Hi guys
I am considering buying haas vf-2 from 1995, it have 4th axis and 10K spindle.
I am in factory shop mainly for simple dies and prototyping and one offs so I do not need or care about high production speed etc...
My concerns are.
How much does haas still support machines from this era, especially control wise, I read some older threads about needing to upgrade drives in case of motors failing but not looking for complete change if the control will fail.
How reliable those controls?
Is 10k spindle is a downside when machining steel, does it trade speed for torque?
Is the 4th axis is fully interpolated with other axis or just indexing solely?
How can the control cope with large programs, I am using HsmXpress cam and it can produce large files, can it dreep fed through Rs232?
Regard, Yaniv.
I am considering buying haas vf-2 from 1995, it have 4th axis and 10K spindle.
I am in factory shop mainly for simple dies and prototyping and one offs so I do not need or care about high production speed etc...
My concerns are.
How much does haas still support machines from this era, especially control wise, I read some older threads about needing to upgrade drives in case of motors failing but not looking for complete change if the control will fail.
How reliable those controls?
Is 10k spindle is a downside when machining steel, does it trade speed for torque?
Is the 4th axis is fully interpolated with other axis or just indexing solely?
How can the control cope with large programs, I am using HsmXpress cam and it can produce large files, can it dreep fed through Rs232?
Regard, Yaniv.