TOSHIBA anyone ?

[jeev]

Friends, we are in the process of finalizing purchase of a Horizontal Boring Machine having XYZ of 4m X 3m X 1.5m with ATC 60. This machine is for machining windmill components like rotors and bearing housings.

Can anyone suggest how to understand which Japanese machine would best suit us. Any independant performance ranking available with regards to various manufacturers ? Where does Toshiba stand amongst Mori Seiki, Makino, Niigata, Mazak etc Thank you

- Jeev

[underthetire]

Depends on the type of material. Mori does not make a boring Mill that i'm aware of, so they would be out, unless you can do your parts on a standard horizontal. Toshiba has done some strange control things in the past, I don't know about the new ones. If Makino or Nigata make them, they are both high end, but none of those companies are really specialist in large boring mills. Newer Mazaks don't impress me much. You might also want to look at Kuraki. They are Japanese and all they build for the most part is HBM's. TOS actually builds large, decent ones as well, but they are European if that matters.

KURAKI America Corporation | Powerful Performance

[jeev]

I just checked the Kuraki website you recommended. The max Y travel is only about 90". I need 118"of Y axis travel. Will check with TOS as well, thanks again !