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TURNING CENTERS

Your expertise combined with our technology to produce quality parts more protably—that’s mind over metal. That’s Hurco.

Why Hurco? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Business Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Success Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Conversational Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 DXF Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 NC Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 WinMax∏9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Operational Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Turning Centers . . ....

From print to part to prot. Since 1968, Hurco has focused on developing machine tool technology that makes machine shops more protable. The two men who founded Hurco understood the connection between people and technology. Technology should help you...not get in your way. Our founders believed technology should minimize tedious and redundant tasks so machinists can be more productive. This idea that technology must support the machinist, not control him, remains central to our culture and our technology at Hurco. Go from print to part faster. That’s mind over metal . That’s Hurco. 2

Why Hurco? Control Technology We develop machine tools and control technology that make our customers more protable. We do conversational better than anyone in the industry...maybe that’s because we invented it. Our engineers continually focus on ways to slash setup time so you can get down to the business of making chips. Flexibility is the foundation of the Hurco control. Whether you use NC or conversational, or the best of both conversational and NC with our exclusive NC/Conversational Merge feature (new with WinMax∏9), the Hurco control will make your shop more productive and protable....

“WinMax is really user friendly and easy to learn...I can write the program, get the run time, and quote the job quickly. The fast cut, copy, and paste is a huge time saver when I’m programming.” -Gabe Draper, Draper Manufacturing “We put these Hurcos through the paces. They’re tooled to the max and we don’t baby them.” -Keith Dalpe, EMM Precision “ The service we get from Hurco and Brooks is second to none. They listen and they are responsive. They understand that your machines are your business.” -Lou Ferriero - PlasTech Machining & Fabrication 4

Business Issues Growing Your Business Efficiently I want to grow my business, but I don’t want to get in over my head. In business, understanding the balance between growth and protability separates those who succeed from those who fail. A Hurco machine tool lets you get more done with one spindle, which is why Hurco is the machine tool of choice for so many successful and growing job shops. Because Hurco control technology gives you so much exibility and makes editing extremely easy, you get more throughput with a Hurco than you would other machine tools. Hurco is the smart choice if you...

Service I can’t afford downtime Hurco machine tools are built to last. We use premium components and we do things the right way—no short cuts. If you do need help, you won’t have the hassle of contacting multiple companies to solve the problem. With Hurco, there is one source of accountability because we have complete control from design to manufacture of the entire machine tool, including the control. If you have a problem, our One-2-One Service and Support team will make it right. To minimize downtime, we have introduced UltiMonitor with remote diagnostics and monitoring. We continue to...

Success Stories “I bought my rst Hurco because I wanted to have a lean, fast turn-around business.” During the past 22 years, Gregor Technologies has achieved an average annual growth rate of 25 percent, employs 60 people, and has 31Hurco machine tools housed in their 70,000 square foot facility. Learn more about Gregor Technologies. “We wouldn’t be the company we are today if it wasn’t for Hurco.” John Gregorich (Pictured) Janice & John Gregorich Owners of Gregor Technologies (recently acquired by Metals USA) 7

Success Stories Growing Your Business Efficiently “Maybe even more important to our bottom line is the fact that the operator is running two other machines while the [other Hurco] is making chips. ” Keith Dalpe, EMM Precision The Hassle of Change lot for us to go to another “It really says aan alien control...[but] the machine with integration has been seamless, and all of the operators picked up the Hurco control quickly. ” Dave Bernhardt - NuCon Corporation CAD/CAM Programming control, we only need to the program “With the Hurco instead of having a CAMmaintainmachine at the machine le and...

Service service we get from Hurco “The Brooks is second to none. They and listen and they are responsive. They understand that your machines are your business. ” Machining & Fabrication Lou Ferriero - PlasTech High Mix/Low Batch Production machine tools have “We chose Hurco because all of theirprogramming, whichthethe Hurco control with conversational is solution we needed to reduce programming time.” John Zigler - Zigler Machine & Metalworks Hiring/Training control to “The Hurcomakingis really easyrst learn. I was parts...the day. I took a training class later to make sure I was taking...

Hurco Controls Our control. Your expertise. Mind over Metal. The integrated Hurco control is sophisticated simplicity at its best. Complex tasks simplied with control technology that’s easy to use. What makes us better than the competition? Our control makes us better than anyone in the industry. Hurco technology minimizes setup and programming so you can start making chips faster. Nobody gets you from print to part faster than Hurco! Our team of engineers is driven to develop new technology that makes shops more efficient and more protable. Conversational programming is the secret sauce...