Well I need to make a choice.
I am contemplating buying 2 Haas SL10's.
I have 2 SL30s and although I am not a Haas fan I cannot complain.
They run 24/5 and I seldom see Maintenance near the machines after I changes the aluminum pullies on the motor to cast iron.
I have a srew machine running 24/5 and cannot keep up with a production run of 1,000.000 parts a year. Getting people to run screwmachines is getting tougher.
This is why I am thinking os the SL10's.
Are they as reliable as thier big brothers? Are they good with the Haas 300 barfeeders?
Is the tool life management function based of time in cut or motor load?
I would like to do lights out machining on this project as the 60" bar would last about an hour so on the auto loader I should be able to run 10 hours or more without manning it constintly.
Whatdoes everyone think of the SL10s?


If its not broken you are not machining hard enough

My personal opinion, there are faster more reliable machines out there. I own an SL10. My 220a Daewoo is WAY faster. It cost a bit more but I paid for it in under 6 months. The only thing my Haas does faster than my Daewoo is tap. Other than that, it's 20% to 30% faster running the same programs.
No maintanance issues at all.

Dunno about the sl-10's....but I have an SL 20 with the 300 bar feeder. It stays off half the time...works itself out of work so fast. Motherboard went out on it once in 8 years...shrug

Swain

I've got an 02 SL-10. It's been a good machine. 1 service call to align the turret after a minor bump of the chuck with a tool during a toolchange. I had them do a PM too.