Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool has recently moved to a new facility in Wright City, Missouri Oust west of St. Louis) and installed new CNC equipment and expanded its capabilities.
The 25-year-old firm produces, tools, dies and special machines as well as offering custom CNC machining and fabrication. The company also produces its own lines of products for the racing industry.
The Mittler brothers (Mike and Paul) started their business with the two of them as the only employees in a 2,500-sq.-ft. facility. They eventually grew into 30,500sq.-ft. of space across three adjacent buildings in Foristell, Missouri.
The current and planned growth of the company led the brothers to move to a 3year-old facility with 50,400-sq.-ft. in neighboring Wright City.
"The opportunity to consolidate our operations under one roof with room for expansion is tremendous," stated Mike Mittler.
Since the facility had been designed for manufacturing it has been a great fit for us," commented Paul
Mittler. "We haven't found anything that we would change in the layout or design."
With the larger space and growing business, the company quickly started adding new equipment. Two major pieces of CNC equipment have been added since the move took place.
One is an Okuma MA-40H horizontal machining center with a 10-pallet Fastems automatic loader. It features a 100-tool changer, a 40-taper 15,000-rpm spindle, and a table capacity of 24" x 28" up to 880 pounds.
Another new piece is a Haas SL20 CNC lathe with a magazine-style barfeeder. It features a 5hp motor with 3,000-rpm; a full C-axis on the spindle; a capacity of 24" between centers and live tooling.
"This equipment, with all the advanced technology, will allow us to improve our efficiency and expand our 'lights out' production," stated Mike Mittler.
Other new capabilities at the company include wet painting and shot blasting. Both booths were already in the facility. "The booths will enable us to improve our turnaround time and finish quality," noted Paul Mittler.
Mittler Brothers works with steel, tool steel, aluminum, stainless steel, brass, bronze, titanium and other exotic metals.
It serves such industries as automotive, medical, heavy transportation and automation.
Other equipment at the company includes: four CNC vertical machining centers; a 4-axis horizontal machining center; four CNC turning centers; an Okuma lathe with a Westech gantry loader (for unattended operation) and a CNC high definition plasma cutter.
CAD is used on all software and Virtual Gibbs CAM software is used for programming.
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