Jewel Print

宝石印花

• 批准号: 10076289
• 金额: $ 6.34万
• 依托单位: JEWEL PRINT LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10076289
• 关键词: Jewel; Print

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.

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，作为熔模铸造的替代品。它是一家从威尔士钻石中心（DCW）分离出来的公司，一家贵金属定制珠宝制造公司。主要目标市场：珠宝制造店客户，以及使用贵金属的电子商务大规模定制，和支持制造商。在线珠宝市场正在增长，预计到2027年全球价值约为600亿美元。英国每年在珠宝和手表上的支出为107.19亿英镑。Jewelry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，多阶段的复杂过程。这包括：手工设计或计算机辅助设计和计算机辅助制造;铸造过程;创建原型和/或创建模具，然后用于制作珠宝的蜡复制品;然后在装满熔模粉末的容器中进行铸造过程;然后进行后期制作，如手工锉削和抛光，以去除瑕疵和光滑表面;然后进行抛光和精加工。水和能源使用的显著足迹、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，以及鉴定办公室的标记，以保证精细度，应用于最终产品。JewelPrint将采用工业4.0技术进行大规模定制、灵活生产，并通过选择性激光熔化技术对贵金属合金进行直接金属增材制造。工业4.0技术将使我们能够探索新材料合金，减少对库存的依赖，自动化重复和有害的程序，例如准备和抛光阶段。