suggestion when looking for a small cnc w live tooling

Hello
We are a small company located in Guatemala, Central America.
We are mainly heat treaters but also have a ROMI G20 and produce small punching tools for the plastic industry.
We need another machine but there are some much models and brands that I don´t know where to start !!

We are looking for a second hand small ( max 20 HP) CNC lathe, equipped with Fanuc, livetooling, tailstock, easy to find parts and support …of course quite economical !
After google investigations, I ve found that options for us could be :
Hardinge Talent 6/45
Hardinge Quest 6/42
Hardinge GS42
Kia SKT 15 LMS
PUMA 200M
Mazak SQ10 M

IS there a machine/brand that I forgot ?
Is there a machine better than another one in my listing ?
Would somebody help me and suggest me a machine ?
( why so much type of Hardinge ?)

Any help would be very appreciated !
Thanks
Andre

I can't suggest a machine for you. In my experience, I have nothing but good to say about Hardinge easy to operate, fast to setup, good parts availability. The Mazak guys on here will tell you that's the way to go, I can't argue with them.

You say max 20 hp?? So more would be bad?? I doubt any of those machines except the Mazak maybe even has 20 hp.

Maybe look at MTB's like Star and Citizen.

Robert

I've been pretty happy with my Doosan Lynx 220 LYA. Seems to fit all your requirements.

Eric U