Hurco sets date for December open house

Hurco’s annual end-of-year open house exhibition will be held this year at its High Wycombe showroom on 2 and 3 December 2025 from 08:30 to 16:30 each day. Lunch will be provided, as well as refreshments throughout the event. In addition to a showroom full of new Hurco CNC machine tools under power and cutting metal, there is the added attraction that many of Hurco’s primary suppliers will be in attendance.

This year, as many as 19 specialist companies will have their own small stand offering tooling, work holding, CADCAM, metrology, automation, mist extraction, rotary tables, barfeeds, angle heads, probing and machine tool finance. This gives existing Hurco users and potential customers the opportunity to discuss ancillary equipment in a relaxed and informed environment.

Taking centre-stage will be a display of Hurco’s many five-axis machining centre configurations. The show is an excellent opportunity for anyone either considering adopting this multi-axis technology for the first time or looking to expand their existing capacity. There will be four different five-axis machining centres on show, allowing visitors to compare the benefits of each option. Included within the display will be a conventional three-axis VMX60Ti fitted with a Kitagawa TT182 rotary-tilt table, providing a flexible, bolt-on, simultaneous five-axis configuration to consider.

The cantilever-design VC500i and swivel-head VMX42SRTi will be side-by-side, showing two configuration options for producing larger five-axis components that can be held on tables 500 and 600 mm in diameter respectively.

Five of Hurco’s three-axis CNC machining centres will also be under power making parts. Sizes range from the compact, versatile VM10i to the powerful VMX60i with a 12,000 rpm, 40-taper spindle and X, Y, Z travels of 1,525 x 660 x 610 mm.

The VMX30Ui trunnion five-axis machine, popular with general subcontract engineers, will be shown automated by a Hurco ProCobot ProFeeder-X 10-drawer, heavy-duty system. This plug-and-play component loading and unloading automation system is suitable for producing small to medium batch quantities of components. A simple app appears on the Hurco WinMax control screen and only minimal information requires entry to set up a job. Almost no programming is necessary. Additionally, users have the reassurance that the ProCobot and the machine tool are supported by the same company.

The expanding range of Hurco CNC turning centres will be represented by the TMX8MYSi driven-tool lathe with Y axis and sub spindle, together with a TM6i two-axis lathe. All Hurco CNC turning centres have the benefit of simple conversational programming on the Max 5 control, making one-offs and small batches quick and easy to complete.

As a special feature this year, two high-quality used machines, a VM10Ui and a TM8Mi, both of 2022 build, will share the demonstration area normally reserved for new machines. Further used and refurbished machines will be available to view via an access doorway into the main Hurco operations warehouse adjacent to the showroom. Subject to prior sale, there are currently eight recently previously-owned machines, which are regularly updated on the Hurco website. Selected ex-demonstration models are also available at a discounted price.