Nonsense.
Haas is not lazy.
They are doing their very best to deliver the best possible product at the most competitive price.
And I have actually met and talked with most of the top dogs making those decisions, many times.
E.
If Haas only makes 24 kW (40 hp) VFDs for the european/global market the marginal cost/unit might drop from 3000$ to 2000 $.
Marginal cost of production, not real cost.
The "*Real cost*" is EU and global safety certifications,
+ product line costs,
+ delivery pipeline costs,
+ additional support costs (very high) over 200+ global dealers, etc.
+Costs of training all certified techs in 300 HFOs to know/understand new system.
+Costs of adapting all old 300k+ machines globally, to the new system, some way. About 50% are ex-usa.
E.
There used to be about 9-11 spindles around 2011.
The plan then was to go to about 3. IDK how it transitioned thereafter..
E.
If a user has a "better" spindle worth 8000$ vs 5000$ as their machine was sold with..
Haas (other manufacturer) is NOT, at all, stealing the extra capacity from the user.
Say higher potential rpm.
Haas is making a better business decision in reduced overall costs in parts, spindles, sales, and support by having only "better" spindles made.
This also well benefits the user of the 5000$ cost "cheaper" spindle, say 8000 rpm vs say 10.000 rpm.
Because Haas then has only one spindle to stock/service/train and the increased volume and simplicity greatly enhance service and availability for *all* users, those using a 5k$ spindle and those using a 8k$ spindle.
E. on real machines.
The EU DT1 was sold as a 12 kW machine.
Inside, it had a 40 hp/ 25 kW vector drive ie VFD.
Pics on my phone.
This does * not mean* Haas is stealing 13 kW from the users, but that it is economically better to only make/stock one identical VFD for all normal-range 40 Hp machines in vastly larger volumes.
The much bigger more robust 40 hp//25 kW VFD will not heat or fail under 12 kW loads and will last for a long time -- practically forever in real terms.
This is a benefit for all users of the DT type machines.
And is a benefit for Haas, in better rep. for longevity under heavy use of DT type machines.
And those types of machines are typically sold into heavy-use apps with continuous fast ops being done.
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Disc:
I *like* Haas.
I have had nothing to do with them for 5+ years.
But they exemplify the best of the US sales and service and customer-support culture.
Best in the World.
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I also fully understand the user frustration on heavy costs on stuff like wifi access.
Personally I think some optional parts like the wifi are in error.
Haas is simply wrong on it-wifi.
And some other options. Imho, Ime.
But it is very complex.
Haas is lazy, you think they'll bother with two different spindles on new machines? I'm sure it's just a parameter change you're paying for. Just like all the control options. They're all there, it just needs to be activated. Like wifi on my UMC. You can see the addon card sitting right there on the control board with it's little blue light going, but we can't use it since it wasn't optioned when we bought it.
One of our HFO's more experienced techs was here recently and told me the ball screws on the UMC vs UMC SS are identical physically. They just change the speed the servos run at. LOL.