In the last three years, the number of Hurco vertical machining centres on the shop oor at Tool & Gauge, Co Sligo, Ireland, has trebled to six, and the mould- and tool-maker has also invested in computer-aided engineering software from Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks and Delcam. The company specialises in providing customers with a high level of consultancy at the early development stages of a product, followed by project management from design through optimisation and manufacture of the mould to tryout runs on seven machines rated up to 400 tonnes. Plastic injection moulds are the core business, although some thermoset, compression, rubber and blow mould tooling is also produced. Managing director, John O'Donnell explained, "We started using Hurco machines back in 1988, as conversational prog

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