TSewell
Plastic
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2012
- Location
- Beaverton, OR
I work at a company that makes small plastic parts. Parts are very abrasive plastic, lathe turned with PCD tooling. Part envelope is .500" Long x .500" diameter, and is currently held in a 5c collet. Operation is facing front and rear of part (held on arbor) and turning OD. Tolerances are in some cases +-.0001 on width. Parts are run dry, with no coolant (medical). Production quantities are in the 30K plus/year range. I have several Omniturns that we have been running these operations on for some years, and they generally hold tolerance fairly well, but the control is, well, less than awesome. I would really like a small gang tool lathe with a Fanuc control. I have looked at:
Cubic - nice machine but the control location is not my favorite
Cyclematic (Hardinge CHNC clone with Fanuc Oi control, seems nice, although concerned about Turcite/Box way versus linear slides)
Amada/Wasino (G05 model, looks like a good fit, waiting to hear back from salesman)
Budget is around 100k, hence no mention of Miyano, etc.
Am I missing any good options here? Any recent experience with any of these machines?
Thanks!
Cubic - nice machine but the control location is not my favorite
Cyclematic (Hardinge CHNC clone with Fanuc Oi control, seems nice, although concerned about Turcite/Box way versus linear slides)
Amada/Wasino (G05 model, looks like a good fit, waiting to hear back from salesman)
Budget is around 100k, hence no mention of Miyano, etc.
Am I missing any good options here? Any recent experience with any of these machines?
Thanks!