Heidenhain: Position Display Units (POSITIP 880)

Digital Readouts for Manual Machine Tools

Digital readouts for manual machine tools increase your productivity. You save time, increase the dimensional accuracy of the finished workpiece and enjoy user friendly operation. It plays no role whether you have equipped a new or used machine with a digital readout. HEIDENHAIN digital readouts can easily be retrofitted to any model of machine or type of equipment, whatever the application and number of displayed axes. Practice-oriented functions and cycles are available for various applications. The distance-to-go display feature with graphic positioning aid allows you to approach the next nominal position quickly and reliably simply by traversing to a display value of zero. And POSITIP speeds up small-batch production—repetitive machining sequences can be saved as a program.

Precise manufacturing made easy: Together with linear encoders from
HEIDENHAIN, the digital readouts measure the axis movements directly. The
backlash caused by mechanical transfer elements such as lead screws, racks and gears therefore has no influence.

POSITIP 880 | The programmable readout for up to six axes

The POSITIP 880 is a versatile display unit designed primarily for milling machines, drilling and boring machines and lathes with up to six axes. A separate I/O unit provides switching input/outputs for simple tasks in automation.

Design

The POSITIP 880 is designed as a sturdy upright unit with splash-proof full-travel keypad for use in the workshop. It supports all operations with straightforward interactive menus on its large, easy-to-read color fl at screen.

Functions

The POSITIP provides advanced features beyond those offered by the ND 780 digital readout. The POSITIP supports any axis combination and helps you at 2-D machining operations with its graphic contour monitoring and magnify function. In the milling mode, it supports you in machining and clearing out rectangular pockets while it takes allowances into account during turning.

The programming capabilities of POSITIP make it ideal for small-batch production on conventional machine tools: you can store up to 999 program blocks per program in its memory. Programs are created by either keying them in step by step or generating them through actual position capture (teach-in programming). With the subprogramming capability, you can enter repetitive machining sequences on the same workpiece once only. Fixed cycles keep your programs short and save you programming time.

Data Interfaces

The POSITIP 880 has an RS-232-C/V.24 serial interface for measured value transfer to a PC or printer, for input/output of parameters and compensation value lists, and for diagnostics.

A parallel Centronics interface is also provided for pure measured value output.