Engineered.
Verified.
In production.

From cycle time calculation to final acceptance. Built on decades of hands-on experience, dedication, and a strict quality mindset, we deliver what we promise.

Built around your part. Your machines and your targets set the process. Calculation and simulation can be done remotely; implementation and validation take place at your machine.

Machine database

Your machine's real data: axis drives, spindle power and torque curve as well as chip-to-chip times, so the calculation reflects how your machine actually performs.

Machining operations

Every step of the machining process, defined in sequence.

Cutting data per step

Each operation with its type, the chosen tool and the correct cutting parameters.

Cycle time and capacity

The resulting cycle time gives you a clear picture of the capacity you can plan with and the cost per part.

Phase 1 · Process development with CutView

Know your numbers before you commit

We calculate cycle times with CutView for your part, based on your machine and realistic cutting data. These times are reproducible on the shop floor. Together with you, we select the tools, develop the fixture concept and refine the process. With this information, you can quote with confidence or make sound investment decisions. Phase 1 is offered at a fixed price, scoped to your part. It is the groundwork for Phases 2 and 3. You decide whether to continue with us. Either way, you keep the Phase 1 results for your own use.

Conditions: If the basis defined in Phase 1 changes (drawing, part, machine or requirements), additional work in Phases 2 and 3 may be required and will be charged separately.

Phase 2 · Process refinement and verification with Eureka

Verified before the first chip

Tools and fixtures are finalized and produced by our partners, and programs are written for your controller. Siemens, Fanuc, Heidenhain and Brother are our daily business, and our experience lets us adapt to other controllers. The complete process is tested on a digital twin before it runs on your machine, so the implementation phase starts on proven ground instead of being tied up for trial and error.

Phase 3 · Process implementation and validation

Validated on your machine

Tools and fixtures are set up on your machine, the first parts are produced and the process is fine-tuned to comply with the drawing specifications. The cycle time is validated and, where required, machine and process capability studies (Cmk/Cpk) and PPAP prove that the process meets your requirements, through to handover to your team.

Running production · Process optimization

Better in series production

For parts already in production, we analyze the running process and optimize it where needed, whether in tool and fixture technology, cutting parameters or adjustments to your CNC programs.

Independent manufacturing expertise. Not every part needs a complete turnkey process at first. We also support you with individual tasks.

Results from the shop floor. A few of the many parts we have brought into production.

In a personal conversation, we are happy to show you more of our work and talk about challenges and approaches, always within the bounds of our customers' confidentiality.

Tools, fixtures and software we rely on. Whether we work on your existing machine or help you select a new one, our long-standing partners are a key part of our success.

Cutting tools Fixtures and work holding Virtual machining Cycle time calculation CAM programming

Squaredone is a reseller and training partner for CutView and Eureka.

Machinist since 1996. Know-how built on an apprenticeship and refined over more than 25 years in the industry.

Matthias Hodel

Founder, Squaredone GmbH

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1996Machinist apprenticeship (Swiss Federal VET Diploma), Stratec Medical (today DePuy Synthes), Switzerland

1999CNC Machinist, medical technology and general machining, Switzerland

2002CNC Programmer, 5-axis water jet cutting, aerospace and gas turbine parts, Franke, Switzerland

2003Manufacturing Engineer, Truvativ (now SRAM), Taiwan

2005Head of Application Department, DMG Taiwan

2006Application Manager Turnkey Asia, DMG China, Shanghai

2011Turnkey Project Manager, DMG MORI Taiwan

2013Founder of Squaredone GmbHToday: process engineering, consulting and know-how transfer for customers in Asia, Europe and North America.

Your partner for the next part. From cycle time calculation to series production. We serve customers in Asia, Europe and North America and are regularly on site in Taiwan.