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New Products
core-cooled spindle. This spindle pro-
vides up to 80 kWof duty-rated (60 kW
continuous) output. This high-speed
spindle brings the aluminum roughing
and finishing capabilities that are typi-
cally associated with Makino’s much
larger MAG machines into a smaller
platform.
The a61nx-5E’s pallet changer
eliminates material-handling chal-
lenges offers operator-friendly part
loading and unloading via a 45-degree
pivot point that transfers pallets from a
vertical to horizontal orientation. The
loading height is an ergonomically
friendly 32 inches off of the floor, im-
proving safety at the loading station.
Workpiece limitations are a generous
23.62 inches by 15.15 inches.
New Absolute Linear
Encoders with Panasonic
Interface
—Heidenhain
Heidenhain Corporation announces
the start of series production of the new
generation of LC encoders. The LC
xx5 Absolute Sealed Linear Encod-
ers have long been available for use
with Siemens, Fanuc, Mitsubishi, and
Heidenhain controls – and can now
be ordered with Panasonic interface
(Pana01).
As with the interfaces that have al-
ready been introduced, these encoders
are available in the accuracy grades 3
µm (with a 1 nm measuring step) and
5 µm (with a 10 nm measuring step).
This new variant does require a dif-
ferent cable assembly to connect the
encoders to Panasonic hardware.
Like its predecessors, these en-
coders are made in a full-sized scale
housing (LC 195P) and a slimline scale
housing (LC 495P). These encoders
are available now with standard de-
livery times and are priced to match
the other encoders with purely serial
EnDat 2.2, Fanuc, and Mitsubishi in-
terface.