Operation Manual

HEIDENHAIN CNC PILOT 640 37
1.2 Configuration
1.2 Configuration
In the standard version, the control is equipped with the axes X and Z
and a main spindle. Optionally, a C axis, a Y axis, and a driven tool can
be configured.
Slide position
The machine tool builder configures the CNC PILOT. These are the
available possibilities:
 Z axis horizontal with tool slide behind the workpiece
 Z axis horizontal with tool slide in front of the workpiece
 Z axis vertical with tool slide to the right of the workpiece
The menu symbols, help graphics and graphic representations during
ICP and simulation consider the slide position.
The representations in this User’s Manual assume a lathe with tool
carrier behind the workpiece.
Tool carrier systems
The CNC PILOT supports turrets with a number n of tool mounts as
tool carriers.
The C axis
With a C axis you can drill and mill a workpiece on its face and lateral
surfaces.
When the C axis is used, one axis interpolates linearly or circularly with
the spindle in the given working plane, while the third axis interpolates
linearly.
The CNC PILOT supports part program creation with the C axis in:
 Teach-in mode
 smart.Turn programming
 DINplus programming