MITSUBISHI CNC:70/700M Series Comparison List With FANUC (version D) ●:Standard ▲:Optional □:Selection X:N/A ★:Planning

Functions 0i-MC M70 21i-MB M70 18i-MB 720NP-M 31i-A 730M Remarks
Package A (Type B) (Type A)
1. CPU Processor,Control axes,Related Base Specification
(1.1) RISC CPU Processor ● ● ● ● ●32 bit ● ● ● M70/700 Built-in new RISC 64 bit CPU
32 bit RISC 64 bit 32 bit RISC 64 bit ▲RISC 64 RISC 64 bit RISC 64 RISC 64 bit
(1.2) Maximal number of NC axes 4 4 5 6 8 6 12 16
(1.3) Maximal number of Spindles □2 □2 □2 □2 □3 □4 □6 □4
(1.4) Max. number of simultaneous contouring control axes 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 M750M is a export restriction control system
● 1μ ● 1μ ● 1μ ● 1μ M730M/M750M Series support Nano command function
(1.5) Leaset control increment ● 0.1μ ●10nm ▲ 0.1μ ●10nm ▲ 0.01μ ●10nm ▲1nm ●1nm M70/720 Series support 10nano command
●640M ●600M ▲Max.1280M ●600M ▲Max.2560M ●600M ▲640M ●5120M
(1.6) Max. program capacity (Meter or KB)(1Meter=0.4KB) (400 programs) (400 programs) (512KB) (400 programs) (2MB) (400 programs) Max.8MB (1000 programs) M730M/M750M is standrad H/W, support by option parameter setting (5120m=2MB)
(1.7) Extended workpiece coordinate system selection ●6 sets ●6 sets ●6 sets ●54 sets
(G54~G59+G54.1P1~48/96) ●54 (6+48) sets ●54 (6+48) sets ▲54 sets ●54 (6+48) sets ▲300 sets ●54 (6+48) sets ▲300 sets Max.102 sets

(1.8) Max. variable number (#100~#199,#500~#999) ● 600 sets ● 600 sets ● 600 sets ● 600 sets ● 600 sets ● 600 sets ● 600 sets ● 600 sets
●400 sets ●400 sets ●400 sets
(1.9) Tool offset amount ●400 sets ●400 sets ●400 sets ●400 sets ▲999 sets ●400 sets ▲2000 sets ▲999 sets
2.Display unit related specifications
(2.1) Monochrome LCD display unit □(7.2 inch) X □(7.2 inch) X X X X X
(2.2) 8.4/10.4/15 inch color display unit (TFT Type) □(8.4/10.4 inch) □(8.4/10.4 inch) □(8.4/10.4 inch) □(8.4/10.4 inch) □(10.4 inch) X □ X
(2.3) WinCE Terminal (8.4 inch type TFT) (VGA) X X X X X □ X □
(2.4) WinCE Terminal (10.4 inch type TFT) (VGA) X X X X X □ X □
(2.5) WinPe Terminal (10.4 inch type TFT) (VGA) X X X X X □(WinXPe) X □(WinXPe)
(2.6) WinPe Terminal (15 inch type TFT) (VGA) X X X X X □ X □
(2.7) Handy Terminal Display unit ▲ ★(H/W) ▲ ★(H/W) ▲ ▲(H/W) ▲ ▲(H/W) Using NC-Designer S/W (HT fucntion) to layout displasy screen
3.High speed & High accuracy machining control related functions
(3.1) High accuracy conrol 1 (G8P1/G61.1) X ● ▲ APC ● ▲ APC ● X ●
▲AIAPC ▲AIAPC
(3.2) High speed & High accuracy machining control ●AIAPC ▲AICC I
●(16.8m/min) ▲AI CC ●(16.8m/min) ▲AI CC ●(16.8m/min) ●(33.7m/min)
mode I (G05.1Q1) ▲AICC
▲AI Nano CC ▲AI Nano CC

(3.3) High speed & High accuracy machining control ▲

X X X ●(33.7m/min) AI Nano HPCC ●(67.5m/min) ▲AICC II ●(135m/min)
mode II (G05P10000) (RISC required)

▲ ▲ SSS function has to carry out with G05P10000

(3.4) SSS (Super-Smooth-Surface) control X X X X ●(67.5m/min) ●(135m/min) Regardless of machining program quality,stable and high-accuracy machining can be performed in
Nano-Smoothing Nano-Smoothing
short time
(3.5) NURBS interpolation X X X X ▲ X ▲ ▲ NURBS function has to use G05P10000 command to achieve
● ●
(3.6) HPS (High-speed Program Server) ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ▲
(NC Built-in) (NC Built-in) M700 Series is built-in CF card I/F and DS function on NC unit.
(Data Server) (PCMCIA) (Front CF card) (PCMCIA) (Front CF card) (PCMCIA) (PCMCIA)
(Front IC card) (Front IC card) M70 Series is built-in front CF card I/F on operation panel.
▲ ● ▲ ● ● ● M700/70 Series NC unit built-in Ethernet I/F
● ●
(3.7) Ethernet interface (10/100MBPS) (NC Built-in) (NC Built-in) (NC Built-in) (NC Built-in)
X ● X ● X ● X ●
(3.8) Mitsubishi CNC Network (NC-Explorer) Prvide with Mitsubishi CNC Network (NC-Explorer) as standard
(3.9) Front IC card mode (CF/PCMCIA) ●(ATA) ●(CF card)) ▲(ATA) ●(CF card) ▲(ATA) ●(ATA) ●(ATA) ●(ATA) WinCE system max. performane (high spped) will be clamped at 33.7m/MIN
(3.10) Hard disk mode (WinXPe:Max.10GB) X X X X X ● X ● HD mode only suuport for Windows XPe system
● ●
●(WinCE:20MB) ●(WinCE:20MB)
X (Front CF card) X (Front CF card) X
●(WinXPe:1GB)
X ●(WinXPe:1GB) HD Edit (Mass editing mode) is supported on Windows XP system
(3.11) Mass-editing mode for HD/DS/Memory card (Max.10MB) (Max.10MB) (if WinCE system, memory card edit will be limited less 20MBytes)
Look-ahead Look-ahead Look-ahead
●G05.1Q1 ●G05P10000 ●G05P10000 Look-ahead ●G05P10000
(3.12) Pre-read buffer blocks (Blocks number) ●20(AI APC) ▲40(AICC) ▲80(AICC)
(170 blocks) (340 blocks) (680 blocks) ▲200(AICC II) (1356 blocks)
▲40(AICC) ▲80(AI Nano CC) ▲180(AI Nano CC) ▲Max.1000(AICC II)
▲600(With RISC)

▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ This control interpolates while smoothing the changes in the segments distributed to each axis element
(3.13) S-pattern filter control ● ● ● ●
(Bell-type) (Bell-type) (Bell-type) (Bell-type) with vector accuracy interpolation
(3.14) Position-dependent gradually increasing-type
X X X ● X ● ▲ ●
backlash compensation
(3.15) Ball screw thermal expansion compensation ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ●
4.Language display & Graphic check related functions
M700/70 series supports 15 countries language display
(4.1) Display language selection ▲12 ●15(★Turkish) ▲12 ●15(★Turkish) ▲12 ●15(★Turkish) ▲12 ●15(★Turkish) (WinCE system suport English+1 forigen language display )
● ● WinCE system could not support this function.
X X ▲ ★ ▲ ▲
(4.2) 3D Solid program check function (Windows XP) (Windows XP)
(4.3) Graphic check and Graphic trace ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Specifications change without notice Page 1/2 Made by ME-TWN FA Division NC_TS Department Date:2007/11/30
Fanuc's specification for your reference only
 MITSUBISHI CNC:70/700M Series Comparison List With FANUC (version D) ●:Standard ▲:Optional □:Selection X:N/A ★:Planning

0i-MC M70 21i-MB M70 18i-MB 720NP-M 31i-A 730M Remarks

Functions Package A (Type B) (Type A)
5. Operation and Programming support related functions
Provides with surface,Hole center and Width center workpiece offset measurement as standard During
X ● X ● X ● X ● Automatic operation(including memory,Tape,HD,IC Card or DS operation)or MDI operation.This
(5.1) Workpiece position measurement function initiates single block stop and enables the next command to be corrected of changed.
(5.2) Workpiece rotation measurement X ● X ● ▲ ● ▲ ●

X ● X ● X ● X ● During Automatic operation(including memory,Tape,HD,IC Card or DS operation)or MDI operation.This

(5.3) Buffer correction function initiates single block stop and enables the next command to be corrected of changed.

(5.4) Program Restart after NC Power outage X ● X ● X ● ▲ ● when machining program is interrupted in the middle due to tool breakage or power outage,etc.,by
press one key then automatically searching a block that was last executed at the interruption.
(5.5) Vertical axis anti-drop function at power outage ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ● Power supply unit commands to retract a gravity axis immediately on detecting a power outage,so as
to prevent a crash with a wokpiece.

(5.6) Tapping retract ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ● Even when tapping is interrupted due to emergency stop or power outage,etc.,a retraction of the tool
out of a workpiece can be automatically carried out at the restart of the operation.
(5.7) Tool position offset (G45~G48) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
(5.8) Special fixed cycle X ● X ● X ● X ●
(G12/13/G34/G35/G36/G37.1/G75)
(5.9) Scaling Function (G50/G51) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
(5.10) Coordinate rotation by program (G68/G69) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

● ● ▲ ● ● ● ● ●
(5.11) Deep hole synchronous tapping (Could return to R point) Useing BASE parameter #1272 bit4 select the tap cycle (pecking or deep hole tap cycle)

X X X ● X ● X ● High-speed error compensation function adopted for spindle and servo control enables high-accuracy
(5.12) High-Speed synchronous tapping (OMR-DDC) tapping
(5.13) High-Speed DI/DO refresh cycle X X X ● X ● X ●

(5.14) Mirror image by parameter setting,External input ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

and G code (G50.1/G51.1) Mirror Image Using Process parameter #8211 MIRR. IMAGE to enable or disable the parameter mirror image function
(5.15) Polar coordinate command (G15/G16) ● ● ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ●
(5.16) Cylindrical interpolation (G07.1/G107) ● ● ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ●
(5.17) Helical interpolation (G17~19+G02/G03) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
(5.18) Spiral/Conical interpolation (G02.1/G03.1) X X X ● ▲ ● ▲ ●
(5.19) Multi-program display mode (Two of edit area) X ● X ● X ● ▲ ● Enables to edit two programs using left and right editing areas

X ●
(5.20) Adding Sequence No. (N No.) Automatically
6. Maintenance & Others related functions
●(ATA)
●(Front CF card)
(6.1) IC Card and USB port on the front of display unit X(USB)
● ●
(6.2) Data backup function (Manual & Automatic backup) (Manual) (Auto&Manual)
(6.3) Menu list function X ●
(6.4) G-Code guidance function X ●
(6.5) Parameter/Operation guidance (Help Function) X ●
(6.6) Alarm guidance (Help Function) X ●
(6.7) Program input mistake check function X X
(6.8) Program operation condition check X X
(6.9) Customization (NC Designer) function ▲ ●
▲ ●
(6.10) Simplified programming Function (NAVI-MILL)
(Manual guide i) (NAVI-MILL)
X ●
●(ATA)
●(Front CF card)
X(USB)
● ●
(Manual) (Auto&Manual)
X ●
X ●
X ●
X ●
X X
X X
▲ ●
▲ ●
(Manual guide i) (NAVI-MILL)
X ●
●(ATA) ● ●(ATA)
X(USB) (ATA&USB)
● ●
(Manual) (Auto&Manual)
X ●
X ●
X ●
X ●
X ●
X ★
▲ ●
▲ ●
(Manual guide i) (NAVI-MILL)
X ● When the sequence No. (N No.) is input once, the sequence No. to which a constant value is added
can be automatically added to each block of the machining program
● The PCMCIA slot on the front can be completely contained in the display unit and USB port on the
X(USB) (ATA&USB) front of display unit
● ● Up to the three most recent backup data can be restored,the backup execution timing can be set with
(Manual) (Auto&Manual) parameter (#8915~#8919)
X ● The menu list is a function that displays each screen's menu configuration as a list
X ●
X ●
X ●
▲ ● This enables the input mistake check for the program being edited
▲ ★
▲ ● M700/70 Series : H/W is not required ( using NC Designer software)
▲ ●
(Manual guide i) (NAVI-MILL)
M70/700 Series built-in function (H/W is not required)

● Servo guide ● ● Servo guide ● ● Servo guide ● ● Servo guide ● The servo parameters can be automatically adjusted by connecting CNC and MS configurator,which is
(6.11) Servo automatic tuning S/W (MS-Configrator) an application that runs on a regular PC.
(6.12) Credit system X ▲ X ▲ X ▲ ▲ ▲
7.Servo and Spindle drive system
High-speed optical communication (10 times faster than before model)
(7.1) High-speed optical communication between NC ● ● ● ● High-speed communication cycle (1/8 compared to before model)
and Servo /Spindle Drives (SVJ3/SPJ3) (SVJ3/SPJ3) (SVJ3/SPJ3) (MDS-D-Vx/SP) MDS-D-Vx/SP Series is using for AC 220VAC spec. and MDS-DH-Vx/SP Series is using for AC
● (MDS-D-Vx/SP) ● (MDS-D-Vx/SP) ● (MDS-D-Vx/SP) ● 400VAC spec.
● ● ● ● MDS-D Series : the cycle of control loop compare with MDS-B/C1 Series
(7.2) Servo system control method (High-Gain Control II) (D-Vx/SVJ3) (D-Vx/SVJ3) (MDS-D-Vx) (MDS-D-Vx) (Current Loop) :1/5
(To improve Basic Servo system performance) ● High-Gain Control ● High-Gain Control ● High-Gain Control ●HRV2 High-Gain Control (Speed Loop) :1/2
HRV1~3 II HRV1~3 II HRV1~3 II ▲HRV3~4 II (Position Loop):1/2
260Kp/rev encoder : OSA18(code name:A48)
(7.3)Servo Motor Detector Specification ●(1000Kp/rev) (260Kp/rev) ●(1000Kp/rev) (260Kp/rev) ●(1000Kp/rev) ●(1000Kp/rev) ●(1000Kp/rev) ●(1000Kp/rev) 1000Kp/revencoder : OSA105S5(code name:A51)
▲(16000Kp/rev) (1000Kp/rev) ▲(16000Kp/rev) (1000Kp/rev) ▲(16000Kp/rev) ▲(16000Kp/rev) ▲(16000Kp/rev) ▲(16000Kp/rev) 16000Kp/revencoder: OSA166S5(code name:A74)
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