Automated Systems and Methods to Facet and Polish Diamond for Productization

Abstract

Systems and methods are directed to selecting unpolished regular-polygonal diamonds; selecting diamond powder based on size, profile and hardness to use as acceleration media; and polishing the regular-polygonal diamonds by accelerating at least the diamond powder using a plurality of spray patterns determined as a function of the respective hardnesses of the diamond powder and the unpolished regular-polygonal diamond, the spray patterns directed at the unpolished regular-polygonal diamonds. The method further includes accelerating the regular-polygonal diamonds and the diamond powder to create the spray patterns; directing the spray patterns so that they overlap causing the diamond powder to polish the regular polygonal diamonds; separating the regular-polygonal diamond from the diamond powder; and repeating the steps of accelerating the regular polygonal diamonds and the diamond powder and the separating until the regular-polygonal diamond is polished.

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