Jewel Print

JewelPrint是一家初创公司，专门从事定制珠宝制造的选择性激光熔化，作为投资铸造的替代方案。它是从威尔士钻石中心（DCW）分拆出来的一家公司，DCW是一家贵金属定制珠宝制造公司。主要目标市场：珠宝制造商店客户，以及使用贵金属的电子商务大规模定制，&支持制造商。在线珠宝市场正在增长，预计到2027年全球价值将达到约600亿美元。英国人每年在珠宝和手表上的支出为1071.9亿英镑。珠宝被定义为可穿戴的装饰物品（戒指，项链，手镯）&深深植根于传统，市场随着经济增长而增长。珠宝行业是英国GDP的重要组成部分。目前，定制珠宝制造涉及一个具有挑战性的、漫长的、多阶段的、复杂的过程。这包括：手工设计或CAD和计算机辅助制造；铸造过程;制作原型和/或制作模具，然后用于制作珠宝的蜡制品；然后，铸造过程在装满投资粉末的容器中进行；后期制作，如手动归档和抛光，然后进行消除缺陷和光滑的表面；接下来是抛光和整理。大量的水和能源的使用，废弃铸造材料的产生和贵金属的损失。宝石和半宝石的镶嵌，以及化验办公室的标志，以保证纯度，应用于最终产品。这些步骤中的大多数几十年来几乎没有改变。JewelPrint将采用工业4.0技术进行大规模定制，灵活生产，通过选择性激光熔化直接金属增材制造贵金属合金。工业4.0技术将使我们能够探索新的材料合金，减少对库存的依赖，自动化重复和有害的程序，如准备和抛光阶段。

JewelPrint is a startup company specialising in selective laser melting for bespoke jewellery manufacture, as an alternative to investment casting. It is a company spun-out from Diamond Centre of Wales (DCW), a precious metal bespoke Jewellery Manufacture company.Primary addressable markets: Jewellery manufacturing instore clientele, and mass customisation for ecommerce using precious metals, & support manufacturers. Online market for jewellery is growing & expected to value at about 60 billion dollars worldwide by 2027\. Annual expenditure on Jewellery and watches in the UK is 10,719M GBP. Jewellery is defined as wearable decorative items (rings, necklaces, bracelets) & is deeply rooted in traditions, the market increases with economic growth. Jewellery sector is a significant component of UK GDP.Currently, bespoke jewellery manufacturing involves a challenging, lengthy, multi-stage, complex process. This includes: hand design or CAD and computer aided manufacture; casting process; creating a prototype and/or creating a mould, which in-turn is used to make a wax reproduction of the jewellery; the casting process then takes place in containers filled with investment powders; post production such as manual filing and buffing is then carried-out to remove imperfections and smooth surfaces; this is followed by polishing & finishing. Significant footprints of water and energy use, generation of waste casting materials and loss of precious metals. Setting of precious and semi-precious stones, and assay office hallmarking to guarantee fineness, is applied to the final product. Most of these steps have barely changed in decades.JewelPrint will employ Industry 4.0 techniques for mass customisation, flexible production, utilising direct metal additive manufacture of precious metal alloys through Selective Laser Melting. Industry 4.0 technologies will allow us to explore new material alloys, reduce reliance on stock, automate repetitive & harmful procedures, such as the preparation & polishing phase.