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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Eta SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Laurent Kaelin, Sonvilier, CH;
Jean-Bernard Peters, Pieterlen, CH;
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Abstract
A method for assembling a mechanical modular unit includes storing in a controller a list of assembly parts of the unit. The method includes irreversibly transforming a sub-assembly of each functional module into a ready to use functional module, after adjustment and function checking of a particular timepiece function have been performed on a test bench. The method includes storing in a storage place components required for the assembly list. The method includes programming a manipulator controlled by the controller to look, in a pre-defined sequence peculiar to each assembly list, for each component or module to be assembled. The method includes programming a shape recognition part to operate the manipulator to pick up each functional module according to a locating part included therein, to arrange the module in an assembly position. The method includes each time, irreversibly assembling precisely arranged elements of the mechanical modular unit to each other.