TBI Technology ‘s workstation was designed to replicate a machine tool control panel as closely as possible.
Its components are contained in an ergonomic and compact housing. This ensures the user’s comfort even during hours of training. There is only one power cable to the station. If it were to be disconnected, we could move it anywhere. After reconnecting to the network, it is immediately ready to work.
In training, we work on a touchscreen monitor as if we were working on a Heidenhain MC8420 computer. These solutions give the user the feeling of working on a “real” Heidenhain control.
A CNC simulator, on the other hand, is simply a program that can be downloaded from the manufacturer’s website (in this case, Heidenhain) and then installed on your computer.
We can then see the keyboard and the working screen on one screen. We move with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts. The limitation of such a simulator is 100 program blocks, so simulating machine tool operation with more blocks is impossible.