Rothweiler Feinwerkmechanik’s ability to design and build a complete custom motorcycle was made possible not least by the functionality, precision, and ease-of-use of the CAMWorks CAD/CAM system. But it is not just with this showpiece and technology carrier that the Baden-based company relies on CAMWorks. Rather, it also depends on it in its everyday operations as a parts producer.

Rothweiler Feinwerkmechanik was founded in 2003 by Dirk Rothweiler. Wanting to shed his regular job and begin to build some independence, he sold “all my worldly goods,” as he puts it, in particular his car and his motorcycle, and invested the money in machinery. His first machine tool was a used lathe. “That’s what I used to generate my first sales. And whenever I was able to pull enough money together, I bought the next-better machine, until at some point I was able to purchase the newest CNC machines,” Rothweiler remembers.

Today, with five permanent employees and additional “loan workers” from partner firms, his company oers a wide range of machining options. These include turning, milling, and polishing, along with a number of kinds of precision machining, plus welding, surface and heat treatments, materials testing, and material analysis.

When it comes to working materials, Rothweiler Feinwerkmechanik knows no bounds: steel, stainless steel, titanium, inconel, and alloy materials are handled as easily as aluminum, non-ferrous metals, or plastics, and even fiber-reinforced composite materials. Dirk Rothweiler goes one step beyond the machining. “I often assist my customers in the design process by contributing my know-how regarding the manufacturability of the parts. We get to the finish line together and faster than if the designer were doing it alone.”