Back in 1997 Midas purchased our first CNC machine tool, it was a 1 metre Haas VF3 that was over badged by Mikron.
Selected for its size, type, price and ease of use it was the machine that saw us enter the Computer Aided Engineering era and as a result things changed forever at Midas. The days of multiple craft patternmakers working by hand from 2D paper drawings were numbered and we began the journey into CADCAM and unattended CNC machining, the door to complex machining, tight tolerances and rapid turnaround was opened to us. Now in December 2012 we see our old VF3 leave Midas to be replaced by a Brand New Haas VF4SS
As part of our ongoing investment plan we felt 15 years was long enough for this machine and it was time to upgrade so the addition of another high speed VF4SS seemed logical. Our machine shop has multiple large machines ready to run 24/7 cutting any material that's necessary to achieve the tightest of deadlines 5 Vertical machines up to 2m x 1m and 1 Horizontal machine cutting 2.5m x 1.25m x 1m mean that with 6 large, high spec. flexible machines we never have to wait for capacity to become available As we look forward to seeing another shiny precision machine tool arrive we will be sad to see our first machine leave us, the last 15 years has seen many changes and much expansion happen at Midas, let's hope our new VF4SS brings us as much luck as our old VF3 has done!!