SERVICE: Need Help with Your Haas Machine?

From how-to guides and videos, to in-depth manuals and service guides, our service site is always readily available to help you find the information and answers you need. Check it out.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Brunink Serving Industry

See how Brunink Serving Industry uses their ST-40L to maximize production on mechanical and electrical projects for the industrial and civil sectors. Read more.

VIDEO: 5-Axis Rotary Guide

Not sure which 5-axis rotary is right for your shop? Check out this extensive video to see all of the rotary options Haas Automation has to offer. Check out all of our 5-axis rotaries.

OPTION HIGHLIGHT: Probing

Setup reduction is critical to maximizing the productivity of any machine tool. With the probing solutions available from Haas, any machine can be set up in minutes, with just a few button pushes. Learn more about probing on your Haas here. 

INSTAGRAM: Haas Assembly Lines Video

It’s always a busy day at the Haas Automation factory! Check out this quick video tour of the Haas assembly lines. 

VIDEO: Set Tool Length Offsets Quickly – The Automatic Tool Presetter

Andrew compares setting lathe offsets manually vs. setting them with the ATP option. He then demonstrates how easy it is to reset your tool offsets after changing an insert, and finishes with a look at the ATP’s tool breakage detection capability.

CAREER: Want to Work at Haas Automation?

Haas Automation is hiring, and we want YOU to be part of the team. As the largest machine tool builder in the western world, we need world-class talent in all of our departments. Learn more.

MACHINE HIGHLIGHT: Robot Package

Want to automate your machine setup? Add a Haas robot! Learn how easy it is to use our fully integrated interface, and add automation to your machine shop. 

VIDEO: DM and DT Series

Drill/Tap/Mill Series machines are high-speed, lean-style machining centers with compact footprints that make very efficient use of valuable shop floor space.

FACEBOOK: Tilting Indexers

Check out the list of tilting indexer tables we have avaialble at Haas Automation!

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Masteq

See how Masteq Tool & Engineering optimized their Haas robot setup with multiple vises and a custom part drop-off point.

VIDEO: Tool Offsets and Manual Tool Setters – Haas Tip of the Day

Mark introduces us to a host of different tools for setting our tool offsets manually. He also helps us understand the fundamentals of how the machine work offsets and tool offsets function together to define where everything is located inside the work envelope.

GUIDE: Buying Your First CNC Machine

First time CNC buyer? Check out this comprehensive guide to what you’ll need to know – from shop space to tooling basics to programming!

VIDEO: Orville the Service Elf Visits Haas

Orville the Lead Service Elf made a special visit to the Haas factory recently, and we were lucky enough to get some footage of the proceedings.

VIDEO: Haas Rotary Assembly

Check out our rotary assembly team, hard at work building high-precision Haas rotary tables and indexers for delivery to shops around the world.

MACHINE HIGHLIGHT: UMC-500 with an Auto Parts Loader

Run just four extra hours per day with the APL, and you could generate enough output to pay for your investment in as few as 6 months.

Looking at it another way, the APL is roughly half the cost of an operator’s wages for a full year!

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Rodin Cars

“We are building high-end hypercars that are designed to be as fast as Formula 1 supercars. The primary purpose of the Haas GM-2-5AX is to machine the plugs that will be used to make carbon fibre moulds for all of the Rodin FZED and Rodin FZERO car parts.” - Shannon Alice, Head of Marketing
See more.

VIDEO: Monthly Lathe Maintenance Tasks

Manufacturing Engineer Mitchell O’Meara reviews the necessary maintenance tasks you should be performing on your Haas lathe every month.

VIDEO: Machine Your Own Gifts on Your Haas!

Need a last minute gift? Make it yourself! In this special holiday edition Tip of the Day, Mark shows you how to make simple but unique gifts on your Haas machine.

VIDEO: Haas Rotary Tooling Block System

Mitchell is back again with a short introduction to the Haas Rotary Tooling Block System that will add substantial multi-part capacity to your HRT160 and HRT210 rotary table setups.

FACEBOOK: Haas Factory Casting Yard

Check out this short video of the Haas factory casting yard on a rare foggy day in Southern California!

MACHINE HIGHLIGHT: ST-15Y

The ST-15 is an extra-small footprint, big-bore lathe that provides a generous work envelope. This machine offers the best performance for the money – the best value – in its class.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: American Ceramic Technology

Scott McCall, an Engineering Services Manager at American Ceramic Technology, shares his experience with Haas. See more.

VIDEO: Prepare Your Machine For a Long Shutdown

With the holidays upon us, it is important to know how to prepare your machine for a long shutdown, if you are away for weeks or months at a time. 

VIDEO: The Perfect Gift for Any Machinist

In this special holiday Tip of the Day, Mark goes through his toolbox and shows you the perfect gift to get the machinist in your life – even if that machinist is yourself!

VIDEO: Tip of the Day! THIS IS NOT A TORX

This might seem like a simple topic, but as usual, Mark finds many interesting and useful details, as he examines the differences between Torx and Torx Plus fasteners and wrenches.

INSTAGRAM: Medium Rotary Tables Video

Take a look at this early development version of our robot gravity loader and part flip station. We’re interested to hear your feedback, as we move toward locking in the design.

MACHINE HIGHLIGHT: TM-0

The TM-0 is the most affordable Haas CNC mill, with a small footprint to optimize shop floor space, and a small price tag to optimize your bottom line. Learn more.

VIDEO: Haas Rotary QuikChange System

Mitchell gives us a quick introduction to the Haas Rotary QuikChange System that adds flexibility and capacity to your rotary table setups.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: MST Manufacturing

“In the 30 years we’ve been in business, we’ve purchased 60 CNC machines from Haas. I keep coming back to Haas, because the machines are economical to purchase, extremely easy to operate, and the service and support are local and convenient.”
– Kenneth Statton, President and CEO

FIRST LOOK: Gravity Loader & Part Flip Station

Take a look at this early development version of our robot gravity loader and part flip station. We’re interested to hear your feedback, as we move toward locking in the design.

VIDEO: Tip of the Day! Tool Offsets & Manual Tool Setters

Mark introduces us to a host of different tools for setting our tool offsets manually, and helps us understand the fundamentals of how the machine work offsets and tool offsets function together.

INSTAGRAM: 5-Axis Video from Rogue Gator, LLC.

Repost from @roguegator: Just another day of 5-axis fun.
Check out the full post.

LINKEDIN: Working At Haas - IT

When most people think of jobs at Haas Automation, they think of someone working in a big factory filled with machine tools. That is just one part of Haas. There are many other departments that help keep our operation running, like our world-class IT department.
Watch now. 

VIDEO: Monthly Mill Maintenance

Manufacturing Engineer Mitchell O’Meara is back to review the necessary maintenance tasks you should be performing on your Haas Mill on a monthly basis.
Check out the mill maintenance checklist here.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Micelli Chocolate Molds

See why Micelli Chocolate Molds decided on Haas machines to make molds for the chocolate industry.

VIDEO: Set Up and Use the APL for Haas Lathes

Andrew shows how easy it is to set up the Haas Automatic Parts Loader to load parts, and demonstrates how the APL works.

VIDEO: Programming the Mill APL

Andrew demonstrates moving the mill APL arm to pick up the part, load and unload it from the vise jaws, and how to record each of those positions.

VIDEO: ST-25Y + APL - Simple, Affordable Automation

The Haas APL is easy to get up and running, and ensures you’ll keep making parts, even when your operator is away tending to another machine.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Micro-Cut Engineering

See how Micro-Cut Engineering automated their processes, and were running parts the first night of setting up their APL! Read more.

INSTAGRAM

Repost: @bleyweert_cnc
Our Haas ST-15Y with APL is ready for the night shift!
See the full post.

PRODUCT: Mill Auto Parts Loader

The Haas mill APL is a simple way to automate part production on small VF series VMCs. Learn more.

PRODUCT: HRT160

The Haas HRT160 is the ideal plug-and-play option for small to medium 4th-axis work on your Haas machine. Learn more.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Mid South Precision

Mid South Precision relies on a stable of Haas CNC machines to handle their precision machining work, including two Haas VF-2SSYTs, one DM-2, and two DM-1s, all equipped with Haas rotary tables. Read more.

VIDEO: Rotary Maintenance

In this Haas Service video, Manufacturing Engineer Mitchell O’Meara walks us through some of the important maintenance procedures you should be doing on your Haas rotary table.

VIDEO: Unwind Your Haas Rotary Quickly

In this video, Mark solves an issue every Haas rotary user faces at some point: How do I get my rotary back to zero quickly?

VIDEO: Platter Types + HRT160, TRT160, HRT210, TRT210

Mitchell helps us sort through some of the more common configurations of Haas 160 mm and 210 mm HRT and TRT rotaries.

VIDEO: Don’t Fear 5-Axis – Rotary Installation and Set Up

In the third video of our Don’t Fear 5-Axis series, Sr. Applications Engineer John Nelson talks about setting up your rotary table or trunnion, and explains how DWO/TCPC works.