Billed as an “open house and education forum,” Toyoda Machinery USA welcomed guests to its Arlington Heights, Illinois, headquarters Sept. 17-18, 2015, for ToyoTech: Tools and Techniques to Elevate Efficiency. The newly redesigned FH630SX-i horizontal machining center was on display, offering a standard 8,000-rpm, high-torque spindle and dual ballscrews on the Y and Z axes, along with the VTC1616 vertical turning center, featuring a hydrostatic table with C-axis indexing and a “live function” on the spindle that enables turning and milling operations to be performed in a single setup.The company also introduced a prototype of its new TOYOPUC-TouchF2 control, which drew a great deal of attention. Scheduled for market availability in 2016, the accessible and user-friendly HMI features a 19-inch, high-resolution screen display with a variety of innovative technical assistance features.Educational presentations on topics such as multi-axis and 3D dynamic machining and Manufacturing 4.0 were made by Forcam, Kennametal, Mastercam, Sandvik and Walter Tools. View this slideshow for more photos from the event.