What our Customers Have to Say...
...About our Customer Service and Support.
... "From the time of initial purchase, clear through the extensive tech support we
required to make the complex conversions,
Kenney and the entire staff at Kentech far exceeded our expectations. When they say "Unlimited Tech Support", this is fact! -They even participated
in helping make custom software changes specifically for us to make this project a reality. KipwareXC got us going and continues to be used
throughout production in making minor programs changes with ease!
Eric Brand, Co-Line Welding Inc., Lynnville,IA
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...About our CNC Conversational Programming Software.
" .... You certainly meet your aims ... Speaking of KipwareM®, I have tried other
demo's of conversational programming and I have found none as machinist friendly as yours. I operate a Bridgeport EZTrak at work, which I love, and
have been looking for programming like it ... KipwareM® not only meets my expectations but excels greatly because of the SketchPad and ease of
turning language into machine code. I am the only employee where I work that writes his own programs and am .... the top production man there. If
machinists have not tried conversational programming I highly recommend it, and for those who know it's value, do yourself a favor and try
KipwareM®. It beats all others hands down."
Chuck Loyd, Tacoma WA
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...About our G Code Conversion Software.
"I would like to tell you that this software does a great job. I thought it would probably
do 80% of the work and then I would have to spend an hour or so per conversion cleaning up the rest. It does 99.99% of the work and I spend 5 minutes
or less checking for minor items. You have developed an excellent piece of software. If you have anyone that needs a testimonial tell them to call
me."
Tommy C. Claborn, Manufacturing Manager,
Amerex Corporation.
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...About our Machine Shop Business Software.
"... as you know, we have used KipwareQTE® for the last 3-4 years and have had great
success. The ASSEMBLY part of KipwareQTE® has been of great help in our quoting, our customers asked us to supply complete assemblies to them,
something we had never done in the past. KipwareQTE® has helped us to get this work without forgetting the small amounts of time at each
operation."
H. Dudeck Jr.,Superior Machine,New Carlsile IN
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...About our Training Software.
"I am currently using your lathe and mill software to teach our students the
programming basics needed for employment in industry. The programs are easy to use and students can work independently to sharpen their skills. The
graphics enable the students to actually view the cutter paths for certain G codes which is the most difficult aspect to explain when teaching CNC
programming. Your software is a welcome addition to our curricula. Anyone training individuals to program CNC equipment will find that PROTALK
makes the task easier. For people with little knowledge of CNC programming, BUY IT !!!!!!"
David Lewis
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...About our Customer Service and Support.
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"Man, you guys are wayyyyy too fast....this customer service is OUTSTANDING, and I will be sure to tell all my customers about
you. I wish you all the best."
Bryan Felsher, True Precision
"I just wanted to thank you for everything you do. You are certainly making our transition over to Kipware very easy and user
friendly and can't thank you enough for the late night calls and getting back to us each time and creating for the new program. It is a pleasure to
work with you."
Carol Shaw, Shaw's Iron Works
"I really like the companies whole approach to getting the job done and I'm impressed that you provide more training and
support than you actually promised. I'm used to getting far less than promised from most companies. Thanks for bucking the trend."
Guy Hanson, BTO Inc. dba "Axmen"
.... I can honestly say I'm 110% satisfied that I purchased Kipware!!! Kentech is truly a customer 1st company. Thank
You!!"
Bill Barros, Empire Karts, Redlands, CA
" .... BTW, I really like your products and I'm also impressed with your fast customer service. Keep up the good work!"
Tom Berryhill, Owensville, MO
" .... Thank you for your prompt attention to my problem. This is REALLY impressive!!!"
Randy Brojanac, Manufacturing Engineering Leader, Trace-A-Matic Corporation
".... I just recently started my own company, Enterprise Machine Inc. in Orange County, CA. In the past I ran CNC lathes for
another business. But it had been awhile since I ran that type of lathe so I knew I needed programming software help. Searching the internet I ran
across several companie's software including CAD/CAM, but they were very expensive. I needed something much more cost effective. Then I came across
Kentech's KipwareT® turning software. The price was very reasonable so I decided to purchase it.
Well, I am happy to report that Kentech's technical and customer service was very helpful and really responded immediately to my questions.
Kipware® answered all my question's and solved my problems..I had the code I needed help with and my machine was running in half an hour.
Thank you for your excellent customer service. I am very happy with my decision to purchase your software."
Bernie Blanco, Owner, Enterprise Machine Co.
...About our CNC Conversational Programming Software.
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" .... Needed something, tried KipwareM ... And I am glad we did. We picked up a used Mill that uses G Code to control it.
I had very little g code experience with our cnc lathe and was at a loss for the mill. After searching here in the forum and saw a mention of
Kipware conversational software. After checking out their site I decided to purchase a copy. My brother would give me a drawing of what to make
with dimensions and I would try to make a program to machine the piece. He started off easy and progressively added more to it.
The concept is excellent, (in my opinion), you have task menus to choose from, Like pocket, boss, radial slots, bolt circle and more. Fill in
the information require for each task then use the tasks to create a main program. If you are looking for something to make G code for general
machining I recommend you try it."
Dan DeSantis, DeSantis Brothers Machine, Carrollton, TX
"Mastercam is in my opinion the best CAM program, however, unless you have deep pockets buy the CAM program called
Kipware. It costs way less than the $8000 Mastercam does and is easy to use. It can import dxf files or lets you create your own geometry and
writes the code for you. It's not Mastercam but works well with 2 1/2 - 3 axis cnc's mill and lathe. It has been 12 years since I messed with
a CNC machine, the boss just bought one for 5K and gave me a copy of the Kipware software and I learned it in less than 1 week.It works well
with the Cadkey CAD program I have. My $.02 worth"
Norton, Jacksonville, FL
"KipwareM® is perfect fo us. Congratulations! Your product is excellent and we have decided to purchase your
KipwareT® for cnc turning."
Adrian Dominquez Sandoval, Magove SA, Tultitlan, Mexico
The following is a letter, a copy of which was forwarded to Kentech Inc., written by a customer after having
purchased our KipwareM® programming software.
Dear Mr. Bruce Zolot, President & COO Travers Tools,
I've been a customer of Travers Tools for at least 14 years ... I've received excellent service.... I recently came across a company who's
software I think you should carry in your catalog. For some time I was looking for software that that I could use to conversationally
program. My current 10 x 54 CNC mill and a CNC lathe that I'm working on. Often times I wanted to run a part but didn't want to spend the
time drawing the part and generating Gcode. I have several different cad/cam software packages that I use in my part time business as an
engineer ...
Simply, I wanted to mount up some stock on the mill, answer a few questions and set the mill in motion to machine the part. I came across
KipwareM® at the following web site: http://www.kentechinc.com/KipwareM.shtml. This software has fulfilled the need that I had in my
shop. I find the help files, the trainer CD that came with it to be clear and concise. The customer support has been great.
I don't want to sound like a spokesman, but I feel that this software will save your customers that use cnc in a small to medium shop a lot
of time and an increase in productivity. As it did me.
Sincerely,
Don Holness, EE/CBT Engineer,CSA Electronics"
...About our G Code Conversion Software.
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"We took on the task of 5 axis CNC machining billet aluminum cylinder heads for the drag racing market. In doing so the
previous company used Fadal machines while we run Haas machines. When we found that the indexer angle communication between the 2 machine types
was different we were stumped! How were wegoing to manually change hundreds of thousands of lines of code in a timely and accurate fashion?
After a brief search we found the KipwareXC software. For the low price, we were honestly skeptical that it would work, but figured we weren't
out much if it didn't.
From the time of initial purchase, clear through the extensive tech support we required to make the complex
conversions, Kenney and the entire staff at Kentech far exceeded our expectations. When they say "Unlimited Tech Support" this is fact! -They
even participated in helping make custom software changes specifically for us to make this project a reality. KipwareXC® got us going
and continues to be used throughout production in making minor programs changes with ease!
Summary "Kipware is a must have for any CNC machine shop“ we would recommend it to anyone!
Thanks again to Kenney and everyone that participated in our project "the cylinder heads we are producing are being used on the world record
holding alcohol funny car" does this make Kipware "the world's quickest andfastest CNC conversion software? "
Eric Brand, Co-Line Welding Inc., Lynnville, IA
".... Hey, I like the KipwareXC® product! Money well spent. A real time saver. I can now turn over all G-Code program
conversions to the software. As much as I would like to have the time to go back into CAM, update process and feeds / speeds, there is just not
enough time in the day. When a CNC program gets proofed out on one machine, that program can be converted to run on another machine by running
one of these "conversions" thru what they call a "profile". An unlimited number of these "profiles" can be created. Sometimes for a CNC code
format conversion, multiple "profiles" must be used. No problem, it's easier to do this than go back into CAM. Of course you cannot maintain
associativity with the CAM file this way but in the real world of a production evironment, most of the time a CNC program is all you have to work
with ... it just needs to run on a different machine this time... here is where KipwareXC® comes in."
Scott Robinson, Manufacturing Engineer, Parker Haniffin CSS Division, San Diego, CA
...About our Machine Shop Business Software.
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"Very happy with the software (Kipware CYC/QTE). Nice to see a company that takes steps to use space efficiently and promote
user simplicities. Much needed in a world of bloated programs.
Scott Bader via Facebook, East Rochester, NY
"... we purchased some modules for doing estimating on our Micro Estimating Systems Inc. software because we bought a cnc
lathe and mill. I wish we hadn't spent the money as your software does the same job for less money and just as effective. Only cost us an additional
$1800.00 in modules to find that out."
Greg Dillahunty, General Manager, JRUSSCO MFG.
"After a number of years of quoting jobs "by the seat of my pants", today's competitive business climate made it mandatory
that we looked for a more productive, accurate and consistent method of working up quotes for potential jobs.
Pella Machine, Inc. is small CNC machine shop with 6 employees. It doesn't take a lot of jobs to bury us in work while at the same time it doesn't
take a big slowdown to have us spending most of our time cleaning up instead of turning out parts. In a small shop it's always 'feast or
famine'.
Quoting jobs is the life blood of a job shop. Doing it accurately and profitably is the trick. We looked at a number of quoting
packages on the market today and found most to be overpriced, feature laden Goliaths. They were more than we wanted to pay and way more than we
wanted to learn. After all, we are job shop with machinists who'd rather be making parts than becoming quoting software experts. In browsing
around the web we found KentechInc.com and downloaded just the help file to get a look at the program. We subsequently purchased the program
and have been using it ever since never looking back. First of all, we didn't have to apply for a second mortgage to get it and secondly, we
didn't have to go to a 2 or 3 day seminar to learn how to use it. We loaded in just a couple of common material cost items and we set up our
equipment in the machine file. It was pretty obvious that the programmer(s) know a lot about machining and machine shop operations. In just
a couple of hours we were able to complete our first quote getting it printed out in a no nonsense, businesslike manner ready to present to our
customer. As we continued to work with the program the value of the Cycletime Estimator became obvious. Again it is very intuitive and quick to
use.
From the program launcher, calling up the various modules as needed is practically seamless. Rather than taking a 2 or 3 day seminar it just took a
little practice and we were cranking out quotes like professional estimators. And yes, we've landed a number of jobs as a result of working up our
quotes on KipwareQTE®. We were pleased to find that the program was right on target with the figures.
Would we recommend KipwareQTE®? You bet.....but then again maybe we shouldn't.....there's too much competition out there already, isn't there?
Seriously though, to stay alive, you have to send out quotes. KipwareQTE® makes it simple, quick, professional, and inexpensive."
Jaap Kroes, Pella Machine, Inc., Pella, IA
...About our Machine Shop Business Software.
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"As you know, last October I purchased the PROTALK(KipwareEDU®) CNC Training Software for lathes. I had just started
to operate a Nakamura TMC3 with a Fanuc 6T Control. Within a couple of weeks I was editing the part programs to make them more efficient and this
was before I could actually set up the machines. Since that time I've learned to setup as well as operate the machines. ..."
"... I printed out the lessons and made a book that's always with me when covering new ground. I anticipate ordering the PROTALK(KipwareEDU®)
Training Software for mills in the near future. Your software was one of the most reasonably priced and provided me with the necessary training
to move successfully in a positive direction. Also, my superiors were impressed enough with my rapid progress to award me a pay increase
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R.D. Martin, California