Hello,
I work at a fairly decent size machine shop. We have a bunch of different makes of machines. We have 1 monarch vert., 1 okk vert., 2 haas verts., 1 okuma vert., 1 toshiba horiz. bm, and 2 mazak nexus verts.
Our issue is with the mazaks, 1 is a 410a and the other is a 510c with pallet changer. we are for the most part a job shop but have done some production runs also. Now, issue being, these 2 mazaks are 5 years old and the 410a is on its 4th yes 4th spindle and we just found out today that we will be putting a new one in the 510c next wk. i thought mazak was suppose to be up near the top of the line when it comes to machine tools.
I do know 1st hand their service sucks. But i didn't think it was the case with their machine tools. I have heard and read that the nexus line is the low end stuff made to compete with companys such as haas. I do know 1 thing you CAN'T BEAT the control and/or software on these machines when it comes to job shop work!
With all this being said, HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD TROUBLE WITH THEIR SPINDLES ON THEIR MAZAKS or is it just us? is it or could it be our power supply, operators, etc. let it be known that these same operators also run the machines mentioned above without any problems.
Any info would be appreciated since we are currently looking into buying new machines to replace the older so called turles/dinos.
Are choices are all over the map from haas to hurco to okk to mori. mazak was still an option i think until the news today about the spindle in the 510c. Should we still consider mazak since the control is best for the job shop