HURCO + PROCOBOTS
Elevate Your Machining Capabilities
Hear directly from industry experts like Bob Timm, CFO of Oakridge Fabrication, and Cody Gardner, a seasoned machinist, as they share their transformative experiences with our ProCobots + Hurco Automation Solution.
Explore firsthand their accounts of increased efficiency, 24/7 productivity,
and the game-changing impact on machining operations.
"The interface is so nice. It’s up on the screen and you can see everything that’s going on and without that [the programming interface on the control] I think we would have failed. I think we would have ended up with them sitting in the corner like everyone else."
-Bob Timm, CFO of Oakridge Fabrication
VIDEO: Customer Testimonial
Oakridge Fabrication
Oakridge Fabrication in Minnesota is a job shop that is known for embracing the latest technology and processes available to guarantee quality parts and cost-effective pricing. The shop embraced automation but knew the importance of selecting the right system after conversations with people who had been unsuccessful with automation due to the complexity and inflexibility of traditional automation.
Bob Timm, co-owner of Oakridge Fabrication, said he remembers one particularly skeptical response when he said he was adding automation to increase his shop’s efficiency:
“…the guy actually said, ‘We’ve got three of them things sitting over here in the corner,’ and I got the feeling he was thinking I don’t think this is going to work out the way you think it is.”
Bob Timm knew Oakridge Fabrication needed a cobot that was designed to interface with their equipment, he needed something he could roll out fast with everything included, hook it up, and run it right away. Oakridge Fabrication chose Hurco’s Practical Job Shop Automation option powered by ProCobots. Bob Timm said everything was hooked up and running in a day and within two days, his machinists were trained and changing programs. The power of Hurco’s Practical Job Shop Automation package is the complete integration between the cobot and the Hurco control, which empowers the machinists to control the automation because they program everything on the Hurco control.
“The interface is so nice. It’s up on the screen and you can see everything that’s going on and without that [the programming interface on the control] I think we would have failed. I think we would have ended up with them sitting in the corner like everyone else,” said Bob Timm.
Transferring your ProCobots unit from one machine to another is fast and easy. Even between machining centers and turning centers!
In this video, we walk you through the process step by step to illustrate how simple it is.
How it works
Conversational Job Manager
Hurco + ProCobots’ conversational Job Automation Software is fully integrated with the Cobot assistant, eliminating the need for direct robot programming. Machinists can fully set up their systems with just 5 simple steps!
Select Your CNC Program
Enter the Part Dimensions
Run Automatic Job Setup
Select the Pockets
Start the Job!
ProCobot from Hurco. Quick, Simple, Seamless Automation
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Why Hurco?
Nobody gets you from print to part faster than Hurco's CNC Machines
Why Hurco? In a word: profitability. So, how do we make our customers more profitable? Our CNC control powered by WinMax software! Hurco's MAX5 control powered by WinMax® makes job shops more profitable because it is designed to make small batch/high mix production efficient by reducing setup time and programming time.
In fact, each year during when we ask our customers what they like best about Hurco in our annual survey, “the control” is the #1 answer.
Hurco has been leading the industry in CNC machine tool technology for 55+ years generating scores of patents. We understand the importance of agility, adaptability, and profitability when it comes to running a business. That's why we make a reliable CNC machine with the most flexible CNC control in the industry by providing both NC and conversational programming that is easy to learn and easy to use.
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