Asking for advice on a lathe

[CNC-ERIC]

Hi, there,

 

we are looking for a lathe which can machine different type of small parts. those parts are not very high volume, but every month there need 200 to 500 piecec or so.

 

those part's features are as below:

 

thin short (2.5mm diameter, 0.9mm thick)

thin long (95mm long, 3.2 diameter, some need drill 1.6mm through hole)

tiny parts (6mm long, 3mm diameter)

parts diameter less than 15mm, length around 50mm

 

Material:

glass filled peek,

sst

 

the machine sales distributor suggested swiss style lathe, such as Citizen brand.

 

I am wondering if you ever machined those kind of parts, what kind of lathe do you use? or any advice, input to help us to get more infor.

 

thanks very much

 

Eric

[bigjohn]

A friend of mine has an Idex lathe about 15 years old. He makes little components for a lock manufacturer. The machine keeps dimensions all day all night. It has c Axis, multi turret and secondary spindle. He programs manually.

 

John

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

If you go with "Swiss" syle CNC, the Citizen is very good. Star has a loyal following as well.

[Newbeeee™]

Swiss would be the way to go (citizen probably) but check that it can feed the plastic ok.

That stuff can vary wildly on dia and ovality, and it may not be able to be fed through the collet ok.