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Machine Tool eNEWS December 2012
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New Linear Encoders for Safety-Related Applications

Higher technical requirements in machine and plant manufacturing as well as more stringent national and international safety requirements have created the need for a new generation of sealed absolute linear encoders. HEIDENHAIN's answer – the LC 115 and LC 415 series with functional safety, resulting in encoders that achieve SIL2 in accordance with IEC 61508 and performance level of ISO 13849.
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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

TNC 128 –
New Point-to-Point
Control for Boring Mills

To meet the needs of basic point-to-point CNC milling machines, HEIDENHAIN introduces a new compact but versatile straight-cut control, the TNC 128. It is designed for use on universal milling, drilling and boring machines. It is especially useful in applications that have series and single-part production, for machine building, and within prototype and pilot plants, repair departments, training and education facilities.
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NEWS

HEIDENHAIN HISTORY– Part 2
After the DIADUR is Invented

After Wilhelm Heidenhain's 1889 startup of a metal-etching company in Berlin, Germany, and subsequent move to Traunreut, Germany during World War II with his son Dr. Johannes Heidenhain, the company began to take on the shape as we know it today. HEIDENHAIN's 1950 invention of the DIADUR production process gave way to the development of precision measurement components never before seen anywhere in the world. Read more »

Also in this issue:
Did You Know...
Discovery Channel Telescope

...that HEIDENHAIN absolute rotary encoders are within the Xenith Solar Car, a solar-powered vehicle built at Stanford University and unveiled last year?
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Technical Tidbit
  ISO 9001 and National Standards Compliance
According to ISO 9001, certain HEIDENHAIN products must be traceable to a national standard in regular intervals. Our high accuracy products are manufactured in Germany, with various options for measurement. Read more »
Upcoming Events
 

HEIDENHAIN Unveils 2013 Trade Show Schedule
HEIDENHAIN is planning to exhibit at eight trade shows in North America in 2013.
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