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Evolution of Machine Size and Customer Solutions

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Rottler Manufacturing: The Unsung Hero of Combustion Engines (100 Years of Made In America)

What happens here

The tour continues through the facility, emphasizing the extensive use of linear rails for precision movement in all Rottler machines. A historical image from 1985-86 shows the layout of the large F80 series machines for big diesel engines. The guide points out the new EM109, a much larger machine for even bigger blocks like Caterpillar 3600, used in power generation, mining, and marine applications. These large machines are shipped in separate components (bed, column, etc.) and assembled on-site by service technicians, often requiring a 36-inch concrete slab and heavy-duty cranes for installation. The guide highlights that Rottler customizes solutions, from fixtures to processes, to meet specific customer demands, partnering with companies like Caterpillar and MTU for core donations to test fitment and machine capabilities.

Goal: Illustrate scaling of machine technology and custom engineering solutions

Tools and materials

  • EM109 Machine Rottler — Machining extremely large engine blocks, such as Caterpillar 3600
  • Large Forklift — Moving heavy engine blocks and machine components
  • Linear Rails — Providing precise, low-friction movement for machine components

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that I'm not going to share oh oh yeah oh God interesting enough I do see Rottler green the classic old Rottler green I told you that Andy purged the place of Rottler green there's parallels right there oh really let's see this is kind of our staging area we'll bring the slugs in a lot of this is for Locators fixturing rottler's a Solutions company um and so we're trying to provide that entire Solution that's what makes Rottler unique you not only you're buying a machine but you're buying the machine to do engine work with all the fixturing everything comes all in one so somebody could call you and say I need a machine to do this specific thing and you will figure out how to make it do that that's what we that's what we try to do we try to make sure that we're working with them directly and you know we have solutions for a lot of the engines and a lot of the common operations and if you've got something that uh is unique or that we're not doing will work directly with you to design something make sure that we get you uh you know the best fixturing the best process so that you can you can meet your demand so back here is our Flagship uh the 100 Department in the mid 80s Rottler started with the f-80 series machine which was you know going after the target of you had high horsepower diesel engine rebuilders supporting mining oil natural gas and Marine this is our largest machine today which is awesome to see running here they're just finishing up alignments so the em-109 is is you saw the 106 in the machine shop this is the evolution of that this is the biggest one you have biggest one we have so we can go out and take a look at a cat 3600 Block in the back parking lot at some point and that would be the size of block that you're putting on this so before we had this whole expansion where this whole this is all relatively new and we blew it out there were buildings in the back corner and I still to this day I have no idea how they assembled them and then got them all the way out to the shipping docks when you build one of these or when it shows up we actually put the work head on the table and then we'll ship that all and so this machine has to be assembled at the customer's facility right because there's just no way to fit that in a shipping container yeah on a truck so we'll bed will go separate the column everything goes separate and then we have some great service techs who come and do the installs and they will assemble and hopefully you have a crank…

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