Add the Sillitoe SDMS as a second mastering lathe candidate

Sillitoe Audio Technology (Australia) sells a complete cutting system:
lathe, MMFB feedback cutterhead, cutting amplifier, Space / Time Control
automation with a virtual groove, vacuum and microscope, at a published
USD 125,000 ex tax and shipping. Vendor landscape gets the narrative and
an Agnew-or-Sillitoe comparison; supplier map, total investment basis,
roadmap item 13 and the digital factory's no-telemetry section (STC cue
sheet, Open Groove export, stylus hours) follow.
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### What produces no telemetry
The Agnew lathe and mastering chain, the Sibert stamper-prep machines and
the shrink wrapper produce no machine data. They get station check-ins:
who, when, which part, which parameters, with files attached (cutting
parameters, DAW session export). The room environment around them is
logged by the sensors above.
The Sibert stamper-prep machines and the shrink wrapper produce no machine
data, and neither does the mastering chain on the Agnew route. They get
station check-ins: who, when, which part, which parameters, with files
attached (cutting parameters, DAW session export). The room environment
around them is logged by the sensors above.
If the lathe is a Sillitoe SDMS instead, its Space / Time Control software
(a vendor application on the cutting room's own PC, which stays an
appliance) writes files worth collecting: the master cue sheet (catalogue
number, side, matrix number, engineer, groove diameters per track), an
Open Groove export of the groove itself, the project file, and a
stylus-hours counter. They are dropped on an SMB share on the cutting
station and attached to the cutting session against the lacquer ID, the
same watcher pattern as the metrology exports below. See
[vendor landscape](suppliers/vendor-landscape.md).
## QC instrument integration