I am an ex applications engineer for a Milltronics distributor, I am now an applications engineer for a Hurco Distributor. I am very happy to have made the switch! Hurco is a much easier control to work with and has more options! There is less work with programming the Hurco vs the Milltronics. The new WinMax makes it even nicer. The option of USB on the hurco is a great thing to have...it is not offered on the Milltronics, they only have the option of the multicard reader. DXF input on the hurco allows you to change your part zero, Milltronics needs to have the part drawn at zero. Hurco allows you import many layers to your DXF and shut them off, Milltronics needs a CLEAN DXF...no layers or hidden geometry! Tool change and coolant are at every block/event. Milltronics is a separate block/event to change tool and turn the coolant on. extra button pushing!....Milltronics cannot create an eclipse! The graphics allow you chose and enity and find that block in the program for editing....not Milltronics. The ability to start the program anywhere is a breeze in Hurco.......not so easy in Milltronics. The interupt button is also a great feature on the Hurco, this stops the program and retracts the tool automaticly.....allows you to jog the machine around and pick up exactly where you left off!!!! You need to start at the beginning of the block.....after you find it...on the Milltronics. The price difference is also justified in the standard building practices of the machine.....having done service on both machines Hurco puts the machine together with the intention to make it last...Milltronics hope it lasts past the warranty. Component quality is what I am getting at. A switch with an O-ring would cost $3.00 more to ensure coolant wouldn't make it fail.......a known and repeating problem....but to add this it would only increase the cost of the machine. You get what you pay for! Milltronics is a step up from HAAS though!!  |