis motion for possible collisions and interrupts machining as needed.

Plan jobs with digital support

Batch Process Manager lets you use the control to plan upcoming jobs based on program runtimes, tool data, manual interventions and more.

Account for the actual cutter radius

The 3D-ToolComp function compensates for inevitable ciruclarity errors on radius cutters, enabling new levels of accuracy.

OCM: always mill with optimal cutting data

Optimized Contour Milling (OCM) gives you nearly unlimited trochoidal milling possibilities. After you’ve defined the contour, the control automatically calculates the best trochoidal milling strategy.

Reduce your TCO and carbon footprint

Calculate your potential to reduce idle time with HEIDENHAIN touch probes and the TD 110 tool breakage detector.

Create more chips in less time

Use our Dynamic Efficiency options for the TNC to reduce chatter, optimize your feed rate and employ trochoidal milling. 

Produce faster without lowering accuracy

Our Dynamic Precision options counteract the downsides of dynamic machining to ensure high accuracy and surface quality.

Prevent costly collisions

The Dynamic Collision Monitoring option checks even complex 5-axis axis motion for possible collisions and interrupts machining as needed.

Plan jobs with digital support

Batch Process Manager lets you use the control to plan upcoming jobs based on program runtimes, tool data, manual interventions and more.

Account for the actual cutter radius

The 3D-ToolComp function compensates for inevitable ciruclarity errors on radius cutters, enabling new levels of accuracy.

OCM: always mill with optimal cutting data

Optimized Contour Milling (OCM) gives you nearly unlimited trochoidal milling possibilities. After you’ve defined the contour, the control automatically calculates the best trochoidal milling strategy.