Toyoda Machine Tools

[dgriffiths]

Anybody running or familiar with Toyoda Mills that would like to give me there opinions? We are are specifically looking at a 5-axis UX570. I know nothing about these machines or this builder except what I see on the internets??? 

[crazy^millman]

That specific machine no, but their machines are some of the best in the industry in my opinion.

 

Here is a video I found on one. Looks like a nice machine to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscRWLKIh-M

[gcode]

We bought a small Toyoda bridge mill a couple of years ago and it has been running trouble free

My only regret is that we didn't buy a bigger one

[xirdneh1234]

Nothing on 5x Toyodas but the last company I was with had two of the horizontals, 800mm pallet size I believe, running off a 30 pallet FMS. The 2 machines replaced 11 badly worn out Fadals.

 

Machines both had HSK-100 Spindles, TSC, fully loaded Fanuc 31a5 controls, scales, Renishaw workpiece probes, laser measurement tool probes and Matrix style tool magazines. I was working in inspection for a brief time and inspected parts coming off of them. Pretty rare to see anything more than .001" away from nominal on loosely toleranced features, and it held lots of sub .001" tolerances with ease. Most accuracy issues were found to be from material handling/incorrect loading of parts.

 

Very rigid, and very accurate across high temperature fluctuations. Roll up doors on each end of the machine were usually cracked halfway during Northern California summers (70F in the morning, up to 90-100F at noon).

 

Only downside was very poor chip evacuation that led to jammed/bent/destroyed way covers that needed replacements every 6-8 months. The fact that the spindle was HSK-100 and relatively low RPM led me to believe Toyoda probably intended the machine be used for Ferrous alloy machining, and we were running into problems because all we cut was 6061 which just like to hangout on the way covers.

 

I'm not sure if this problem was ever resolved. When I left it had not been corrected.

 

Tech support was pretty good when we needed them. The 2 programmers assigned to the machine didn't have any trouble getting service out when we needed them. YMMV depending on your location/re-seller obviously.

[RaiderX]

Have worked with a couple of there machines no 5 axis either but one was an FMS 48 pallet cell two horizontal machine configuration. good money maker very few problems.

[Mic6]

Friend of Psychomill?