680 HEIDENHAIN Technical Manual iTNC 530 HSCI
Recommendation KinematicsComp enables you to compensate for many types of errors. There 
are different possibilities for implementing the compensation. We 
recommend maintaining a certain configuration scheme in order to optimize 
the reproducibility of compensation.
HEIDENHAIN recommends a scheme, which links the types of errors 
(ISO 230-1) with the arrangement in the transformation chain (kinematics 
description) and the compensation file (*.COM). The errors that occur are 
always defined before the affected axis. This procedure assumes that the 
ideal coordinate system is equivalent to the machine table system. If 
necessary, the system can be reduced according to ISO 230 to improve the 
transparency of the transformation chain.
Linear axes (e.g. X axis) – Recommendation for COM file:
Rotary axes (e.g. A axis) – Recommendation for COM file:
Columns 
1 - 18
Column
C1
Column
C2
Column
C3
Column
C4
Column
C5
Column
C6
Positioning error
(EXX)
(X) X
Straightness error
(EYX)
(X) X
Straightness error
(EZX)
(X) X
EAX X
EBX X
ECX X
Columns 
1 - 18
Column
C1
Column
C2
Column
C3
Column
C4
Column
C5
Column
C6
Radial or axial error 
(EXA)
X
Radial or axial error 
(EYA)
X
Radial or axial error 
(EZA)
X
Positioning error
EAA
X
EBA X
ECA X