SwissKH Maria

Watchmaking · Medical · Microtechnology

The microtechnology ERP.

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
  • Data kept separate for each company
  • SwissKH machines and standard CNCs
Realistic Maria render of perlage on gilded brass, with reflections
Maria render · gilded brass

Your data in Switzerland

Hosted in Switzerland, with each company’s data kept separate. Installation on your own server will follow.

One single application

Fixtures, programming, decoration and workshop in the same software, with a shared library of parts, programs and versions.

Any machine

Post-processors for Beckhoff, Heidenhain and ISO controllers: SwissKH machines or small standard CNCs.

Ready-to-use libraries

Tools, products and subcontractors loaded from maria.swiss, without ever overwriting your own data.

App library

Just like on a smartphone: install what you need.

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.

Beta

Perlage

Grids, spirals and free zones, perlage tools and overlap, pearl calculation and simulation.

Beta

Côtes de Genève

Parallel stripes made with a cup wheel: width, angle, overlap and shading, stripe after stripe.

Beta

Colimaçonnage

Off-centre wheel on a rotating part: arched lines from hub to rim, for a swirling snail effect.

Beta

Planing

Diamond planing and contouring, prepared for Beckhoff controllers.

Coming soon

Black polishing

Flat polishing of surfaces and black-polished faces.

Coming soon

Diamond cutting

Fly-cutting on 3, 4 and 5 axes, plunge cutting with a fixed or rotating tool.

Coming soon

Bar turning

Programming turning operations for small parts.

Coming soon

Milling

3-axis CAM for fixtures, re-machining and small series.

Custom

Your app

Developed by Maria or by a partner provider, connected to your own data.

Let’s talk →

Decoration apps · SwissKH machines

Programmed in Maria. Made on a SwissKH machine.

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.

Perlage

Maria app · SwissKH machines

Grids, spirals and free zones: perlage tool, overlap and pearl order, calculated for the machine.

Result: steel washer with perlage, Maria render
Perlage washer · steel

Côtes de Genève

Maria app · SwissKH machines

Parallel stripes made with a cup wheel: width, angle and overlap, stripe after stripe.

Result: brass bridge with Côtes de Genève, Maria render
Bridge · brass

Colimaçonnage

Maria app · SwissKH machines

Off-centre wheel on a rotating part: arched lines from hub to rim, for a swirling snail effect.

Result: brass wheel with colimaçonnage, Maria render
Wheel · brass

Images: realistic renders generated by Maria from the program (for illustration only).

For subcontractors

The customer sends a STEP file. You deliver the decorated part.

  1. 01

    Receive

    Import the customer’s STEP file. Maria recognises the part and files it in the library with its versions.

  2. 02

    Fixture

    Design the fixture: automatic positioning according to the face to decorate, then adjustment of the vacuum and clearances.

  3. 03

    Program

    Choose the decoration, set it up, view the realistic render. Chain operations OP1, OP2… on the same fixture.

  4. 04

    Machine

    Send the program to a SwissKH machine or to your CNC through the matching post-processor.

What you do with Maria

From fixture to final view, in a single tool.

Program your decorations and check their realistic render before the first part.

Develop your fixtures

From the customer’s STEP file, automatic positioning according to the face to decorate.

Machine your fixtures

The fixture program is generated right away, ready for your machine.

Program the machining of your parts

3-axis CAM and post-processors for SwissKH machines or standard CNCs.

Planing, perlage, colimaçonnage

Program these decorations and check their realistic render on screen.

Show your customer the final view

Show the decorated part before machining it and approve it together.

Check the effect of your tools

Change the diameter of a perlage tool or a wheel: the render follows.

Manage your product routings

Drag and drop to build and reorder steps, with ease.

Manage your human resources

Workshops, trades, skills and replacements.

Plan your production

Production orders, workstation load and lead times.

Beyond the machine

The whole workshop, without the accounting.

Maria handles operations and cost prices. Your invoicing stays in your accounting software.

  • RoutingsDrag and drop, versions, shop-floor sheet.
  • Production ordersPlanning and barcodes.
  • Production trackingTime records, shop-floor view.
  • QualityInspections at each step, photo reports.
  • MaintenancePreventive and predictive.
  • InvestmentsLoad, capacity, decision support.

Try it: drag a step to change the order of the routing.

RoutingsEX-PL-1204 · mainplate · v3 Active version
Toolbox
OP10Perlage, dial sidePerlage tool Ø 3.00 · 144 pearlsPerlage machinePerlage machine3.6 min
OP20Côtes de Genève, bridge sideSubcontracted · photo requiredSubcontractorSubcontractor—
OP30Ultrasonic cleaningProduct and dilution from the libraryCleaningCleaning0.5 min
OP40Visual inspectionReference photos · inspection reportQualityQuality1.0 min

Traceability · Medical

Complete traceability, designed for 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.

  • Batch or serial numberEach part tracked individually or by batch.
  • Material and certificatesHeat number and 3.1 certificate attached to the batch.
  • Frozen versionsThe exact routing and program used for each batch.
  • Machine, operator, dateWho did what, on which workstation, and when.
  • Inspections and photosMeasurements, reports and photos attached to each step.
  • Tamper-proof historyAppend-only log, batch record exportable for audits.

Human resources · Skills

Who can do what, at a glance.

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.

  • Skills matrixPeople and operations on four levels: in training, supervised, autonomous, trainer.
  • Required in routingsA critical operation is only assigned to a qualified person.
  • Absences and replacementsReplacements suggested automatically. Absences are recorded without a reason, with no health data.
  • Training and versatilityDated sign-offs, and an alert when a workstation depends on a single person.
Skills matrixDecoration workshop · example
Week 43
Example skills matrix of a decoration workshop: each person’s level per operation.
PersonPerlageCôtes de GenèveColima­çonnageMachine setupFinal inspec­tion
Léa M.TrainerAutonomousAutonomousSupervisedIn training
Noah B.AutonomousTrainerNot trainedIn trainingAutonomous
Inès R. AbsentSupervisedIn trainingTrainerTrainerSupervised
Marc D.In trainingSupervisedSupervisedNot trainedTrainer
Sara K.AutonomousNot trainedIn trainingSupervisedAutonomous
Autonomous3221 autonomous person only: workstation at risk3
  • In training
  • Supervised
  • Autonomous
  • Trainer

WO-2611 · OP20 Colimaçonnage
Inès R. absent: Léa M. suggested, autonomous.

Accelerators

Start with libraries that are already filled.

No need to enter everything yourself: load ready-to-use libraries, and your own data is never overwritten.

Watchmaking tool library

The tools from the heidi.shop online store, available directly in Maria.

heidi.shop →

List of existing machines

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 catalogue

Watchmaking address book

Watchmaking specialists, already in your 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.

  • Bevelling
  • Satin finishing
  • Sunray finishing
  • Colimaçonnage
  • Côtes de Genève
  • Perlage
  • Guilloché
  • Laser engraving
  • Enamelling
  • Gem setting
  • Polishing
  • Surface treatments
  • Electroplating
  • Bead blasting
  • Bar turning
  • Gear cutting
  • Stamping
  • Finishing
  • Movement assembly
  • Quality control

Designed for those who decorate, manufacture and build.

Subcontractors

Decoration workshops

From the customer’s STEP file to the program in minutes, on your current machines.

Manufactures & SMEs

Watchmaking, jewellery and medical

Routings, production orders, quality and traceability, up to medical requirements.

Partners

Manufacturers and providers

Publish your tools and services in the libraries, or develop Maria apps for your customers.

SwissKH decoration machine SwissKH decoration centre with control screen Enclosed SwissKH CNC machine
Machines designed and built in Vicques, Swiss Jura.

By a machine builder

Written by the people who build the machines.

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

Test Maria in your workshop.

We are opening the beta to a small number of workshops. Your feedback directly shapes the next apps.

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