On this episode of Rottler Featured Series we’re in Louisville, Kentucky home of Republic Diesel, a 114-year-old company providing engine machining services to the oil & gas, mining, marine and heavy equipment industries.

Republic Diesel President Matthew Gettelfinger tells us the company began in 1911 as a small machine shop but has grown to be one of the country’s leading servicers of big industrial diesel components – cylinder blocks, camshafts, cylinder heads, and the like.

With a focus on working on the biggest diesels from Caterpillar, Cummins and Waukesha, Gettelfinger tells us they embrace the challenge of machining the biggest engines and components back to original factory specifications. “The bigger, the better,” he says. “Rottler gives us the efficiency and accuracy we need to keep us with customer demand.”

As you can imagine, working on engine blocks that can weigh up to 20,000 lbs presents special challenges. That’s why Republic has been using Rottler equipment for nearly 40 years.
Republic sports five of the biggest machines Rottler makes including the EM105H CNC engine machining center capable of machining blocks as big as a V20, and the big daddy of them all, the EM109H capable of automatically machining monster blocks like the Cat 3616, Waukesha ATV, and Cummins QSK95.

Chris Edgins, machining foreman for Republic, tell us Rottler’s 3 axis machining capabilities were a game changer for them. They used to have to put the block on the floor and work on it manually, but now they can do the whole service right on the machine, slashing hours off the process.

Edgins adds that one of the other big advantages to using Rottler equipment is the ability to tackle specialty jobs. “Working with engineers from Cummins and Cat we’ve used the Rottlers to develop new techniques. They’re very versatile machines,” he says.

As a 100+ year-old company ourselves, we here at Rottler Manufacturing are proud to be a partner of Republic Diesel and help them in their mission to deliver innovation and highest quality machining services in the industrial diesel industry.

On this episode of Rottler Featured Series join us at SRC Reman in Springfield, Missouri.

For over 40 years SRC has built a brand renowned for its approach to OEM+ level quality for Diesel Engines. Working directly with OEM engine suppliers, they rebuild, improve, and reduce engine failure modes on engines of all types.

Talking to SRC Manufacturing Engineer Steve Rippee, we learned that remanufacturing tolerances are often tighter and harder to hit than those on a new engine. Because Rottler CNC machines are designed specifically for engine builders, SRC finds they can do things other machines wouldn’t let them do. That not only includes hitting those tighter tolerances every time, but doing non-standard repairs as well. Thanks to the CNC interpolation capabilities on their EM105H and F98, they’re able to do things like fix bolt holes and castings as well as front seal area repairs.

Cylinder and plateau honing are also big parts of SRC’s operation, so they also have a couple of Rottler hones, and H75 and an H85AX, working on their factory floor.

According to Steve, who’s been with SRC for 35 years, Rottler machines have been there the entire time. From bare blocks, to fuel injectors, SRC Heavy Duty is a premier player in the Diesel Engine Remanufacturing Space!

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