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Function TNC 640 iTNC 530
Tool compensation
In the working plane and tool length X X
Radius compensated contour look ahead for up to 99
blocks
X X
Three-Dimensional Tool Radius Compensation X, with option 9 X, with option 9
Tool table
Central storage of tool data X X
Multiple tool tables with any number of tools X X
Flexible management of tool types X –
Filtered display of selectable tools X –
Sorting function X –
Column names Sometimes with _
Sometimes with -
Copy function: Overwriting relevant tool data X X
Form view Switchover with
Screen Layout key
Switchover by soft
key
Exchange of tool table between TNC 640 and iTNC
530
X Not possible
Touch probe table for managing different 3-D touch probes X –
Creating tool-usage file, checking the availability X X
Cutting data calculator: Automatic calculation of spindle
speed and feed rate
Simple cutting data
calculator
Using stored technology
tables
Define any tables Freely definable
tables (.TAB files)
Reading and writing
with FN functions
Definable via config.
data
The names of tables
and table columns
must start with
a letter, and no
arithmetic operators
are permitted
Reading and writing
with SQL functions
Freely definable
tables (.TAB files)
Reading and writing
with FN functions