Perlage
Grids, spirals and free zones, perlage tools and overlap, pearl calculation and simulation.
Watchmaking · Medical · Microtechnology
Developed for watchmaking and medical. Just like on a smartphone, you build your own Maria from a library of apps, created by Maria or by other providers and tailored to your data.
Forget heavyweight ERPs: go for something concrete, tailored to your needs.
Hosted in Switzerland, with each company’s data kept separate. Installation on your own server will follow.
Fixtures, programming, decoration and workshop in the same software, with a shared library of parts, programs and versions.
Post-processors for Beckhoff, Heidenhain and ISO controllers: SwissKH machines or small standard CNCs.
Tools, products and subcontractors loaded from maria.swiss, without ever overwriting your own data.
App library
Each process is an app, with its own settings, realistic render and operations OP1, OP2… Maria develops some of them; other providers can build their own, tailored to your data.
Grids, spirals and free zones, perlage tools and overlap, pearl calculation and simulation.
Parallel stripes made with a cup wheel: width, angle, overlap and shading, stripe after stripe.
Off-centre wheel on a rotating part: arched lines from hub to rim, for a swirling snail effect.
Diamond planing and contouring, prepared for Beckhoff controllers.
Flat polishing of surfaces and black-polished faces.
Fly-cutting on 3, 4 and 5 axes, plunge cutting with a fixed or rotating tool.
Programming turning operations for small parts.
3-axis CAM for fixtures, re-machining and small series.
Developed by Maria or by a partner provider, connected to your own data.
Let’s talk →Decoration apps · SwissKH machines
The decoration apps prepare the program for SwissKH machines: you set up the decoration, check the render, and the machine does the work. Here is the result.
Maria app · SwissKH machines
Grids, spirals and free zones: perlage tool, overlap and pearl order, calculated for the machine.
Maria app · SwissKH machines
Parallel stripes made with a cup wheel: width, angle and overlap, stripe after stripe.
Maria app · SwissKH machines
Off-centre wheel on a rotating part: arched lines from hub to rim, for a swirling snail effect.
Images: realistic renders generated by Maria from the program (for illustration only).
For subcontractors
Import the customer’s STEP file. Maria recognises the part and files it in the library with its versions.
Design the fixture: automatic positioning according to the face to decorate, then adjustment of the vacuum and clearances.
Choose the decoration, set it up, view the realistic render. Chain operations OP1, OP2… on the same fixture.
Send the program to a SwissKH machine or to your CNC through the matching post-processor.
What you do with Maria
Program your decorations and check their realistic render before the first part.
From the customer’s STEP file, automatic positioning according to the face to decorate.
The fixture program is generated right away, ready for your machine.
3-axis CAM and post-processors for SwissKH machines or standard CNCs.
Program these decorations and check their realistic render on screen.
Show the decorated part before machining it and approve it together.
Change the diameter of a perlage tool or a wheel: the render follows.
Drag and drop to build and reorder steps, with ease.
Workshops, trades, skills and replacements.
Production orders, workstation load and lead times.
Beyond the machine
Maria handles operations and cost prices. Your invoicing stays in your accounting software.
Try it: drag a step to change the order of the routing.
Traceability · Medical
Implants, instruments, medical device components: each batch stays linked to its material, to the routing and program versions, to the machines, the operators and the inspections carried out. In case of an audit or a complaint, the full history is a few clicks away.
Human resources · Skills
Maria keeps your workshop’s skills matrix up to date: for each person, the operations they master and their level, from training to expertise. Each operation in the routing can require a skill. When you plan a production order, Maria suggests the qualified people and, if someone is absent, possible replacements.
| Person | Perlage | Côtes de Genève | Colimaçonnage | Machine setup | Final inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léa M. | Trainer | Autonomous | Autonomous | Supervised | In training |
| Noah B. | Autonomous | Trainer | Not trained | In training | Autonomous |
| Inès R. Absent | Supervised | In training | Trainer | Trainer | Supervised |
| Marc D. | In training | Supervised | Supervised | Not trained | Trainer |
| Sara K. | Autonomous | Not trained | In training | Supervised | Autonomous |
| Autonomous | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 autonomous person only: workstation at risk | 3 |
WO-2611 · OP20 Colimaçonnage
Inès R. absent: Léa M. suggested, autonomous.
Accelerators
No need to enter everything yourself: load ready-to-use libraries, and your own data is never overwritten.
The tools from the heidi.shop online store, available directly in Maria.
heidi.shop →Measuring, cleaning, decoration and more: find your equipment and add it to your fleet in one click.
Tool or machine manufacturer? Publish your catalogue in Maria.
Submit my catalogueWatchmaking address book
Maria comes with a ready-filled address book, sorted by specialty. When a step in your routing is subcontracted, Maria suggests the workshops that master it.
From the customer’s STEP file to the program in minutes, on your current machines.
Routings, production orders, quality and traceability, up to medical requirements.
Publish your tools and services in the libraries, or develop Maria apps for your customers.
Machines designed and built in Vicques, Swiss Jura.By a machine builder
In Vicques, in the Swiss Jura, SwissKH designs and builds CNC decoration machines for watchmaking, jewellery and medical. Maria brings this know-how together in software that also works with the other machines on the market.
See the SwissKH machines →Beta programme
We are opening the beta to a small number of workshops. Your feedback directly shapes the next apps.