Patent ID: 11931963
Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGèRE SUISSE
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for producing a three-dimensional element on a timepiece component, the method comprising:
generating, by means of a control unit, at least one control instruction for a printing device for reproducing a reference digital graphical representation relating to said three-dimensional element; and
constructing, by means of the printing device, at least two superimposed layers each comprising at least one particle which is printed on the timepiece component and which forms the three-dimensional element,
wherein the construction step includes, for each layer of at least one printed particle, a first sub-step of applying a layer of at least one particle on the timepiece component, and a second sub-step subsequent to the first sub-step, of treating said layer of at least one particle of the first sub-step.