Is This The Best CNC Control?

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  • @saqibali-qh8mw
    @saqibali-qh8mw 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I started working on this control in 2010. and it was so amazing that my company purchased five more machines with same control.

  • @donniehinske
    @donniehinske 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    It’s something we all complain about in this trade. How are the controls on million dollar machines less advanced than an Atari? It’s cool to see that a company out there is taking it to the next level! Hope to work on one soon

    • @bigfootanon6896
      @bigfootanon6896 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now how long do we have to wsit

    • @TheDayzman
      @TheDayzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The TNC 7 Simulater needs 16GB of Ram. I could not find requirements for Siemens Sinumerik one because sadly they are locking it up behind a paywall.
      And the graphics in both of them are probably 1000x better than a Atari because the simulation needs it.

    • @ipadize
      @ipadize 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheDayzmani had the tnc7 installed but it was a pita to do because i had to install a kind of business virtualmachine with some special addon software and disable some windows features. I was kind of shocked when i saw the alerts in the top right corner because they look like some scam popups on websites^^

    • @billmontgomery8900
      @billmontgomery8900 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me 2 and 3! I hope my company invests into some of these Heller machines cause they are definitely taking things to the next level!

  • @Marlfox570
    @Marlfox570 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I write CAM post processors for both Siemens 840D and Heidenhain control. I'd say both are equally as powerful, but Heidenhain is so much easier to work with from a code perspective. It's way more intuitive than Siemens. Plane spatial vs cycle 800 is one example. Heidenhain drilling cycles are also so much easier to set up and read.
    Siemens has the same problem as fanuc, in that you can configure it 10,000 different ways, making troubleshooting post processors way more annoying than Heidenhain

    • @orze1191
      @orze1191 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Could you operate CNC with the other controllers the same way on Grinding/Additive/Multitasking/Millturn/Laser/Turnmill/Anytype possible technology machine tool?. With SINUMERIK you can do it.
      That's why it's the most complex controller with the best performance you can achieve.

    • @seimela
      @seimela 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Heidenhain is built based on Linux and Seimens is on windows...sure now you know why

    • @makro8218
      @makro8218 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Heidenhain is way more easier to use.
      If you write the prog on the machine Heidenhain is the way. All so simple and powerfull. In some cases is usefull to write a simple program on the machine. Heidenhain Klartext programming is so easy. I do that for over 6 years and was easy.
      The best machine is a Hermle with a Heidenhain control. Nothing can beat that.
      A Hermle is so powerfull and precise. It‘s so funny to work on it

    • @jsmachine4420
      @jsmachine4420 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm trying to get Camworks to post correctly for the Sinumerik 840D 5 axis gantry Zimmermann with A-C .. Lots of time invested so far to get any reults.

    • @yomamasofatwhenshewalksshe2401
      @yomamasofatwhenshewalksshe2401 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@makro8218 howdy sir. Which is Better Hermle C series or Deckel Maho (DMG)?

  • @robs4193
    @robs4193 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Absolutely could not agree more! I’ve been using Siemens CNCs for more than 20 years, and I’ve always preferred them over any other. Even the old 840D PowerLine CNCs were far more powerful than most others today. Glad to see the rest of the world is finally catching up!

  • @ericsandberg3167
    @ericsandberg3167 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A very comprehensive presentation on that Siemens controller.

  • @fre3z3r68
    @fre3z3r68 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I'm an electrician and I repair many different machines from different manufacturers and years of construction, no control was so simple and intuitive before. The graphical displays make it really easy to understand what the machine is doing with each command. Inserting a drilling cycle into a program is a matter of seconds, even if you've never done it before. Creating a workpiece and simulating the machining on the control is also super easy.

  • @MrBodzinek
    @MrBodzinek 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I didnt like the calling tools by name instead of T number thing at first becouse i was used to the "old system", but now after using it for a while i love it.

  • @mattgood5254
    @mattgood5254 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I work with hurco machines almost exclusively at my shop, and I have to say it's super user friendly and awesome to work with. Have any of you guys from Titans worked with those machines? To be honest it looks like of one the only controls that could give the Siemens a run for its money

  • @barrysetzer
    @barrysetzer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    YASSS CONTROL GREATNESS!

    • @zajawamotocykle9256
      @zajawamotocykle9256 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Barry. I use sinumerik 808 advanced

  • @raynerfpv2471
    @raynerfpv2471 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    i`ve been on the Siemens 828D for about 6 or so years, and for our application mainly multi start tapered thread ( new and repair), it has been amazing

  • @jmoore7678
    @jmoore7678 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Once you go Siemens you never go back, waited for youse to show off some of the features can’t wait for more.

  • @steelwheelsminnesota
    @steelwheelsminnesota 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Good vid Barry. I ran a 2003 Giddings with the 840d and it's still my favorite control. Even back then, the control had most of the features you showed here. Two points I'd like to add:
    1. Restarting is so easy and you can do it anywhere. The machine will find its way there.
    2. The power of sinumerik for parametric programming. It makes the latest generation of Macro B look like an abacus by comparison. I have a couple fanuc 31i-B5 controls with iHMI and they don't wven compare.

  • @vincentpelletier8184
    @vincentpelletier8184 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    heidenhain is better.

  • @janoszuberbuhler8736
    @janoszuberbuhler8736 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I have experience with both the Siemens 840 and the Heidenhein TNC640 systems. While both are excellent, I find the Heidenhein system a bit easier to use. It offers similar or even greater capabilities, and its touchscreen interface with larger buttons is better optimized compared to Siemens, where precise button presses can be challenging at least with my greasy fingers

    • @pascalk.5409
      @pascalk.5409 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i worked on both 2 for me the siemens is the easiest you will get. if you use it for cycles you can take a random person from the street and he can done a cycle with no problem

  • @arthurcosteschi5115
    @arthurcosteschi5115 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The TNC7 is the newest Heidenhain

  • @MrCNC
    @MrCNC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great video Barry! I would agree. My favorite control as well.

  • @STEL81
    @STEL81 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I Love the Siemens controls because they offer simple userfriendly controls with all the Bells and whistles you need for optimal producing.

  • @juliopasalodos7214
    @juliopasalodos7214 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have been using controls for several years including haas fanuc siemens 810 and more and I definitely prefer the mazak smooth range over all

  • @jaspindersingh5187
    @jaspindersingh5187 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    PLEASE MAKE VIDEO REGARDING HIEDENHAIN CONTROL

    • @Der_Gallier
      @Der_Gallier 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jea for our one of parts and this is the best control in my opinion itnc640❤

  • @john.hunter
    @john.hunter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I worked on 840d but i like Heidenhain TNC 640 more. I'm looking forward into trying TNC 7

  • @lokkas3637
    @lokkas3637 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    now compare it to Heidenhain ITNC 640 xD still my favourite

  • @russbowman6801
    @russbowman6801 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My last job as a journeyman manual machinist was at Allied Systems in Tualatin, OR. At age 70 then I got to see CNC equipment evolve to what I see now, totally mind blowing machining I have never seen before! Ha, my last machine was as horizontal boring mill. It was so warn out every bearing surface was out of tolerance years ago. Not all the speeds even worked! The spindle deflected as I bored out holes or milled. To counter this, I used hand ground high speed tool bits with radical angles to minimize push back hoping the tool would last the job to bore through without tool failure. That means low rpm and modest feed rates but peeling out steel with as deep a cut as I could make it. I always went to the lower end of tolerances, a total most of the time within 2 thou. If the hole was too small, I got out the air grinder and a flapper wheel to open up the bore, checking as I went to get it in tolerance. It was the complete opposite of what I see here! The company I worked for did not make enough profit to buy new, modern machines and the owners did not appreciate what a good machine could do to pay for itself. It was a dirty, grizzly, hard, back breaking job, but at 70, planters faciatis, hurting back, no air conditioning or heat, I got it done. There are so many smaller size businesses like this one. Before that I temped at ESCO, another grizzly job doing heavy lathe work. I am glad I am out of the trade. I went to school to learn CNC programming and operating, but no one would pay enough to support my family, so I was forced to stay in the manual side. Nice work, guys, I wish I was there!

  • @johndonlan5956
    @johndonlan5956 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This sounds like a terrific control. I'm an old retired manufacturing engineer who used to do manual programming on a Flex-O-Writer, and then feed the tape into the machine's memory. I programmed mostly Fanuc, Pratt & Whitney, Cincinnati Milacron, Meldas CNC controls....... But by far my favorite control was a Seimens 7-M hooked up to an Acroloc Machining Center (2.5 sec. tool change -- lightning fast!).
    The features on the Siemens control that I liked most of all where the ability to put in variables, and to have the machining cycle jump around in the program anyway that you wanted to. These made programs very short and easy to understand and debug. It was what I would call "a programmer's control".
    Siemens came out with an 8-M control also, but almost nobody ordered them..... They were just too sophisticated for the average programmer. The Siemens mentality was so far beyond other control manufacturers mentalities. They built flexibility into their programming style that other MCU units just didn't have.
    I'm not surprised that this Siemens control is your favorite!

  • @kylebrothers5910
    @kylebrothers5910 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think this is very cool. I am more or less a newer cnc machinist been only at it for 6 years after a long time as a welder. One of the first machines I had to learn how to use was an older Monarch Spinner using a Siemans setup but only setup for Germans called sinumerik. I was often lost at figuring out how to work the controls on this vertical and find it pretty crazy I had to learn the TSM on my own and other things to set things like my Z offsets. The place I was working at gave me mediocre instructions because they had their own way of making things "work" more or less and no harm there but I really wish I was able to learn that machine to its fullest potential. I am now in a world where a lot of fanucs are used as the the nc and control systems but we also added a communicative siemans Cin/Milcron Arrow to the shop, the fucking thing still runs on windows 98 and I really like the way it works, I would like it even more to have your set up for sure so thank you so much for showing me something pretty rad!

  • @nemesis91101
    @nemesis91101 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish you guys would put machining THIS part in a playlist. I been trying to keep up with it. Super cool

  • @TheDayzman
    @TheDayzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Not much that is better than Heidenhain from the early 2000.
    And nothing that impressed me that much after working with a TNC 640 with touch and OCM packet.
    Sure the program edit on the fly is nice but I simulate everything for the next job while running the the last parts of the old one. The only thing I give it is the calculater. Heidenhain has one too but it has no "list", just one number.

    • @kdenyer1
      @kdenyer1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I go TNC 150 had to hand input all programs by hand. Only way we had to transfer programs was free copy of TNC Remo ( if I am remembering it right. probity not.) programming software cost to much and was crap anyway.

    • @TheDayzman
      @TheDayzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kdenyer1 I dont know the 150 but I know the 155/355 and they are the archaic garbage Barry talked about. Im talking about the iTNC 530 and TNC 640. They are state of the art controls. I hope I can get my hands on the TNC 7 on the EMO next month.

    • @nils2618
      @nils2618 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You can run simulations of other programs as well while the machine is running other stuff.

    • @TheDayzman
      @TheDayzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nils2618 That is exactly what I do

  • @theuberdeath
    @theuberdeath 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    10 years in the trade and almost exclusively been running old and brand new Okuma OSP machines which I like alot and for what it looks like quite similar to Siemens.

    • @RiseOfSky
      @RiseOfSky 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      OSPis the best modern control in my humble opinion.

  • @russellofcnc
    @russellofcnc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Controllers are a fascinating subject! The Siemens has a nice, clean layout. Very cool!

  • @my2lastbraincells552
    @my2lastbraincells552 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The UI looks like the one we have on our DMG CLX 350. Its an awesome and very intuitive UI to work with.

    • @dexter199
      @dexter199 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's because it is the same sinumeric,,,, I work on dmg dmc 60 dublock and on Hamuel reichenbacher 500hd and they have almost identical UI with few differences

  • @patze2205
    @patze2205 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i have been working with siemens 810D and 840D sl for over 15 years in germany. i think this control system is one of the best of all, next to Haidenhain. It is quite simple to understand and very easy to reproduce Solid Cam programmes. I love TITANS OF CNC in America. Greetings from a German fan

  • @verakoo6187
    @verakoo6187 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Seems to be an unpopular opinion in the feild , but I've always been a big fan of Mazatrol controls. Love the way it gives a nice template that will tell u if u have a issue so even with little experience u can easily write a program on the machine, while it also allows u to run G code for when u need to do more complicated 3d work.

    • @steelwheelsminnesota
      @steelwheelsminnesota 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Siemens has shopmill and shop turn which are easier to use than mazatrol. Also runs iso code just fine, and has a "macro" language that makes the Japanese controls look like Macintosh computers. They don't even compare.

    • @roth427
      @roth427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@steelwheelsminnesotawould be interesting to check that out mazatrol is definitely gravy compared to Mori’s MAAPS conversational programing

  • @steinarne79
    @steinarne79 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From my own multus 4000 with the OSP 300 controller, there isnt much difference, but i would say getting a tool from the tool page on the siemens is better, still need to remember the tool number when i've found the tool i want in the list on the OSP... but the Okuma doesn't need homing and referencing when you turn on the machine... beside that, pretty much the same over all.

  • @DriveSMR
    @DriveSMR 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Barrymetric Therapy on a Tuesday…..perfect

  • @josecolon-rodriguez9382
    @josecolon-rodriguez9382 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I agree, Siemens are the best controls, very user-friendly and intuitive, very powerful as well. Great showcase video!

  • @user-jp5vy4oi5w
    @user-jp5vy4oi5w 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to work with Hurco controls and they are very user friendly almost resembling some features of the Siemens controls. Now, unfortunately I have to work with 2018 Fanuc controls and it’s night and day. Everything is so involved on Fanuc controls from making a simple tool change to loading a program. I miss being able to go into the folder on the Hurco and just select the program and you probe the part, ready to go.

  • @jameshinsley6766
    @jameshinsley6766 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I use this control everyday and it's definitely the best

  • @shaniegust1225
    @shaniegust1225 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video. Keep ‘em coming.

  • @YouCollect
    @YouCollect 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Heidenhain is the best cnc control. even dmg mori uses it in their own machines/plant

  • @poshduck9696
    @poshduck9696 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As someone that works for Siemens as a CNC machinist. It’s interesting no machine here uses Siemens control, we use primarily fanuc and a couple machines with (what I use) heidenhain

    • @BobWidlefish
      @BobWidlefish 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why not use the in house?

    • @poshduck9696
      @poshduck9696 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BobWidlefish not a clue. But the two Bridgeport machines I’m using have TNC370 on them. Which is about 20 years old. I think that says enough about the state of things😅

    • @MsWnDrLnD
      @MsWnDrLnD 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ohhhhhhh that's so interesting!!!
      Edit: Sorry i included no context at all 😅 I'm a machining apprentice at the moment and just found that info to be super interesting 👍👍

    • @MrCNC
      @MrCNC 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interest to know what siemens you work at?

  • @aaron_r6611
    @aaron_r6611 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We use 840D at my work its so good, we do some really precise work with it

  • @cuprakol
    @cuprakol 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Barry you missed the most important thing about the Siemens control and that is the conversational on machine programming ie: Shopmill and I’ve used it for over 12 years now and the time you save using will blow most people’s minds.
    Also what you can do in it is amazing.

  • @Sara-TOC
    @Sara-TOC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I don't have much experience with the Siemens control personally. Like any control, they all have their quirks and the operator needs to spend enough time familiarizing themselves with the control. If the machine is dancing, the chips are falling, and profits are being made. Great video team!

    • @ninjaabcde
      @ninjaabcde 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      when will we see a vid of you talking :) ?

    • @Sara-TOC
      @Sara-TOC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ninjaabcde haha. I’m going to be real honest, it’s not likely. I work more closely with the team behind the scenes, serving our manufacturing community.

    • @ninjaabcde
      @ninjaabcde 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Sara-TOC cool. What do you do?

    • @Sara-TOC
      @Sara-TOC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ninjaabcde I’m the Community Coordinator for TITANS of CNC. Judging by some of my responses, you can probably tell that I’ve worked with CNC machines in the past 🙂 Titan Blessed me with an opportunity to join the team.

  • @silence3994
    @silence3994 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    only thing i dislike is the onscreen keyboard, i like my physical keys but other than that 840d is a bliss to work with

  • @dannlaboratory
    @dannlaboratory 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What's the difference between the first align edge and the second align edge in probing cycles?

  • @VictorHernandez-nt3tw
    @VictorHernandez-nt3tw 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I work for Siemens machine shop and not 1 machine we have has a Siemens control. 😂 i would love to try one because it looks pretty similar to Okumas controls. Especially when getting programs .
    But Siemens control deff. Looks like it does even more. I love the canned cycle arrow portion.

  • @dakotareid1566
    @dakotareid1566 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you do a video on spline cutting with a lathe

  • @motoxing199
    @motoxing199 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love running 840D, once I got used to it I never want to run anything else.

  • @grahamkeegan2706
    @grahamkeegan2706 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the fantastic features on the 840 shopmill control is the way it handles sister tooling allowing the machine to automatically swap over to a new tool after a given number of parts OR a given number of hours/minutes/seconds. The tool naming is in my opinion far superior to the old conventional tool number system.
    Absolutely THE best control i have used EVER, and i have a lot of experience in my 38 years in the industry with Hurco, Fanuc, Mazatrol, Fanuc Anilam and Heidenhein all heavily used by me and all inferior.

  • @Thepriest39
    @Thepriest39 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. I haven’t seen anybody show how to use a controller before. Everybody just asu es that you know how to use it.

  • @franz_k6000
    @franz_k6000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best thing is you can run Programms directly of a Network drive no need for a Thumb drive :) and to be precise its a 840D sl (Solution Line) older model was PL for Power Line

  • @lvxleather
    @lvxleather 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol, we were just talking about this last week. The damn controls on HAAS suck on the new machines slow AF and they freeze up often. Then the Motoman board on one of our Amada robots using PCMCIA cards to store parameters, just getting those cards these days is a pain. That Siemens control is pretty slick, of course I would expect that on a high dig machine like a Heller. The only control that was ahead of it's time was on the old Cincinnati machines, similar to how that Siemens is, drag and drop files, running a Windows type of interface.

  • @desmoworld
    @desmoworld 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have 3 machines with the 840D and yeah it's very intuitive. The only thing you explain kinda wrong is about the program name. you can't name them what ever you want... the name is limited to 28 digits 😁

  • @user-pr2sn8oo4j
    @user-pr2sn8oo4j 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sinumerik 840d is best cnc controller i ever worked!

  • @GREENBERET93
    @GREENBERET93 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You don't need to select the tool in the TSM menu to use the s function to let it rotate. If the tool is loaded into the spindle thats enough.

  • @Onsitebodybuilding
    @Onsitebodybuilding 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Control looks very similar to the OKUMS OSP300 Control. We have an OKUMA and love the control. Only real quirk is program file name is limited to 16 characters for wtv reason lol!

  • @christophervillalpando1815
    @christophervillalpando1815 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome Job!!!

  • @mahmoudelraiis
    @mahmoudelraiis 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. Glad to see what Siemens is all about. Even though it looks nice and full of fun options. I don’t see it worth it here where I am as they have a bad reputation on support and machinists who know Siemens, Heiden, or mazatrol tend to expect better wage just for knowing the control even if less skillful. Fanuc , Yasnac, or Haas does the same result and more user friendly to change or modify the code on the machine. However IF you program on the controller; that could be a whole different discussion as I was told THATS where the power of these controls shines most. Or so I think anyways I could be wrong of course. But great video I love to be able to see how much Siemens evolved I remember it being a task to make a tool change on that control 20 or so years ago. 😂

  • @HanMedSkjegget
    @HanMedSkjegget 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love modern controls and all the functionality that comes with them, but I dont want newer controls to remove physical buttons the same way cars have done. I would rather have Function buttons around the screen and a full keyboard instead of in some sub-menu on the screen itself. Maybe thats just me

    • @TheDayzman
      @TheDayzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No its not just you. I hate controls without a keyboard too. Removing the function buttons around the screen and just having to touch the function that is on the edge control UI is okay imo, because it allows for beneficial manufacturer UI that can help you a lot, eg DMGs CELOS, but removing the keyboard or programming buttens is a nogo.

    • @thekeyfox
      @thekeyfox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Definitely not just you. Physical controls will always be superior

  • @James-me2je
    @James-me2je 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve just started in applications for a company and just only been exposed to the world of cnc milling like crazy.
    The machines we have at our showroom have Siemens 828D Control and wow it’s a breeze to program and set and operate. Fanuc manual guide feels prehistoric!
    I don’t want to go back to Fanuc now! These controls are so user friendly, also Siemens control on our machines are cheaper than the Fanuc controls. I know what I would choose if I wanted a new machine!

  • @nils2618
    @nils2618 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've been working with heidenhain for a few years and i loved it. But i'm working on siemens controls now, and i have to say, that they are more powerful. parametric programs, loops and stuff are much easier to do. the only thing i hate on siemens is the limited memory in the NC-Area (mostly around 5MB).

    • @annoying_thing
      @annoying_thing 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Use instead the NC-Extended Memory (system-Disk). Today, there's for most users no difference in speed of data transfer.

  • @emusp
    @emusp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The most intuitive UI for a CNC I have seen, is the one Datron has.

    • @stefan-bayer
      @stefan-bayer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      100 % agree. This just looks outdated in comparison

  • @nofunallowed3382
    @nofunallowed3382 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Siemens looks like a nice platform to work with! Can you also probe centrepoints between X+ and X- for example? Or level out a flat plane like Heidenhain 640 can do with plane spatial? These features are of extreme importance for the workpieces I make,

    • @orze1191
      @orze1191 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course you can do it and even way more beyond that.

    • @nofunallowed3382
      @nofunallowed3382 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@orze1191 that's great, thanks! Those probing sequences shown in this video made me a bit confused as to what else would be possible. But they can only put so much into a single video

  • @LakeOrionLake2011
    @LakeOrionLake2011 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job Barry!

  • @neznamkaj
    @neznamkaj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am not master of all controls but Haas can even have a video in program etc. And this pdf is good stuff, but is there method to find it if you have 1000 pdfs. Haas can also have option to engrave number of part and increase it by 1 for every part, get WCS in 180° arc (not full hole), but still can not get angle between 2 holes, like Siemens can. Heidenhain doesn't lose MDI data, once you leave it... Every control has something better than other, and once you start fully use that option you miss it on other more than you benefit from all other features. Mazatrol is apparently most advanced control, but it's only on mazak....

  • @supremecommander2398
    @supremecommander2398 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    with the controls so easy and intuitive... can you explain to a noob as myself - how did you turn a drill insert into stardust accidentally? :D

  • @ivanprekopic3611
    @ivanprekopic3611 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please do more on this subjeckt

  • @nathanbieri7060
    @nathanbieri7060 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome video!

  • @alex_yates
    @alex_yates 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What's the Siemens control like for full 5-axis simultaneous work? Everyone I talk to tells me that Heidenhain is the best control when it comes to this, as it's the most powerful control, and therefore doesn't have any trouble processing the code. I even had someone tell me that they got rid of their Siemens machine and replaced it with a Heidenhain machine for this very reason (that's 10 yrs ago now though, so the Siemens may have improved)
    Our Fanuc controls doesn't like full 5-axis work. You have to really slow them down.... but i don't think anyone would argue that Fanuc is better than either Siemens or Heidenhain...

  • @faisal8793
    @faisal8793 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like Siemens 840d sl controller with dmg Mori machine

  • @Maxemetal
    @Maxemetal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Hey Barry, it would be interesting to compare the possibilities of simulation on the machine control of the 840D with the Haidenhain tnc 640 on the ibarmia. I work with the tnc and i love the possibility to write a label for the raw stock. Greetings from Germany

    • @TheDayzman
      @TheDayzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Warum ein LBL für das Rohmaterial? Dafür gibt es doch die BLK Form. Oder meinst du Simulations schruppen für Halbfertigteile?
      Oder gibt es Funktionen fürs Rohmaterial die ich nicht kenne? O.o

    • @ipadize
      @ipadize 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@TheDayzmanman kann auch Rotationssymetrische Rohteile mittels Label erstellen, wenn zB Drehteile mit komplexer geometrie schon vorgedreht sind oder das Rohteil eine nicht-Zylindrische Form hat.

    • @TheDayzman
      @TheDayzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ipadize Danke die Funktion hatte ich nicht auf dem Schirm. Hab leider nicht so lange an der 640 gearbeitet.

    • @ole381
      @ole381 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Deutschland jaaaaa

    • @DavidKholz
      @DavidKholz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ipadizekönntest du kurz erklären wie das funktioniert?

  • @ZeroJizzMaster
    @ZeroJizzMaster 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The last company I was with had two brand new 5 axis Mazak lathes w/mazatrol and they were scared to touch them. Expensive paperweights. I did manage to dust off a few doosan slant turns and get them going and turning a profit. Sadly they got their PPP loan and 90% of the shop floor was laid off within two weeks.

  • @kdenyer1
    @kdenyer1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    These controls are so far advanced from punched tape I used in college. It’s like living in a since fiction world.😊

  • @beerzerker8359
    @beerzerker8359 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think Fanuc is the most widely used control type and it is certainly the control type I've seen the most in my 13 years in the manufacturing industry. The company I work for does a lot of high volume production and Fanuc just works for most of our North American facilities. I know you see a lot more Siemens controllers on machines in Europe, Heller uses Siemens as do other brands from Europe.

    • @shock3018
      @shock3018 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We also do a lot of high volume production where I work here in England. 18/20 machine here running Fanuc too

    • @boofe7206
      @boofe7206 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      my shop in the northeastern US is about 50/50 fanuc and okuma

  • @annoying_thing
    @annoying_thing 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have 30 years of experience with many different CNC controls. My ranking: 1. Siemens, 2. Haidenhein, 3. Fanuc.

  • @Silver_Nomad
    @Silver_Nomad 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm curious, how much better Siemens control is for lathe, compared to Fanuc? Cuz Fanuc with Manual Guide UI is the only control I've ever used xD

  • @ClockwerkIndustries
    @ClockwerkIndustries 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damn that is a really nice controller. You know what is great though, for being a "hobby" machine, I dont even like calling them that for how capable they are, but I really love pathpilot with tormach. I would say its easily the best controller software of its tier of machine. I know mach3 is capable but pathpilot is just so user friendly and intuitive. I hope fanuc starts upgrading their UI and getting more intuitive like the siemens because the next upgrade I plan to go from a tormach is a brother speedio and they all run on fanuc.

  • @SirRootes
    @SirRootes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve used Mazatrol, MSX-501, Celos MAPPS, straight G code and Siemens 828D. And IMO Siemens would have to be the best. And then Mazatrol in second place.

  • @cermim
    @cermim 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Heidenhaim still the best

  • @Wyllie38
    @Wyllie38 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never used this type of control before. Seems just as user friendly and the newer heidenhain touch screen.

  • @ipadize
    @ipadize 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Siemens is probably the only other control i would work with (i only work with Heidenhain atm)

    • @Windows350
      @Windows350 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sei doch froh

  • @Joske920
    @Joske920 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As we are talking about the 840D does anyone have some examples of run my screens coding? i would like to see other peoples ideas in this area. And maybe i can make my/coworkers life a bit easier when running our machine. thx

  • @filippomontevecchi8618
    @filippomontevecchi8618 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really like Sinumerik for many reasons . But user interface is just a part of an NC. If you want to compare the performance of two nc's in terms of speed and accuracy you should run the same part on the same machine equipped with different controllers. There are also further aspects to take into account, such as hardware reilability, which is a real strenght of Fanuc. That said

  • @mohammedalbattal77
    @mohammedalbattal77 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A kind of greatness BOOM 💥

  • @kristianjensen5870
    @kristianjensen5870 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Almost every controllers have their pros and cons, the easiest controller to training people on is without doubt Heidenhain, also the quickest for programming on the work shop floor.
    A little bit awkward with system variabels, so when i do training and are programming on the shopfloor i prefer heidenhain, if i make macroes, using system variables etc, i prefer osp

  • @kodischaffner5501
    @kodischaffner5501 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Try swiss turning on Mitsubishi controls :D thats fun

  • @jmowreader9555
    @jmowreader9555 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Which leads to the next question:
    Let's say I've got a mill sitting on my floor that (1) was built during the Reagan Administration and (2) is older than any of my employees. The machine still runs profitably but I'd like to change to a better control. Can the 840D be retrofitted to it, or does the mill have to go too?

    • @MrCNC
      @MrCNC 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there are way to retro a siemens on the machine. there are are a lot of variables

  • @tomtippelaar6186
    @tomtippelaar6186 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i bought an 810d spinner lathe, can't find any tutor on this control sadly :(

  • @tomikulla3451
    @tomikulla3451 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did you tryed newer Siemens ONE? Because Siemens is trying to not sell the 840D, because of their newer ONE. I work in shop as application technician where we are building cnc machines and the price for 840D is higher then for ONE. We are trying to build machines as our customers want, but they are not making easy for us. Its crazy. For me is Siemens good CNC Machine control, but I prefer Heidenhain and Im waiting for their TNC7, it should come to our shop very soon.

  • @tom_sly
    @tom_sly 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Siemens best command 😍

  • @markocapl898
    @markocapl898 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At 5:14 you dont need to put in tool name again if you want to run the spindle :D just type in desire RPM and you good to go. ;)

  • @mikemcmullin149
    @mikemcmullin149 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm 65 years old, and I figure I'd need 1 to 4 weeks to get totally comfortable with that controller. What's the OS underneath Windows, or did the smarten up and go with SELinux? (DMG boots SELinux on their heidenhain (sp) controllers, with a python coded gui.)

  • @dominikhess3502
    @dominikhess3502 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What about a C.O.R.E. panel from UGG?

  • @boldlyspokennoah307
    @boldlyspokennoah307 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    No joke at the shop I’m at we have a Haas that runs on floppy disk. It’s honestly an amazing machine and holds great tolerance but runs on floppy

    • @No-mq5lw
      @No-mq5lw 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's drop in floppy drive emulators out there that take USB.

    • @boldlyspokennoah307
      @boldlyspokennoah307 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@No-mq5lw yooo what

    • @No-mq5lw
      @No-mq5lw 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@boldlyspokennoah307 There's an entire community of retro enthusiasts that use bespoke little adapters that make working with them just that much easier.
      Gotek makes them.

  • @toolmakerdave5287
    @toolmakerdave5287 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    archaic: see also Fanuc
    is that what i should take from this. LOL
    that is an amazing control for sure.
    informative video. keep'um coming

  • @tdg911
    @tdg911 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That is an awesome control. Having developed many applications with gui’s to accommodate the general masses is a daunting task to say the least. You can tell a lot of thought went into designing this control. Man if I had that machine I don’t think I’d ever leave my shop. Wonder if you can watch YT in a PIP window . It does everything else it seems! As always I appreciate the awesome content you guys put out. Much love and gratitude. ❤💥

  • @matthisboehme
    @matthisboehme 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im Working with Heidenhain 530 &640 and I like them more than Simens control

  • @Vankel83
    @Vankel83 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Had two machines with 840D.

  • @danielhurford6706
    @danielhurford6706 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What about Okuma OSP?

  • @xXxTheBoBxXx
    @xXxTheBoBxXx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that is just the tip of the iceberg.
    You can create your own cycles, loops, subprograms, if else conditions, define own variables (global and in cycles local), combine strings, while, repeat, when, sync different spindles and so on.
    you can do pretty much everything with this controller

    • @xXxTheBoBxXx
      @xXxTheBoBxXx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      or use .arc files to automatically import several programs and subprograms to a defined folder

  • @pascalk.5409
    @pascalk.5409 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    only thing is that you cant use space in a programm name. i worked with it and 1. time i named a program like: programm 1 it doesnt work but with program1 it works