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  5. OEM Bourn & Koch Upgrades Legacy CNC Machines with FANUC

OEM Bourn & Koch Upgrades Legacy CNC Machines with FANUC

Bourn & Koch standardized machine tool control with FANUC to simplify programming, improve efficiency, and maximize throughput.

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September 13, 2022
Last Updated October 8, 2026
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Challenges

01

Find one solution to work with multiple machines of varying control complexities

02

Simplify machine interfaces for programming ease

Results

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Standardization of machine controls
Machine uptime
Simplification of controls engineering
E learning
Development of HMI for Blanchard grinders
Quality improvement
Internet-enabled machine analysis
Pc preferences
Custom features and solutions
Interior of a white CNC machine tool with an angled spindle head and cutting tool positioned over a workpiece, with coolant lines and a control panel visible on the left.

Story

As a leading provider of machine tools, Bourn & Koch needed a simplified way to control and program their various machines to maximize their potential to design and manufacture machine tool solutions. The integration of FANUC controls has allowed Bourn & Koch to standardize use of their machines for optimal efficiency and throughput.

Partnering with FANUC has proven to be fruitful over time, as well. Whenever Bourn & Koch needs a custom solution or requests a new feature, the FANUC team is always responsive to their needs and ready to take on the challenge.

Peter mischler bourn and koch
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Having a single platform has really simplified my controls engineering.

Peter Mischler Engineering Manager – Bourn & Koch
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There are times when we need to go to FANUC and come up with a new feature request, and they’re very responsive to that, and they’ve always come through for us.

Terry Derrico President – Bourn & Koch

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Bourn & Koch

Founded in 1975 as a machine tool retrofitter, Bourn & Koch is now a machine tool company offering a standard line of new machine tools they design and produce themselves. They own 28 machine tool companies and draw on 2500 years of engineering with the intention of updating the designs from acquired companies and updating them for the future.

Bourn & Koch specializes in engineering custom machine tools to solve the unique problems of their customers.

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