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
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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
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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