Hi
I am new to swissturning and am in the process of bringing a spool we currently purchase in-house. The od of the part is .290 and 4 in long and is made of 6061-T6. We will be making 100,000 parts per year with a 10% increase per year based on history. We are looking at Star SR-20III, Star SB-20, Tsugami BE20, and Citizen A20VII. We plan to run lights out, unattended since we are running a high volume of the same part and do not intend to run anything else but R&D parts a couple of times a year.
My questions are:
Where do get quotes for Swiss quality aluminum bar stock and what tolerances do I ask for?
Any suggestions on machines? What to look for when comparing machines? Strengths and weaknesses of the machines?
What do I need to pay attention to when running lights out, unattended?
Rob