Toolmaker invests in high-speed machining.

Based in the Ballymote Business Park in County Sligo, Mito Precision Engineering provides a toolroom service to manufacturers in the medical devices and automotive industries. The Irish manufacturer also produces jigs and fixtures for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. The company now has 11 machine tools from Hurco.

Since Malachy Towey and Michael Taheny established the company in 2010, manufacturing capacity has steadily expanded and now encompasses surface grinding, wire and sink EDM, turning, and milling. The latter machines have mainly been sourced from the preferred supplier, Hurco.

Operating 11 Hurco CNC machining centres and two Hurco CNC lathes, Mito’s machine park ranges from early models of the compact VM10 milling centre to a TM8i turning centre purchased last year and the latest investment, a VMX42HSi vertical machining centre with 20,000rpm HSK63A spindle. The ease of programming, robustness and high power make Hurco machine tools ideal for manufacturing one-off, often complex parts in tool steels or stainless steel.

Mito now has three different model variations of the Hurco VMX42. Known as an industry workhorse, it is a one-metre X-axis machine with a generous 610mm Y-axis travel and the same in Z-axis with a table load capacity of 1,750kg, allowing the company to produce extensive mould tools.
Recent design enhancements mean that direct drives are provided in X, Y, and Z, and roller guideways are used on all axes for rigid dynamics. The machine cabinet has a full washdown and spindle coolant ring.

Mito provides customers with top-quality service, offering competitively priced tools, advice, and guidance. Having forged long-term relationships with customers of varying sizes from various industries, Mito has gained new business through personal recommendations. Attention to detail in the tools it supplies and ongoing investment in new machinery and technology underpin its success.