Looking at putting a Makino F9 against an Okuma Mb-66 and would like any one with experience on the F series with the Pro 5 to chime in with their thoughts on the machine.
We have several Okuma machines already--However the door configuration on the Makino looks like a slam dunk for large work-pieces. We occasionally rework defense aero main drive parts and climbing in and out of our machines to setup stuff up with shims/clamps etc is a real pita.
I wish they had a better spindle option, the 15K 30 horse in the Okuma is really fantastic. The 10k in the F8/F9 makes about 30% more torque but I really haven't seen the need to push that hard (we're not mold makers).
How is the Pro 5? The Okuma OSP has a pretty solid interface, setting up coordinate systems is easy, lots of common variables to save to for probing cycles and macros. I run the Renishaw "set and inspect" GUI mostly because its more robust than the Okuma probing cycles.
I see they're rolling out the PRO6 on the smaller F range but I'm wating to hear back from the Local Makino rep to see what the latest is on the big boys.
Anyones 2c would be appreciated. Thanks.
We have several Okuma machines already--However the door configuration on the Makino looks like a slam dunk for large work-pieces. We occasionally rework defense aero main drive parts and climbing in and out of our machines to setup stuff up with shims/clamps etc is a real pita.
I wish they had a better spindle option, the 15K 30 horse in the Okuma is really fantastic. The 10k in the F8/F9 makes about 30% more torque but I really haven't seen the need to push that hard (we're not mold makers).
How is the Pro 5? The Okuma OSP has a pretty solid interface, setting up coordinate systems is easy, lots of common variables to save to for probing cycles and macros. I run the Renishaw "set and inspect" GUI mostly because its more robust than the Okuma probing cycles.
I see they're rolling out the PRO6 on the smaller F range but I'm wating to hear back from the Local Makino rep to see what the latest is on the big boys.
Anyones 2c would be appreciated. Thanks.
