Jewelry Technology Talk

May 24, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

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JCK 09 will mark the arrival of still another new system from EnvisionTec. This year the buzz is about the Aureus printer that will nearly double the capacity of the EnvisionTec desktop machine. According to company president Al Siblani, the new system boasts Intelligent peeling with different peeling and leveling speeds within same cycle as well as better gray scale control to increase depth of curing control on inner and outer contour to provide a better and smoother surface.
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May 11, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

Over next few weeks there are a number of exciting conferences for jewelry professionals who want to get ahead of the curve. I plan on attending and/or presenting at all of these events so here is rundown on what you can expect to find.

Beginning today in Schaumburg, Illinois we attend the annual conference, RAPID, where scientists and experts from around the world will present papers and exhibitions on AF (Additive Fabrication) and 3D Scanning technologies.
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April 17, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

We had a group of students from Thammasat University visit with us this week. They were presenting a business plan in a competition called the New Venture Championship sponsored by Intel, Tektronix, and Columbia Sports among others. The focus of their proposal was the development of new amorphous precious metal alloys that have very unique properties.
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Commercially known as Liquidmetals, other popular terms are ...Read More

March 29, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Everyone has been asking me what the future will bring for CAD/CAM ......so here is a peak at what we will be doing. An industry professional once asked me for a machine that he could insert a cocktail napkin jewelry sketch and have a finished gold ring come out the back. While that may not be possible right now, we may not be to far off
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For the most part, the jewelry industry has been tied to investment casting to develop the complex geometries that designers create in CAD. In the years to come we will able to skip that casting step altogether. There are two technologies that show promise for melting and forming precious metals directly from our CAD designs. They are Selective Laser Sintering and Electron Bea...Read More

March 12, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

The word from NYC this week was upbeat and busy at the show. Everyone I spoke with who either exhibited or attended told me that they were having a good show. In most cases…. to their own surprise given what we hear every day about the economy.
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The last of the three MJSA Innovation Award winners, V-Ray for Gemvision Matrix was one of my picks as well for jewelry technology of the year. V-Ray along with the team at Gemvision have provided our industry with the ability to render a CAD jewelry design that is so realistic that you believe it was made of metal and sto...Read More