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The Refinery

Statham & Burton Ring

MWDesign partnered with The Refinery to transform hand-drawn concepts into precision-crafted jewellery, using advanced CAD modelling and high-resolution 3D printing to prepare the two rings for investment casting.

SERVICES

Industrial Design

CAD Development

SLA 3D Printing

Rendering

THE PROJECT

From Concept To Creation

Nick Cowley from The Refinery came to MWDesign with a basic sketch for a ring.

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MWDesign was able to 3D model the ring in Solidworks, using the sketch as a base to CAD the form to tight tolerances and dimensions, provided for the gemstones to sit into. 

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Once the CAD was finished, MWDesign rendered the rings using  high resolution software to produce imagery to visualise the finished jewellery.

 

We then 3D printed the rings using our Form Resin Printer. The printer uses Stereolithography (SLA) technology, using a light source—a laser or projector—to cure liquid resin into hardened plastic. This produced a high accuracy part with fine features and smooth surface finish, ready for test fits

for the client. 

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We then passed the resin ring over to The Refinery, who used it to investment cast the ring bases from white gold. 

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He then inlaid the diamonds and central sapphire to the Statham Ring and then Turquoise into the Burton Ring, to complete the finished ring. 

 

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