2022年8月19日

东北钻石创新者Dyman先进材料削减计划创造100个就业机会Dyman先进材料希望削减140亿美元的工业钻石市场由中国主导集团28注册免费电子邮件警报从BusinessLive -北东的直接发布会上的最新头条开始一天的无效的emailSomething出错了,请稍后再试。注册组28个县达勒姆公司已经开发出一种生产人造钻石的新颖方法,它说一旦大规模可以创造100个工作岗位。NETPark-based Dyman先进材料——目前拥有七希望减少一片140亿美元的工业合成钻石市场供应石头的行业。该公司由创始人加里·吉布森博士曾经受雇于Sedgefield邻国Kromek和钻石生产25年前的想法,作为一个本科学生。从Sedgefield基地,Dyman刚刚完成了研发和概念验证阶段的技术——全世界专利未决。最近获得了超过£800000的投资,该公司目前正走出实验室,恢复生产,希望推出它的第一个产品市场在2023年第一季度。一个共同的方法合成钻石被称为“高压高温”,包括温度1600 c和巨大的压力——相当于平衡车的头销。过程通常涉及一个机器三米宽,三米高,三米深,重量吨。吉布森博士解释说:“我们小型化过程,使用一些巧妙的空间技术,一个足球大小的。的一件事让我们就是利用先进的碳纤维石墨的类型用于航天飞机的鼻子。 Diamond material (front) in the form of a disc and also a wedge, and behind is a typical industry standard diamond cutting tool. (Image: Supplied by Gary Gibson of Dyman) “Most people will know that when the shuttle re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere, it starts to glow red because it gets so hot. The graphite is a really good thermal barrier and that helps the equipment as it goes up to these insanely hot temperatures.” Industrial diamonds - which are dull or coloured, unlike their attractive gemstones counterparts - are used in a variety of different scenarios, including offshore oil and gas drilling, cutting composite material components for the automotive industry and in medical applications such as ultra-sharp scalpels that never become blunt. There is also a new field of diamond electronics which uses the stone’s heat sink qualities to protect high performing devices. So far Dyman has focussed on producing these industrial diamonds, as the requirements are more straightforward. Ultimately, Mr Gibson and his team would like to expand into synthetic gemstones, which is another expanding market as environmentally-savvy consumers are wary of the tonnes of rock required to be mined in search of the stones. Leonardo DiCaprio has recently invested in a company called Diamond Foundry Inc and jewellery brand Pandora is now using “lab-created diamonds”, made using renewable energy. Industrial diamonds can vary in size from a 10th of a carat to two carats but retain a high value - Dr Gibson says 1kg is worth about £2m. Dr Gibson added: “Along with the miniaturisation, our technology also brings efficiency. To make a good quality synthetic stone you need to keep these things at temperature for about two weeks. At the moment other producers have these little heaters inside the machines but they struggle a little bit because they can’t quite get the temperature they need to make good diamonds.” Dyman’s football-sized “pressure cells” are placed inside a furnace which, once at the required temperature, is much more efficient - using between 10-20 times less energy. It also allows the firm to batch process and pass significant cost savings on to customers. At the moment, the majority of the world’s synthetic diamonds are produced in China and demand significantly outstrips supply. Dyman has found plenty of encouragement for its plans - which could see it generate between £50m-£100m revenue - as bringing production to the UK is seen as strategically important. Dr Gibson added: “One of the biggest challenges in the UK is the high cost of energy. We can compete because our technology is so efficient we can absorb those costs and still be competitive around the world.” READ NEXT: