Hurco - Webco Testimonial.In the fall of 2008 Wally and David Parmelee (Wepco owners) found themselves at a cross roads in terms of milling capac- ity for their tool room. Should they continue on with current milling technology (a known entity with zero learning curve) or pursue a higher performance machine and invest in the future?

1. HURCO Testimonial February 2012
In the fall of 2008 Wally and David Parmelee (Wepco owners) found themselves at a cross roads in terms of milling capac-
ity for their tool room. Should they continue on with current milling technology (a known entity with zero learning curve)
or pursue a higher performance machine and invest in the future? This
decision would impact their tooling and in-house molding business for
many years to come.
Wepco decided to break stride with their current equipment and pur-
chased a Hurco VMX 30 machining center from Brooks Associates
(Norwell, MA). Wally and David weighed several factors in their deci-
sion-making process:
Flexible, open-architecture Hurco control
Mechanical design features such as RPM & maximum feed rates
Local Support & Service
Favorable references from local shops
superior performance and part quality in a fraction of normal cycle times. Wepco primarily
focuses on aluminum molds for prototype and short-run batches. The Hurco 12,000 RPM
spindle (coupled with Hurcos advanced motion control system) was able to drastically re-
duce total part cycle time by as much as 200-300% in some cases (with no loss of accuracy
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off the machine ready for assembly in the mold. Success with this type of material is due to
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Wepco was so encouraged by the VMX30 productivity that they added
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chines have proven to be reliable sources of production for Wepco’s
tool room.
to over forty employees. Wepco now owns a modern 10,000 square
foot facility. Wepco attributes this growth and planned future growth to
our attention to detail and quality, as well as customer satisfaction by
Brooks Associates - Precision Machine Tools
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