Anttoni, 4th Axis for A2100 Arrow Series-2 Model EKK with Siemens 611 drives AND Profibus.
See EKK Attachments for Rotary Axis. There is a lot more Time & Money than you would imagine....
William.Oehler @ fivesgroup may help you purchase options; the MAI code generation is the toughest....
GWood
The work seems to be pretty well documented.
Thanks for that.
But it seems to be a bigger task then compared to
A retrofit we made on my heidenhain machine.
Kwirk, Control Option could be purchased from Siemens; MAI Option Code from Fives-Cincinnati-Hebron William.Oehler @ FivesGroup.com
Cables - Custom ordered from Five-Hebron; Drive & Motor for Rotary are Obsolete unless you could source one. ETC...
A new axis must be enabled in the SIK code of the iTNC control. This is no longer available from Heidenhain. I can help with the final authorization of the axis option. cs.aky.67@gmail.com
I was careless, only the encoder is Heidenhain, not the controller...