the UMC line has got to be the worst product i've ever seen. my new job has one (we had one at my previous place, bought brand new 500ss, ended up threatening with a lawsuit to get haas to take it back after numerous issues they couldnt fix) and since day one of it being hooked up the problems started. coolant vfd faults that would show up randomly, then the drive would work fine. chip evac sucks donkey balls, they get packed in between the casting and conveyor, coolant would drain very slowly. then one day it just decided to say fuck you - would boot up straight into e stop mode, no alarms nothing. after waiting 2 weeks for HFO to come look at it, the control panel motherboard was out. the tech 'happened' to have one on his truck, replaced and worked fine for 1 day. i come in this morning and its the same coolant vfd shit again. tech last night told me the new board would fix it - NOT...
so this is 2 2020 umc 500's i've personally had MAJOR issues with, along with the numerous nightmares from friends in the industry.
On paper these machines look damn good for the money, and if they actually worked at least as well as advertised, they'd be incredible, but it seems like haas quality has gone down DRASTICALLY across the line in the past 3-5 years. what a shame, used to be they made great machines at very attractive prices. nowadays for a few % more you can get a much better product that wont be nearly the amount of headache you'll have with hass.
i cant wait to get rid of our 11 VF2's, VF4 and UMC. replacing with GF mikron automation cells.
so this is 2 2020 umc 500's i've personally had MAJOR issues with, along with the numerous nightmares from friends in the industry.
On paper these machines look damn good for the money, and if they actually worked at least as well as advertised, they'd be incredible, but it seems like haas quality has gone down DRASTICALLY across the line in the past 3-5 years. what a shame, used to be they made great machines at very attractive prices. nowadays for a few % more you can get a much better product that wont be nearly the amount of headache you'll have with hass.
i cant wait to get rid of our 11 VF2's, VF4 and UMC. replacing with GF mikron automation cells.