Patents Examined by Ryan Jarett
  • Method and apparatus for reducing tool change operations
    Patent number: 8498733
    Abstract: A method and system are provided which reorders a sequence of operations of a part program to reduce the number of tool changes during execution of the program. The reordered sequence maintains a sequence of at least a first portion of the operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hurco Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Gray, Karl Szabo