By designing the hardware and coding the software ourselves, we were able to change a lot of the things we didn’t like about generic and extremely overpriced CNC machine tools. 

Our machines understand English.  At the heart of our CNC machine tools is our proprietary CNC programming interpreter that speaks directly to our hardware.  It utilizes simple English language commands; more capable than G-Code without having to know complicated G-Code.  The system is so intuitive yet powerful that a person with no prior experience in CNC programming can learn how to manufacture the most complex tooling in a matter of a day or two, rather than weeks or even months as is the case with traditional G-code training.

We support what we build.  We are not at the mercy of third parties to maintain our equipment.  In the unlikely event that a machine should develop a mechanical, electronic or software issue it is easily and quickly resolved, typically within half an hour instead of days, weeks or even months as is the case with traditional pre-packaged CNC machine tools.  And those repairs are done at a tiny fraction of the cost.  Additionally if a operator requests a new software feature for a tool he or she is making, our software engineers can quickly add it, typically within a few hours.  Technical support is down the hall not in another state or country.

Superior reliability.  All of our machines are constructed with a particular task in mind.  As such, we can skip the unreliable bloat of unneeded capabilities or foundational elements.  Simple equals reliable.  We are not forced to rely on complicated and unreliable layers of closed-source operating systems, resource intensive graphics and questionable hardware driver underpinnings just to sport a “pretty” touch interface in an attempt to make an overly complicated machine remotely comprehendible.  The majority CNC machine tool interfaces available today actually are nothing more than custom Windows applications forced to use unreliable hardware drivers to get access to data ports, input & output devices, disk controllers, memory controllers, power management, graphics and the tons of other devices within the computer.   And the Windows OS itself is rarely updated by the manufacturer or end user to patch operating system and hardware bugs present at the time the machine was built.  And all this computer horsepower requires the dedicated PC be built into the machine usually with proprietary components, introducing another layer of reliability and parts availability questions.  Our system is radically different.  Robust solid state micro-controllers accept the CNC machine code generated by our proprietary OTOS3 based O-Code interpreter directly into its built in flash memory.  Only an inexpensive text based terminal is needed run or make adjustments.  We directly control the hardware at the most fundamental level, thus our control system doesn’t suffer from general protection errors, kernel panics, driver crashes, hard disk failures or ‘blue screens of death’ that can render an expensive machine completely inoperable until a field tech comes out at exorbitant cost to repair and reinstall their closed-source software.

Superior performance.  We don’t have to compromise performance by supporting unnecessary features or suffering from software limitations.  The task-oriented nature of these machines provide superior accuracy, reliability and repeatability.  These machines are the best in the world for doing what they do.

Lower cost.  The economic advantage of ease of use, self-support, higher performance and reliability all at a 80-90% lower per unit deployment cost allows us to deploy and support dozens of these capable purpose-built machines with single operator running up to 20 Oliphant O-Code machines simultaneously.

Oliphant Tool Company has always been and continues to be the force of innovation in pin & punch manufacturing.

Unlike most light manufacturers, Oliphant Tool Company features in-house mechanical, electrical and software engineering capabilities and for decades we have leveraged our unique talents and formal education in engineering and mathematics to design and build proprietary manufacturing technologies and processes.