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I just bought my second Haas CNC mill. I use them primarily to make parts for implantable medical devices, but they could just as easily make parts for small arms, guided missiles, or aircraft. Most big names in CNC machine tools are Eastern; Japanese, Taiwanese, or Chinese, with a few European. Haas, the biggest and most well known Western manufacturer of CNC machine tools, stands accused of continuing to supply Russian companies involved in military manufacturing, long after the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Documents filed with the U.S. Treasury and Department of Commerce indicate that RATEP is one of many Russian enterprises that Haas Automation has serviced with direct shipments of goods in that period.
Per the aforementioned PBS Newshour report, the American company allegedly approved as many as 18 shipments to Russia between March and October of 2022 to the tune of $2.8 million.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Monday March 20, @08:15PM (2 children)
Not to mention that DIY CNC mills are getting better every year. At this point, for open maker type solutions the CAM software is a bigger hurdle than the hardware. Even that is starting to crack.
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Tuesday March 21, @06:05PM (1 child)
Has anything open source popped up in the last couple of years for generating 4 or 5 axis toolpaths? The last time I looked there were only commercial solutions and they were painfully expensive.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday March 21, @09:53PM
Nothing yet, at lest not ready for prime time.
Of course, Russia will just pirate what they want/need.