What are the common diamond inlay methods?

Pointed inlay, the common eight diamond inlay.

Tightly fastening diamonds with long metal claws (posts) has become a popular single diamond jewelry style in the market at present. Pin positioning can usually be divided into six-pin positioning, four-pin positioning and three-pin positioning. Nowadays, the wedding diamond ring is popular with six-claw crowns, and the princess square diamond can use four prong setting. In order to be firm, larger diamonds sometimes combine two small claws into one, which is called inlay claw.

Advantages:

That is, the metal rarely blocks the diamond, which clearly presents the beauty of the diamond, which is conducive to the incidence and reflection of light from different angles and makes the diamond look bigger and brighter.

Disadvantages:

Paws can easily grasp hair or fabric. If it is platinum, because it is soft, it may lead to claw deformation and diamond falling off.

electroplate

The diamond below the waist is sealed in a metal holder (frame) with a metal edge, and the firmness of precious metal is used to prevent the diamond from falling off. This is the most firm and traditional setting method, which shows the brilliance, restrained brilliance and peaceful and dignified temperament of diamonds. Watch carefully when buying a diamond suit. The bottom tip of the diamond should not be exposed from the bracket, otherwise it will damage the skin or scratch the diamond.

Advantages:

Safer protection of diamonds, especially the pavilion and waist of diamonds, makes the ring surface smoother and has a higher degree of fixation on diamonds.

Disadvantages:

Need more metal, complex processing, high cost, less light entering the diamond, unable to fully reflect the beauty of the diamond, more suitable for older women to wear or men's ring inlay.

Card mosaic

It is a fashionable style to fix the waist or the part between the waist and the bottom tip of a diamond with the tension of metal. The popular card inlay and V-clip inlay both belong to this category. Simply put, a shallow groove is made in the metal on both sides to insert the waist of the diamond.

Advantages:

The exposure of the diamond is further than that of the claw inlay, and it shines brilliantly.

Disadvantages:

The position where the gem is fixed by metal is limited, and the stress point is very small. If the notch turns too big, it will easily cause the diamond to loosen or even fall off, so the technical requirements of this way of inlay are higher than that of pointed inlay.

Groove inlay

It is a method of digging out the groove on the precious metal bracket first, and then clamping the diamond into the groove. The orbital inlay method is suitable for diamonds with the same caliber, which are continuously inlaid in metal tracks one by one, and both sides of the diamonds are supported by metal. Used for setting round, narrow square and square gems. Groove inlay is like a railroad track with diamonds in the middle.

Advantages:

This inlay method can make the surface of the ornament look smooth. This is a safer way. It is often used to set a small diamond on the ring, which has a better protection effect on the waist of the diamond and can give people a neat and smooth feeling visually.

Disadvantages:

Groove inlaid diamond ring is not suitable for changing the size of bracelet. Once the radian of metal changes, it is easy to cause diamonds to fall off, so wear the appropriate bracelet number when purchasing. Moreover, because the groove-inlaid diamond ring is similar to the pattern of diamond inlaid in the middle of a rail, the diamond in the middle is often not as strong as the diamond inlaid in the tip.

Gypsy mosaic

Diamond ring, also known as inlay and inlay, is often inlaid by gypsy inlay method, which is very popular now. This style is very popular in men's rings. This style of diamond ring first inserts the diamond into the hole that can better wrap the diamond waist, and then fixes the diamond by hammering the surrounding metal.

Advantages:

Can better protect the diamond waist, if properly inlaid, the diamond will be more stable, more beautiful and generous appearance.

Disadvantages:

It takes a lot of setting time, and it is easy to damage the diamond when setting. The material that holds down the diamond is often thin and narrow, and the diamond is very easy to fall off.

Nail installation

On the edge of the inlaid metal material, use a tool to shovel out a few small nails to fix the diamond. Nailing is divided into two nail sets, three nail sets, four nail sets and dense nail sets according to the number of nails. The dense nail inlay is also called group inlay, and the group inlay jewelry is gorgeous and dazzling, creating a visual effect of looking at diamonds instead of gold.

Advantages:

There is no metal or claw to fix the diamond on the surface, and the closely arranged diamonds are actually embedded in the metal tenons and grooves. Because it is not surrounded by metal, diamonds can penetrate and reflect more light, highlighting the gorgeous light of diamond ornaments.

Disadvantages:

It is not suitable for setting a single diamond. If it is used in a large area, it is also not suitable for changing the size of the ring, otherwise it is easy to drop the diamond.

Embedding ...

Instead of using teeth, directly punch holes in the metal, dig out slots at the orifice, embed the diamond, and then wrap the surrounding metal at its edge, and a circle of metal ring edges appears, which visually has the effect of diamond amplification. This setting method is very difficult. The diamond table and the surrounding metal are on the same plane, which also requires the metal holder to have a certain thickness, which can bury the whole diamond in it, and the bottom tip of its pavilion cannot be exposed. The jewelry inlaid in this way looks steady and generous, and many small diamonds on wedding rings are inlaid in this way.

Advantages:

This inlay method is very comfortable to wear, saves metal, and diamonds are safer and not easy to hook or touch.

Disadvantages:

The diamond is buried in the ring Tory, flush with the surface of the ring holder. The diamond will be partially covered.

Line mosaic

In this style, the diamonds are arranged in a string and densely inlaid, and the diamonds are embedded in various holes on the ring, so that the diamonds and the ring are almost on the same plane. This style has long been used for ladies' rings.

Advantages:

Compared with claw type, it can protect diamonds better. In addition, this style exposes most diamonds, which can produce greater or more visual effects than the actual diamonds.

Disadvantages:

Mosaic is often dangerous, because diamonds are easy to be damaged in the process of mosaic, the degree of fixation of diamonds is not as good as other styles, and the surface of diamond rings is not as flat as the groove edge and Chanel. This diamond setting process is suitable for a small number of diamonds.