Essentials on Engagement Ring Assembly Process

The first thing to be done in the process is to melt down the metal required for each alloy. Each metal/alloy such as 18ct yellow gold/platinum has a separate melt. Each of these melts (if more than one) is then poured into a mold that shapes the alloy into an ingot or bar.

A rolling press machine is used to roll the bar of chosen alloy into a sheet. The rolling process increases the hardness of the alloy and removes porosity from the ring, which ultimately creates a very high quality metal.

Next, the sheet alloy is placed into a blanking press which stamps seamless ring blanks out of the sheet using high pressure. This is important because it changes the quality of the metal into something more malleable.

After that, each ring blank is rolled/expanded into the approximate dimensions required. This makes sure that what will be the ring begins to take form into the size that it will acquire in the near future.

The now sized ring blanks are machined using a lathe into the ring shape (D shape, etc.), width and depth required by the customer. At this stage, any decorative patterns required will be applied to the ring. Once the machining processes are completed, the ring will be sent to the polishing process.

Once the ring is hallmarked, the ring blanks are polished/buffed by hand on the inside, outside and sides of the ring. If a ring requires a particular finish (e.g. satin), then it’s at this stage that it will be applied.

On engagement rings, diamonds are required. Sometimes, the same goes for gemstones, like in the three-stone setting ring. Our diamonds are selected by our in-house diamond expert and then passed on to the diamond setter for setting by hand.

We use a powerful laser engraving machine to engrave our rings, which produces very high quality deep engravings. This ensures the quality of the ring. This is important in cases in which people choose to leave a mark on the ring, to leave a memory forever to live with their loved ones.

By this stage, the ring will basically be complete, but it will require a final quick polish to ensure that the ring surfaces are perfect. Depending on the type of the precious metal, it requires different types of finishing treatments. In particular, rings that require rhodium plating such as 9ct and 18ct white gold also get plated at this stage.