Heidenhain TNC 620

[cnc spook]

hey all i use a TNC 530 but was having a look see at the 620 today and noticed it has no alhabetical key pad which of corse had me wondering "whats up with that" just wondered if any you fine engineers had the joy's of meeting such a control and if you could point out some advantages over the 530 ????

[hansdie]

The 620 uses a "soft" keyboard meaning you can call it on the screen.
The 620 really doesn't have any advantages over the 530 it is actually cheaper and less powerful. The one big difference is the way Machine parameters are handled instead of numbers now symbolic names are used.

[cnc spook]

ah i only saw the console not powered up so yeah soft keybord. that makes sence, when you say less powerfull do mean lower torque in the drives ? i know the 530 can control more axies than the 620. does it have the same cycles ? etc

[hansdie]

When I say less powerful I mean the processor/block processing time is slower. On board memory is smaller. The 620 has all the same cycles if you buy the option. But it can be bought stripped down for a cheap price but then it only has the most basic drill/tap cycles.

[cnc spook]

well that fill's in the blanks thanks for the info