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Spindle bearing gave out on a Haas VF-2 last week, found metal shavings in the coolant

I was running a 3/4 inch end mill at 8000 RPM on some 6061 aluminum and heard this grinding noise that made my stomach drop. Shut it down right away and pulled the tool, found tiny metal flakes in the coolant reservoir near the spindle. Had to call for a service tech, cost me $1200 and lost two days of production. Anyone else had bearings go bad suddenly on a similar machine?

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casey843•21h ago

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