Vent: That new Haas at the trade show in Cleveland almost got me canned

I was running demos at the Midwest Manufacturing Expo in Cleveland last Tuesday when the spindle on that brand new VF-2 started screaming at 8k rpm. Turns out the coolant nozzle was aimed wrong and the tool holder was heating up bad, but nobody caught it until I shut the whole thing down. Has anyone else dealt with factory setups that are just way off right out of the crate?

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lisa_brown2d ago

Heard through the grapevine that Haas had a batch of VF-2s leave the factory with coolant blocks set wrong. Spoke to a guy at a shop in Columbus who said his did the same thing. The nozzles were clocked about 15 degrees off. Had to reset them and retram the whole spindle to get it right.

victor_carr542d ago

That's rough, having to retram the spindle on a brand new machine just because of a coolant block issue. Sounds like a real headache for that shop in Columbus, especially if they needed it running right away. Hope Haas makes it right for anyone else who got one from that batch.