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- Joined
- Oct 15, 2008
- Location
- NY
Folks,
Our first Mazak mill arrived yesterday. Tis' a VCU500A-5X. We moved two Haas's around in our milling department and managed to squeeze in the Mazak. Actually created more room in the area, but I'm running out of space in the shop. Just waiting for the tech to come and set it up. Looking forward to making some chips. I'll update this thread once the spindle is turning.
Oh also, we just launched our new website. If PM will allow the blatant self promotion please check out AMT- Advanced Manufacturing Techniques and let me know what you think!
The mill area beginning of this year. 4 Haas mills.
The arrival. 15,000lbs of it.
Unwrapping in the parking lot. The business end of the machine looks, "daintier" than I originally imagined. I'm sure it'll be fine. It weighs twice as much as our VF2 and is anchored to the floor.
Slid the VF2 to the right and put the VF5 where the VF2 was. That piece of paper on the ground is where the Mazak was to go. Unfortunately we had the paper turned 90 degrees the whole time we were planning for this install. Machine is actually much deeper than it is wide.
It fits!
It actually fits!
New layout. Quite happy. Except of course for the oily tops of the machines in this picture. Man they get dirty fast.
Our first Mazak mill arrived yesterday. Tis' a VCU500A-5X. We moved two Haas's around in our milling department and managed to squeeze in the Mazak. Actually created more room in the area, but I'm running out of space in the shop. Just waiting for the tech to come and set it up. Looking forward to making some chips. I'll update this thread once the spindle is turning.
Oh also, we just launched our new website. If PM will allow the blatant self promotion please check out AMT- Advanced Manufacturing Techniques and let me know what you think!
The mill area beginning of this year. 4 Haas mills.
The arrival. 15,000lbs of it.
Unwrapping in the parking lot. The business end of the machine looks, "daintier" than I originally imagined. I'm sure it'll be fine. It weighs twice as much as our VF2 and is anchored to the floor.
Slid the VF2 to the right and put the VF5 where the VF2 was. That piece of paper on the ground is where the Mazak was to go. Unfortunately we had the paper turned 90 degrees the whole time we were planning for this install. Machine is actually much deeper than it is wide.
It fits!
It actually fits!
New layout. Quite happy. Except of course for the oily tops of the machines in this picture. Man they get dirty fast.