I also have not heard many good things about early Haas Horiz machines. From my understanding, till baout 2000 quality was pretty consistant. After that it became worse and more inconsistant. I have a 2000 Mini nad it's a great machine for what it is. I have a 2004 SL10 that is abysmal. I'm in the market for a 400mm Horiz. I'm looking at Mori, Okuma, Makino, Matsuura, Daewoo, Kittamura. All have pretty good reliability records. This would also depend on if you are going to use this machine in a FMC or not. Pallet pools require some interfacing and I'm not sure if the Haas will or not. The number of tools is a huge thing also. But, for me, I would be concerned about reliability. |