With Hurco's Automation Job Manager feature, automation is managed conversationally through the Hurco control-no robot programming required.
Hurco's Automation Job Manager feature integrates fully with ProCobots robots, eliminating the need for any direct robot programming. This software integration is designed for high-mix manufacturing with frequent part changeovers and gives operators complete control over their automation.
"Simply put: if you can run a Hurco, you can run ProCobots automation. With Hurco automation, you do not run into the bottle neck or expense of an integrator to set up your automation because you do not need to program the robot," said Mike Cope, Hurco Product Technical Specialist. "Instead, you program the automation right on the Hurco control with the Automation Job Manager feature. This gives our customers complete control over their automation-quick changeover (less than five minutes), flexibility (ability to move the robot to another Hurco machine), quick installation and no robot programming."
In addition to automatically calibrating with the Hurco machine, Automation Job Manager allows the user to queue and run multiple jobs with different parts and stack parts to multiply the table's part capacity.
The conversational Automation Job Manager software is so user friendly that machinists can fully set up their systems with just five simple steps:
1. Select your CNC program
2. Enter the part dimensions
3. Run Automatic Job Setup
4. Select the pockets
5. Start the job.
"If you walk out in the shop, you would think we had been running those robots for a year or two. It has been about 15-20 days since we got our first one, and there's three running right now all day and all night," Bob Timm, CFO of Oakridge Fabrication, said regarding how easy it was to incorporate ProCobots into his shop's processes.
With automation this simple, a growing number of shops are turning to Hurco/ProCobots as their solution to the expanding labor shortage. By automating the loading/unloading of parts, shops can maximize the time/talents of the workers they do have, ultimately maximizing productivity.
"A job like this sitting on the table is three days of me handloading parts, but ProCobots will run for basically three days of work in a night," noted Cody Gardner, machinist at Oakridge Fabrication.
A spokesperson said, "The Automation Job Manager feature is just one reason Hurco is known for having the most powerful and intuitive conversational control on the market today. However, even machine shops that use G-code and rely on CAD/CAM software have found increased productivity by leveraging the versatility of the Hurco control. These shops often use NC for the complex parts, but use conversational programming for one-offs, simple 2D work and fixturing."
"At Hurco, the skills gap and labor shortages our customers face drive us to make sure the Hurco control is easy to learn, easy to use, and is the most versatile control in the industry whether a shop uses CAD/CAM or conversational," said Cope.
Mastercam Applications Engineer Jesse Trinque conducted a demo on a Hurco VMX42HSRTi and said of the control, "It was moving through code at an unbelievable pace, and really at a level far above the price point Hurco is at. There are machines that cost double, triple what this machine costs and do not move as well."
The flexibility of the Hurco control is further enhanced by NC/Conversational Merge, another control feature exclusive to Hurco that allows users to apply conversational features, such as pattern operations, scaling, tool probing, part probing and an abundance of work offsets, to NC programs.
Whether a machinist decides to use conversational, NC or NC/Conversational Merge programming, there are multiple Hurco control features that are independent of the type of programming. A few of the features deemed customer favorites include Advanced Verification Graphics with 3D Solid Rendering, 3D Import, Data Block Search and the True Interrupt Cycle.
"Powered by WinMax, Hurco's control also provides technical specifications (standard, not an upcharge) that are better than any CNC control in the industry," said the spokesperson.
In addition to the 10,000-block lookahead that Hurco's patented UltiMotion feature provides, some of the control's other robust technical specifications that are standard include 128-GB solid-state hard drives, 4 GBs of RAM, 2.7-GHz dual-core processors and 15" LCD touchscreen control console monitors.
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
Chris Turnbull
Dave Sexton
Chaparral Machinery
3435 Roy Orr Blvd., #100
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
972-313-1987
cturnbull@chaparralmachinery.com
dsexton@chaparralmachinery.com
www.chaparralmachinery.com
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Gage Machine Tool
10668 Widmer Rd.
Lenexa, KS 66215
913-707-9205
www.gagemachinetool.com
AR, LA
H&S Machine Tools
125 Spinner Dr.
Broussard, LA 70058
504-347-5707
hsmachinetools.com
CO, ID, MT, UT, WY
Green Light Machinery
435-274-8998
greenlightmachinery.com
Southeast
FL, AL, GA, TN
Applied Machine Solutions Inc.
20 Harmony Court
Jasper, GA 30143
678-880-0893
info@appliedmachine.com
www.appliedmachine.com
NC, SC, VA
MachineTech
8100 Arrowbridge Blvd. (Suite J)
Charlotte, NC 28273
704-665-6301
www.machinetechcnc.com
MS
H&S Machine Tools
125 Spinner Dr.
Broussard, LA 70058
504-347-5707
hsmachinetools.com
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WV
MachineTech
8100 Arrowbridge Blvd. (Suite J)
Charlotte, NC 28273
704-665-6301
www.machinetechcnc.com
E. PA (except far S.E.), NYC, NJ, MD, WV, Long Island
Alta Enterprises, Inc.
2600 E Saucon Valley Rd
Center Valley, PA 18034
610-866-8866
info@altamachinetools.com
www.altamachinetools.com
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Dynamic Machine PA
1237 Million Dollar Highway
Kersey, PA 15846
724-422-2458
dynamicmachinepa.com
MA, ME, VT, NH, CT, RI
Brooks Associates, Inc.
77 Accord Park Drive
Norwell, Massachusetts 02061
781-871-3400
sales@brooksmachinery.com
www.brooksmachinery.com
NY (except far South)
Excel Machine Technologies, Inc.
Jason Boyle, President
65 Bermar Park
Rochester, NY 14624
585-426-1911
jasonb@emtcnc.com
www.emtcnc.com
Canada
Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc.
2120 Buckingham Rd.
Oakville, Ontario L6H 5X2
905-829-2211
www.elliottmachinery.com
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E. MI
Merrifield Machinery
5430 Gatewood Drive
Sterling Heights, MI 48310
248-494-7335
sales@merrifieldmachinery.com
www.merrifieldmachinery.com
W. MI (except extreme NW)
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. 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. & C. IN
Jay Shultz
Humston Machinery, Inc.
10813 DeAndra Drive
Zionsville, IN 46077
317-873-3765
humston@humstonmachinery.com
www.humstonmachinery.com
IA, MN, ND, SD
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. MO, NE, OK
Dirk Gage
Gage Machine Tool
10668 Widmer Rd.
Lenexa, KS 66215
913-894-1233
dgage@gagemachinetool.com
www.gagemachinetool.com
S. IN, KY
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.), extreme N.W. MI
Dynamic International, Inc.
N25 W23287 Paul Road
Pewaukee, WI 53072
262-521-1100
vincef@dynamicintl.com
www.dynamicintl.com
West
AZ, S. 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
OR, WA, N. ID, N. MT
Rosco Precision Machinery, LLC
4710 B Street NW, Unit 104
Auburn, WA 98001
253-333-2439
info@roscoprecisionmachinery.com
www.roscoprecisionmachinery.com
N. CA
Hurco Direct
One Technology Way
Indianapolis, IN 46268
800-634-2416 / 317-298-2622
info@hurco.com
www.hurco.com
S. CA
Machinery Sales Company
Chris Mangano
17253 Chestnut Street
City of Industry, CA 91748
626-581-9211
mail@mascosocal.com
www.MascoSoCal.com
Baja CA, Mexico
Tecnoimportadora de Maquinaria,
S.A. de C.V.
Fernando Aranguren 770
Parque Industrial, Belenes Nte., 45150
Zapopan, Jal., Mexico
33-3824-9179
ventas@maquinariamacias.com
www.tecnomaquinaria.com/