zachrabbit15
Plastic
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- Feb 27, 2020
Hello all
We have a Haas VF4 15K spindle with the 30hp direct drive. Haas replaced the gear box 3 yrs ago (turns out it was a bad shifting solenoid and they ate the cost). It went out again on Thursday but this time it is the gearbox. That machine cuts a mix of alum and 4140 steel. I don't do a lot of heavy hogging on it, mostly use Hi-feed cutters to do most of the material removal when running steel. Anyone else ever have a machine go through a gearbox that fast? Is there anything else I should start looking at that may be helping it to the early demise? Last does is there a service that sells rebuilt gear box for a better price than the $8K plus labor Selways want for another replacement?
We have a Haas VF4 15K spindle with the 30hp direct drive. Haas replaced the gear box 3 yrs ago (turns out it was a bad shifting solenoid and they ate the cost). It went out again on Thursday but this time it is the gearbox. That machine cuts a mix of alum and 4140 steel. I don't do a lot of heavy hogging on it, mostly use Hi-feed cutters to do most of the material removal when running steel. Anyone else ever have a machine go through a gearbox that fast? Is there anything else I should start looking at that may be helping it to the early demise? Last does is there a service that sells rebuilt gear box for a better price than the $8K plus labor Selways want for another replacement?
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