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Flexible Control for High Mix of Parts



When software engineers at Hurco develop features for the Hurco control powered by WinMax software, they focus on features that will make customers more profitable, according to the company. "Additionally, the flexibility of the Hurco control is especially valuable for shops that have a high mix of parts because it is equally powerful for industry standard NC programming as it is for conversational programming," said a Hurco spokesperson.

In order to support large programs that are becoming increasingly common with CAD/CAM and industry standard NC, Hurco recently upgraded the already robust technical hardware specifications to 128 GB solid state storage drive, 4 GB of RAM and 3,000 bps of processing power.

As for conversational programming, Gerald Roch, Co-founder of Hurco, invented this method of user-friendly programming in 1974 and the Hurco engineering team is continually improving it by inventing new features and evolving the user interface. For example, Hurco has introduced many 5-sided machining conversational features that make it possible to program at the control on a 5-axis machining center without a CAM system. Transform Plane is one of the key features that eases the transition from a 3-axis machining center to a 5-axis machining center to manufacture 5-sided parts because it essentially changes programming on a 5-axis machining center back to 2.5-D programming that is used on a 3-axis machine. The machinist simply establishes the initial part origin and programs the first side of the part. Then, he enters the axis angle(s) to the next side, programs the features on that side of the part and tells the control the axis angle(s) to the next side. After following those steps for each side of the part, Transform Plane does the rest, calculating the tilting and rotating required.

"Hurco engineers have focused on the development of 5-sided programming features like Transform Plane because the fastest way for shops to instantly increase their profit margins on existing parts is to transition from 3-axis machining to a 5-sided machining process on a 5-axis VMC," said the spokesperson. "It has been a major initiative at Hurco since 2008 to make sure that the Hurco control leads the industry in making this transition to 5-sided machining as easy as possible in an effort to help customers be more profitable.

"Another control feature that shops of all sizes find valuable is NC/Conversational Merge because it combines NC programming with conversational programming. With NC/Conversational Merge, the machinist can call up an NC program, and apply popular conversational features such as pattern operations, scaling, tool probing and part probing to G-Code programs."

For more information contact:

Hurco Companies, Inc.

One Technology Way

P.O. Box 68180

Indianapolis, IN 46268

800-634-2416

info@hurco.com

www.hurco.com

Southwest

TX, NM, N. LA

Dave Stilley

Chaparral Machinery

3435 Roy Orr Blvd., #100

Grand Prairie, TX 75050

972-313-1987

dstilley@chaparralmachinery.com

www.chaparralmachinery.com

S.E. TX, S. LA

MDI Machine Tools

504 Springhill Dr, Ste 410

Spring, TX 77386

713-653-3555

matt@mdimachinetools.com

www.mdimachinetools.com

OK

Gage Machine Tool

10668 Widmer Rd.

Lenexa, KS 66215

913-894-1233

www.gagemachinetool.com

AR

TechMach

131 Kelley Dr.

Rogers, AR 72756

479-636-1884

sales@techmach.net

www.techmach.net

Southeast

FL, AL, GA

Skip Thompson

Applied Machine Sales Inc.

2200 Airport Industrial Drive

Suite 300

Ball Ground, GA 30107

678-880-0893

info@appliedmachine.com

www.appliedmachine.com

NC, SC, VA

Crotts & Saunders LLC

2709 Boulder Park Ct.

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

336-765-7250

sales@crottsandsaunders.com

www.crottsandsaunders.com

TN

Mark Cox

ACI Machine Tool Sales, LLC

2001 Foundation Drive

Lawrenceburg, KY 40342

502-839-1441

mark@acimachine.com

www.acimachine.com

MS

Hurco USA

One Technology Way

Indianapolis, IN 46268

800-634-2416

317-298-2622

info@hurco.com

www.hurco.com

Northeast

E. PA (except far SE), N. NJ, W. MD, N.E. WV

Alta Enterprises, Inc.

2600 E Saucon Valley Rd

Center Valley, PA 18034

610-866-8866

info@altamachinetools.com

www.altamachinetools.com

DE, S.E. PA, E. MD, S. NJ

Northeast Precision Machinery, Inc.

410 Camars Dr

Warminster, PA 18974

215-672-8112

glenn@northeastprecision.com

www.northeastprecision.com

ME, VT, NH, CT, MA, RI, NY (far South)

Brooks Associates, Inc.

300 Longwater Dr, Unit A

Norwell, MA 02061

800-458-6607

781-871-3400

sales@brooksmachinery.com

www.brooksmachinery.com

NY (except far South)

Jason Boyle, President

Excel Machine Technologies, Inc.

65 Bermar Park

Rochester, NY 14624

585-426-1911

jasonb@emtcnc.com

www.emtcnc.com

W. PA, N. WV

Motch & Eichele Company

297 Ascot Parkway

Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224

330-564-8820 / 440-339-6829

sales@mande.com

www.mande.com

S. WV

Crotts & Saunders LLC

2709 Boulder Park Ct.

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

336-765-7250

sales@crottsandsaunders.com

www.crottsandsaunders.com

Midwest

MI

Jim Braun

Braun Machinery Company, Inc.

3876 E Paris Ave SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49512

800-968-1000

616-698-6400

info@braunmachinery.com

www.braunmachinery.com

N. IL

Jeff Hassen

Machinery Source

6530 Revlon Dr

Belvidere, IL 61008

815-547-0990

sales@machinerysource.com

www.machinerysource.com

S. IL, S. & E. MO

David Smith

CJ Smith Machinery Company

2275 Cassens Drive, Ste. 123

Fenton, MO 63026

800-223-3240

636-349-7757

dsmith@cjsmith-machinery.com

www.cjsmith-machinery.com

N. IN

Jerry Shultz

Humston Machinery, Inc.

10813 DeAndra Drive

Zionsville, IN 46077

317-873-3765

humston@humstonmachinery.com

www.humstonmachinery.com

IA, MN, ND, SD, N.W. WI

Tom Drazkowski

Stone Machinery, Inc.

551 Phalen Blvd.

St. Paul, MN 55130

800-879-2788

651-778-8887

info@stonemachinery.com

www.stonemachinery.com

KS, N.W. MO, NE

Dirk Gage

Gage Machine Tool

10668 Widmer Rd.

Lenexa, KS 66215

913-894-1233

dgage@gagemachinetool.com

www.gagemachinetool.com

KY, S. IN

Mark Cox

ACI Machine Tool Sales, LLC

2001 Foundation Drive

Lawrenceburg, KY 40342

502-839-1441

mark@acimachine.com

www.acimachine.com

OH

Scott Mays

Reynolds Machinery, Inc.

760 Liberty Lane

Dayton, OH 45449

937-847-8121

scottmays@reynoldsmachinery.com

www.reynoldsmachinery.com

WI (except extreme N.W.)

Vanessa Cole

Dynamic International, Inc.

N25 W23287 Paul Road

Pewaukee, WI 53072

262-521-1100

vanessa@dynamicintl.com

www.dynamicintl.com

West

AZ, S.E. NV

Randy Flores

D & R Machinery Exchange, LLC

75 W Baseline Rd, Ste. 11

Gilbert, AZ 85233

480-775-6462

randy.flores@dandrmachinery.com

www.dandrmachinery.com

CO, WY

Troy Kattenhorn

Foothills Machinery Sales

6855 West 116th Avenue

Broomfield, CO 80020

303-466-3777

troy@foothillsmachinery.com

www.foothillsmachinery.com

OR, WA

Rosco Precision Machinery, LLC

4114 B Place NW, Unit 105

Auburn, WA 98001

253-333-2439

info@roscoprecisionmachinery.com

www.roscoprecisionmachinery.com

S. CA

Gary Smith

Machinery Sales Company

17253 Chestnut Street

City of Industry, CA 91748

661-362-0816

gary_smith@mchysales.com

www.mchysales.com

N. CA, N. NV

CNC Solutions

1011 Pecten Ct #A

Milpitas, CA 95035

408-586-8236

info@cncsolutions.biz

www.cncsolutions.biz

UT, ID, MT

Hurco USA

One Technology Way

Indianapolis, IN 46268

800-634-2416

317-298-2622

info@hurco.com

www.hurco.com

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