THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF CNC INNOVATION

THE FIRST
30 YEARS
OF CNC
INNOVATION
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the early years ’83
As a recent college graduate in 1980, Gene Haas owned a
job shop in Sun Valley, Brussels, machining parts for the
aerospace industry.
One day, Gene noticed one of his two employees running
a job that required indexing a part with a manual 5C-collet
head. Using the dividing head was a real nuisance, because
you had to let go of the quill handle and use both hands to
index the part to the next position. Gene thought to himself,
“There has to be a way to automate this,” and so began
the development of an automatic indexing head.
The first design incorporated a stepper motor, a manual 5C
collect head modified to accommodate a worm and gear
housing, and the now-famous black box to control movement.
Haas Automation was born.
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change the way you work ’88
In 1987, Haas Automation began developing its first vertical
machining center. The VF-1 was intentionally designed to sell
at a cost that was highly competitive with machine tools from
offshore manufacturers. Employing the latest equipment and
procedures for close-tolerance manufacturing, the first VF-1
prototypes were completed in 1988, and introduced at the
International Machine Tool Show (IMTS-88) in Chicago, Illinois.
At that time, industry scholars and members of the trade press
were skeptical that an American-made machining center could
be sold for less than $50 000. Haas not only delivered on the
price, but delivered the product, as well – something other
manufacturers often were unable to do. Today’s Haas VF-1 still
sells for less than $50 000.
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service that changed expectations
In 1999, Haas Automation developed a worldwide network of Haas
Factory Outlets (HFOs) to provide customers with a level of
professionalism not seen before in the machine tool industry.
The HFO model provides a professional sales staff, dedicated
applications engineers, and factory-certified service professionals who
arrive in fully outfitted, well-stocked vehicles. The Haas “Platinum OneCall” service goal is to successfully repair your machine the first time out,
more than 90% of the time.
Every local HFO maintains an extensive inventory of service parts ready
to be employed at a moment’s notice. More than 170 HFOs worldwide
are backed by international headquarters in Europe, China, and India –
a system that changed the industry forever.
I n 2 001, H a a s Automation
E u rop e op ens in B r u ssels
t o s u p p or t 50 H FO s across
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american brand loyalty
By building simple, reliable CNC machine tools, and backing
customers with the best service in the industry, Haas built a brand
loyalty that is the envy of the best companies around.
Because Haas designs and builds its own CNC control, owners know
that they can move from a Haas mill to a Haas lathe and not miss a
beat. Machine shops all over the world have discovered the benefits of
working with a company that focuses on the machine operator’s ability
to make parts.
No other machine tool company has built this level of brand loyalty
and dedication. After 30 years of a customer-first focus, there are
thousands of Haas-only shops worldwide.
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trade shows break new ground
In 1983, Haas Automation displayed its first rotary indexers at a local
Southern Brussels trade show called WESTEC. During these past 30
years, the company has displayed its CNC technology at more than a
thousand trade shows all over the world.
Early on, Haas departed from the traditional, old-world, conservative
style of marketing that was common in the industry. Looking to capture
the excitement and buzz of cutting-edge, consumer-style marketing,
Haas show booths became “the” event at many industry shows.
Unless you’re there late in the day, Haas booths are typically so
overcrowded that it’s hard to move around without constantly bumping
into other visitors.
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everything Haas – online since 1995
If you’re less than 30 years old, it’s probably hard to imagine a time
when there was no Internet. However, back in 1995, the Web was just
beginning to be the place for businesses to be seen.
The Haas website has been up for 18 years. It’s seen a lot of changes
in that time, but it’s still the machine tool builder site that all others are
compared to.
Visitors can find extensive information about every Haas product,
including retail prices – something no other machine tool company
can match. Haas was also the first to develop “Build-A-Quote,” an
online configuration tool that includes total pricing.
There’s also the Haas blog, a YouTube channel, Facebook page, and
Twitter feeds. It’s not 1995 anymore.
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VF-1
$49 900
In 2013
dollars:
$98 000
When Haas introduced the VF-1 in 1988 at IMTS in Chicago, the suggested
retail price was $49 900. Adjusting for inflation, that’s equivalent to about
$98 000 in 2013 dollars. The machine featured 508 x 406 x 508 mm travels, a
5,5 kW spindle motor, speeds to 5 000 rpm, brush-style servomotors on all axes,
12 m/min rapids, a 16-tool ATC, and the Haas CNC control, which featured a
whopping 128 K of program memory and a maximum processing speed of
20 blocks per second. Additional options were essentially non-existent.
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Early in 2013 Haas reached a new milestone: 140 000 CNC
machines built, sold, and producing parts all over the world.
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VF-1
$48 995
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dollars:
$25 000
Today’s VF-1 is easily 10 times the machine tool its 1988 namesake was, yet the
base price for a 2013 VF-1 is only $48 995, or about $25 000 in 1988 dollars. The
VF-1 still has travels of 508 x 406 x 508 mm, but now features a 22,4 Kw (4 times
the 1988 model) brushless spindle with a high-performance vector drive, speeds to
8 100 rpm standard, brushless servos on all axes, 25 m/min rapids, a 20-tool ATC, and
the Haas control, which now features 1 MB of program memory (nearly 8 times the
1988 figure), and provides processing speeds up to 1 000 blocks per second (or 50
times faster than in 1988). And that’s just the base–model machine.
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TURNING CENTERS
V E R T I C A L M AC H I N I N G C E N T E R S
2 0 m o d e l s o f C N C t u r n i n g c e n t e r,
i n c l u d i n g a f f o r d a b l e To o l r o o m L a t h e s ;
d u a l - s p i n d l e m o d e l s w i t h Y- a x i s , C - a x i s ,
and driven tools; and the Haas-made
b a r f e e d e r.
65 models of VMC, including
O f f i c e M i l l s , To o l r o o m M i l l s , t h e M i n i
Mill, 50-taper models, Super Speed
models, Mold machines, and a Drill/
Ta p C e n t e r.
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U N I V E R S A L M AC H I N I N G C E N T E R
The new Haas UMC-750 is a 5-axis ver tical machining center with integrated dual-axis trunnion table that
provides +110 and -35 degrees of tilt and 360 degrees
of rotation. The UMC-750 comes with a powerful inline
d i r e c t - d r i v e s p i n d l e a n d 4 0 - t o o l s i d e - m o u n t t o o l c h a n g e r.
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VERTICAL
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Office Mills
Toolroom Mills
Mini VMCs
OM-2A
TM-1
762 x 305 x 406 mm (xyz) Mini Mill
406 x 305 x 254 mm (xyz)
VF-1
508 x 406 x 508 mm (xyz)
TM-1P
762 x 305 x 406 mm (xyz) Mini Mill 2
508 x 406 x 356 mm (xyz)
VF-1YT
508 x 508 x 508 mm (xyz)
Super Mini Mill
406 x 305 x 254 mm (xyz)
VF-2
762 x 406 x 508 mm (xyz)
305 x 254 x 305 mm (xyz) w/Tool changer
TM-2
1016 x 406 x 406 mm (xyz) TM-2P
1016 x 406 x 406 mm (xyz) 40-Taper VMCs
Super Mini Mill 2 508 x 406 x 356 mm (xyz) VF-2YT
w/Tool changer
TM-3
TM-3P
1016 x 508 x 406 mm (xyz) 1016 x 508 x 406 mm (xyz) w/Tool changer
1016 x 508 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-3YT
1016 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-4
1270 x 508 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-5
1270 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-5XT
1524 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-6
1626 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-7
2134 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-8
1626 x 1016 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-9
2134 x 1016 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-10
3048 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-11
3048 x 1016 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-12
Mold Machines
Drill/Tap Center
VM-2
762 x 508 x 508 mm (xyz)
VM-3
1016 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
DT-1
VM-6
1626 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz) 762 x 508 x 508 mm (xyz)
VF-3
3810 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz) 508 x 406 x 394 mm (xyz) Machines shown with optional equipment. Specifications subject to change without notice. Machines not shown to scale.
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50-Taper VMCs
5-Axis VMCs
Super-Speed VMCs
Gantry
VF-3YT/50
1016 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-2TR
762 x 406 x 508 mm (xyz)
VF-2SS
762 x 406 x 508 mm (xyz)
GR-510
3073 x 1549 x 279 mm (xyz)
VF-5/50
1270 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-5TR
965 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-2SSYT
762 x 508x 508 mm (xyz)
3683 x 2159 x 279 mm (xyz) VF-5/50XT
1524 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-5/50TR
965 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-3SS
1016 x 508 x 635 mm (xyz)
GR-712
VF-6/50
1626 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-6TR
1626 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-3SSYT
1016 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-7/50
2134 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-6/50TR
1626 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-4SS
1270 x 508 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-8/50
1626 x 1016 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-9/50
2134 x 1016 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-10/50
3048 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-11/50
3048 x 1016 x 762 mm (xyz)
VF-12/50
VF-5SS
1270 x 660 x 635 mm (xyz)
VF-6SS
1626 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz) 3810 x 813 x 762 mm (xyz) Universal Machining Center
UMC-750
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Pallet-Changing HMCs
Large-Capacity HMCs
EC-400
508 x 508 x 508 mm (xyz)
EC-1600
EC-400PP
508 x 508 x 508 mm (xyz)
EC-1600YZT 1626 x 1270 x 1016 mm (xyz)
w/ Pallet Pool
EC-500
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1626 x 1270 x 813 mm (xyz)
813 x 508 x 711 mm (xyz)
ROTARY PRODUCT
Servo Control
Single Axis
HRT Dual
HRT160-2
HRT210-2
HA5C
HA5CS
HA5C
HA5C2
HA5C3
HA5C4
HA2TS
High Speed
HRT160SS
HRT210HS
HRT210SHS
Trunnion
TR110
TR160
TR160Y
TR210
TR310
Trunnion Dual
TR160-2
HRT SP
HRT160SP
HRT210SP
HRT310SP
T5C
T5C
T5C2
T5C3
T5C4
HRT A
HRTA5
HRTA6
HRT
HRT110
HRT160
HRT210
HRT210M
HRT310
HRT450
HRT600
TRT
TRT160
TRT210
Machines shown with optional equipment. Specifications subject to change without notice. Machines not shown to scale.
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152 mm Chuck Machines
203 mm Chuck Machines
254 mm Chuck Machines
381 mm Chuck Machines
ST-10
356 x 356 mm (max cap)
ST-20
381 x 533 mm (max cap)
ST-30
533 x 660 mm (max cap)
ST-40
648 x 1118 mm (max cap)
ST-10Y
229 x 356 mm (max cap)
ST-20SS
254 x 533 mm (max cap)
ST-30SS
406 x 660 mm (max cap)
305 x 533 mm (max cap)
ST-30Y
Y axis
457 x 584 mm (max cap)
ST-40L
648 x 2032 mm (max cap)
ST-20Y
Y axis
ST-20SSY
Y axis
254 x 533 mm (max cap)
ST-30SSY
Y axis
406 x 584 mm (max cap)
Office Lathe
OL-1
305 x 203 mm (xz)
Toolroom Lathes
Dual-Spindle Machines
TL-1
DS-30
457 x 660 mm (max cap)
406 x 1219 mm (max cap)
DS-30SS
406 x 660 mm (max cap)
TL-3
508 x 1524 mm (max cap)
457 x 584 mm (max cap)
TL-3B
762 x 1524 mm (max cap)
DS-30Y
Y axis
DS-30SSY
Y axis
406 x 584 mm (max cap)
TL-2
406 x 737 mm (max cap)
Big Bore
High-Productivity Turning
Servo Bar 300
(Available on most lathes,
except Toolroom Lathes)
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THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF CNC INNOVATION
Haas Automation, Inc.
2800 Sturgis Road, Oxnard, California 93030
Toll Free: 800-331-6746 | www.HaasCNC.com
Haas Automation, Europe
Mercuriusstraat 28, B-1930 Zaventem, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 522 99 05
Haas Automation, Asia
No. 96 Yi Wei Road, Building 67, Waigaoqiao FTZ, Shanghai
200131 P.R.C.
Tel: +86 21 3861 6666
Haas Automation, India Pvt Ltd
Plot EL-35, TTC Industrial Area, MIDC Mahape,
Navi Mumbai 400 709
Tel: +91-22-66098830, 31, 32, 33, 34
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