Hi,
We have been in process of selecting our Vertical milling machines (3 Axis) since last several months but finally it has come down to two machines that we had never considered at the first place because of budget issues. However, considering long term benefits we have decided to increase our bugdet.
We are into injection & compression mold making & use material such as P20, D2, 420 Stainless Steel. The hardness of these alloy steels ranges between 25HRC to 55 HRC. Our products are usually complex in shape.
We now have to select between Okuma Genos M560 OR Makino F5
Okuma Genos M560 Specs-
15K RPM
BBT 40 Spindle
OKUMA P300 with Super nurbs controller.
Makino F5 -
12K RPM, BT40 Spindle.
Fanuc 31i or Professional 5 makino controller.
Makino is not recommending 20K RPM as we have to do roughing & finishing on same machine for our Steel molds. So 12K is the highest option as far RPM is concerned with F5
Makino has good presence in our region but Okuma doesn't have any installation within 500 KM distance. We are finding Okuma machine to be more equipped, technically but their service & support is clearly not as good as Makino.
Please give your opinion for what will be a better choice.
We have been in process of selecting our Vertical milling machines (3 Axis) since last several months but finally it has come down to two machines that we had never considered at the first place because of budget issues. However, considering long term benefits we have decided to increase our bugdet.
We are into injection & compression mold making & use material such as P20, D2, 420 Stainless Steel. The hardness of these alloy steels ranges between 25HRC to 55 HRC. Our products are usually complex in shape.
We now have to select between Okuma Genos M560 OR Makino F5
Okuma Genos M560 Specs-
15K RPM
BBT 40 Spindle
OKUMA P300 with Super nurbs controller.
Makino F5 -
12K RPM, BT40 Spindle.
Fanuc 31i or Professional 5 makino controller.
Makino is not recommending 20K RPM as we have to do roughing & finishing on same machine for our Steel molds. So 12K is the highest option as far RPM is concerned with F5
Makino has good presence in our region but Okuma doesn't have any installation within 500 KM distance. We are finding Okuma machine to be more equipped, technically but their service & support is clearly not as good as Makino.
Please give your opinion for what will be a better choice.