The 150,000th Haas CNC machine, a DS-30SSY, is handed over to its new owners, Claesson Engineering, at the Manufacturing & Automation Expo (MAX) in Stockholm, Sweden, March 19, 2014. Pictured from left to right: Henrik Olsson, Sales Director, Haas Factory Outlet, Edströms Maskin AB; Alain Reynvoet, Managing Director, Haas Automation Europe; Fredrik Claesson, Managing Director, Claesson Engineering AB; Kristin Alexandersson, Haas Factory Outlet, a Division of Edströms Maskin AB.
Haas Automation, Inc., has announce another major milestone in the company’s history as one of the world’s leading machine tool builders – the production and installation of the 150,000th Haas CNC machine.
It was a mere seven years ago that Haas Automation celebrated the installation of its 75,000th CNC machine – a VF-3SS purchased by a family-owned machining business in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The 150,000th machine – a DS-30SSY dual-spindle turning center with Y axis – rolled off the Haas production line January 19, 2014, and was installed at Swedish company Claesson Engineering in March, following a special handing-over ceremony at the Manufacturing & Automation Expo (MAX) in Stockholm, Sweden.
“Installation of the 150,000th machine is a very special occasion for Haas Automation,” said Alain Reynvoet, Managing Director, Haas Automation Europe. “The fact that it has been bought by a European company – in the relatively high-cost region of Scandinavia – is further proof that the Haas combination of value, performance, reliability, and support is the right one for any market.”
The DS-30SSY combines dual-spindle turning with Y axis, C axis, and live tooling to create a powerful “done-in-one” machining solution. The opposed spindles support fully synchronized turning and allow on-the-fly part pass-off to reduce cycle times. The machine provides 4″ of Y-axis travel (