Nobody knows, of course, the technology-related requirements your next customer will make. However, the following is sure:
With SINUMERIK 840D, you are better prepared for them than with any other system. This is ensured not only by the integrated PC - the open software architecture that goes down to the kernel makes almost everything possible.

The integration of special technological features into SINUMERIK 840D is so easy: The standard system in the NC kernel is enhanced by specific applications, that are known as compile cycles and have been developed in the object-oriented language C++. OPI™ (OEM Programmer's Interface), that also provides the link to the system data, is used as the interface here.

Special exit points - known as events - exist at defined locations in the software system of the NC kernel. As a user of the NC openness, you can hook in your own software here. All necessary data items of the standard system can be attained via access methods (bindings) provided which, in turn, guarantee full compatibility with all future software versions.

The best protection for your precious know-how

The open kernel is an invitation to bring in your specific know-how - that will be more and more in demand. Whether with special kinematic transformations and compensations or in building special machines. This is exactly the point that attracts attention to SINUMERIK 840D if you have developed proprietary solutions: Using the open "basis" hardware and software enables you to shift your main emphasis on additional development. Which means, after all, that your precious individual knowledge remains well-kept in your own premises.

Technology-specific compile cycles are also the first choice of specialists who want to fully exploit special functions and develop any missing additional functionality themselves.