On a side note I think I'd rather have a Brother then these 700 machines. Initially we were wanting a 400mm machine and specifically the nhx4000. I've found the best way to buy a machine is to not look at what they sell but what they have in stock and want to get rid of. There are a couple in stock you can get better pricing on with options. There is an entire world of analysts who pick apart every piece of data about the company and read the tea leaves as a hobby. This is especially true of their manufacturing and supply chain strategies. Than again, Apple is not a very open company. The Davis factory is building one NHX4000/5000 per day, and I can't imagine the Japanese plants are running at even 3-4x the productivity/size. The most logical thing I can think of is that Mori (or anyone else) simply can't produce HMC's in the volume Apple would require. This question has been bugging me actually, why Apple does this. Shop space requirements are actually less for the HMC. These machines also aren't (apparently) going to any 2nd or 3rd tier suppliers in the Chinese hinterlands these are all going to the Hon Hoi Precision (aka Foxconn) in Shenzhen.Įven with cheap ass Chinese labor, that's the difference between 3500 button pushers versus 10,000 (scale up to cover the fact that the factory runs 24/7). We're talking 3500 HMCs versus 10,000 VMCs (mind you, over a few years). but we aren't talking 1 HMC versus 3-4 small VMCs. Call me crazy, but I would rather have the $220k machine than $360k in 3 little machines. Mind you, an NHX4000 is about as efficient as 3-4 Milltap 700s in high production, and comes in at only $220k (with some basic options).
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They are also infecting other Asian customers who are taking Foxcon/Apple's lead on how to do production. The Ellison guy agreed and had no idea why Apple seemed obsessed with the Lots of Tiny VMCs strategy. Till we all heard the price.Īnother note - why the hell does Apple buy 10,000 mini vertical machines? I get that Chinese labor is low, but when you've got a massive volume of nearly identical parts to make (like say, 20 million iPhone 5s a quarter), the basics of going to an HMC pencil out as just beating the tar out of having 10,000 little mills, each (likely) doing a single operation. and we all thought the Milltap would be an excellent machine for that market. Apparently, they've gotten lots of calls from design outfits looking to get their own CNC milling capability in-house who are familiar with DMG/Mori from all the high-end machine shops.
At $70k, he thinks this thing would be flying off the rigger's trucks. He said they were as disappointed with the final pricing of the Milltap as anyone else.
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The Ellison engineer flat out told me that I would be about 40% better off buying one of the Eco series mills more rigid, better options, more tools, more volume for the base price of the Milltap. Interestingly though, optioning them out is only about $120. I totally wanted one, till I heard the price: base machine is $100k (Robodrill Ecos are $65k).
So, it has very rigid milling capabilities and super fast tool changes and a really trick Siemmens control. The rest of the Milltap 700s are made by Mori at their Chiba, Japan facility. Initial production was in Germany at a DMG facility and Apple's demand has been so strong that it soaks the entire output of that factory (a multi-year order for something like 10,000 Milltap 700s). Mori and DMG worked together to deliver on what Apple wanted, and they apparently succeeded. Apple wanted a machine with more milling capability and their industrial design department absolutely loves their DMU 50s.
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