I recently worked with an Mori Seiki NL2500/700 MSY. It's a great machine tool, but in my honest opinion the Capps/Mapps Conversational Programming is a leap. Your better off programming in G-Code. The Conversational posts programs that are 600-800 sequence blocks that really only need 250-300. This is due to long hand G1 Interpolations instead of Canned Cycles.
Also the Control on the standard machine is a Meldas, not Fanuc.
Overall it's a solid machine but the Control Software Stinks.
If you can afford it, get a 12' bar feed and not one of those Bar Magazines like the LNS.
If you need any additional help, send me a PM
Toby D.
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