​​Innovators West makes harmonic dampers for street and racing vehicles and provides specialty services, such as custom designed dampers for special applications, ring gear lightning, and REM polishing. Owner of Innovators West and Waddle's Manufacturing, Brad Waddle, incorporated his passion for racing into his machining business in 1995 when he purchased Innovators West.

Waddle's businesses were featured in Manufacturing News magazine. In the article, he explains why he chose to replace his fleet of machining equipment with Hurco machines. Currently, Waddle has 6 Hurco CNC machine tools: a mill turn TMX8MYS, 2 TM12 slant-bed lathes, 2 VM10 machining centers, and a VMX64 machining center.​

“As the machinists at Waddle’s Manufacturing have learned, machining with the TMX8MYS mill turn machine means fewer setups and less material handling which equals greater productivity and profitability,” said a company spokesperson.“While the specifications of the TMX8MYS are impressive, the control’s intuitive user interface that simplifies programming and operation is what differentiates it from others in its class. For example, bysimplychecking a box, the control activates linear Yaxis motion. The sub-spindle functions are similarly straightforward. The control has multiple milling strategies to simplify programming, such as lines and arcs, circle, frame, slot, axial flats, and/or lettering.” The slot is an example of the control’s flexibility and easy programming capabilities. The operator uses linear or rotary coordinates, including theY-axis, by defining the slot width and then defining the start and end styles using a line or an arc. Additionally, the operator can choose different plunge feed types, including straight, zig-zag or rapid.​​

Click here to read the article.​​​