English is my 2nd language and not living in an English speaking country, I however knew what it is. Translated into English, in my native language we call that a "little finger hat".
@@cubertmiso At this factory they use the nozzles for their own 3d printers that they use quite often. AFAIK despite thousands of hours of printing they have never had to replace one of the diamondbacks.
@@toddbender3463 This is coming directly from a website reporting on that exact thing. It's also why HPHT is better for these applications currently. "The diamonds produced using this method are minuscule, hundreds of thousands of times smaller than those grown with the HPHT method. Hence, these diamonds are far too small for jewelry applications." Unfortunately I cannot provide the name of the source, as it's being filtered out. :)
@@cubertmiso Going on how tough diamond dressers are, they probably will not have much wear after 10 years and a million miles of filament passing through, unless you are using something like tungsten carbide or diamond powder filled filament, which probably will do 100 000 miles instead.
Former employee here with a few insights: -It's insanely loud when a press fails! -The presses don't fail nearly as often as they once did due to the company's dedication to continuous improvement (Kaizen). Very smart people work there. -The diamond bits transfer heat so well that they'll melt right through an ice cube even at room temperature. -They also make black diamond wedding bands that can be purchased by the public. Very cool.
@@alienwhitewalker7284 Yes, basically like the OP said, making small incremental improvements. It’s common in manufacturing. I’m not sure what links you’re looking for.
When I was in grad school, I used to grow diamonds using pulsed laser deposition technique. They were never more than a few nanometers thick. The research was about applications of thin film surfaces. Cool to see a more industrial production of diamond that isn’t for gems.
This is how factory tours or "how its made" channels should be, very up close 1st person journey and understanding of the process. Not just a bunch of fast moving zoomed out shots that make no sense what is actually going on... Thanks for doing this!
I had a family member who worked at U.S. Synthetic as an engineer for about a decade. He told me a lot of cool stories, and had some of these diamonds (and the smaller heads the diamonds fit into) in his house to show people. Really cool to actually see inside where he worked.
It blows my mind people are smart enough to even come up with the concept let alone build a machine like this to replicate a natural process that takes over a billion years to happen.
@BobConnor-n2g it's an evolved process. You will find T Halls name on US Synthetics other Utah competitor. Megadiamond and the former Novatek. The same place USS founder started working.
@BobConnor-n2g GE sold them off in early 2000s to private equity, who sold to Sandvik, who through more private equity, appear to be operating as AFC Hartmetall GMBH, who is operating as Hyperion. So all 3 have ties back to the same scorned $10 savings bond.
I used to work here. The rapid unscheduled destruction you talked about actually happens fairly frequently-the press heads crack and have to be replaced. The blast chambers also don't have a roof. One shift a press burst under pressure and it was SO LOUD.
Thank you Jerry and big thanks to US Synthetic for opening their doors. I'd heard about Russia making synthetic diamonds while in college in the 80s and wanted to see the process. This was a fantastic tour. My mind is officially blown. Respect.
I am working in CVD Diamond manufacturing. It takes around 300-400 hours to manufacture for a 5 mm thickness diamond, but those diamonds are Gem quality grade. Thanks to this video, now I got some knowledge about HPHT diamond production. As I have also worked as a Gemologist in the past, I used to identify the difference between Natural, CVD and HPHT diamond.
@@goatpepperherbaltea7895 I am chemistry graduate. I was searching for job in research field. I got opportunity from gem testing lab which was also near my house. They need the person from chemistry graduate to operate optical instruments like FITR, Raman Spectroscopy etc for analysis diamond and gemstone. There I learn gemology and become Gemologist and Research Assistant.
@@freedomman06 Cristalline pattern and as such the refractive patterns, but also chemical impurities. Natural and HPHT are not 100% pure carbon, CVD usually is.
I worked for US Synthetic for a summer running those presses. I still have fond memories of the company, the work, and using the blaster to clean up the diamonds. Great video!
I know this is unrelated to the video but I wanted to say Thank you. In recent months, My Papa became an amputee after months of surgeries in attempt to remove a quick spreading infection. Because he went 3/4 of a century with both legs, my family knew it would be a very hard transition. Surprisingly we found it very easy to accommodate with cheap options for mobility. And I truly believe its people like you who have made the future for disabled people much more accessible. Thanks for what you do brother.
"Rapid unscheduled disassembly" or RUD is what @thefishingpilot is refering to but It wasn't coined by SpaceX its been in use in rocketry for a long time, the original phrase is Rapid Unintentional Disassembly (RUD) and is a military term for when you don't reassemble the gun properly. At some point the aerospace industry started using it, there is also RUDE (the e is for event) which was used well before SpaceX
It would probably be the worst armor in existence haha While diamonds are great when it comes to hardness and compression, they are very brittle. It would simply shatter. Lego style.
I'm a rigger in Ohio. I put a lot of the machinery and the diamond presses in that building. Not alot of room to maneuver a lift, but that's why they have us move them! Awesome video, thanks!!!
@@BixbyConsequencepeople with marketable skills often travel for work because their skills are in high demand and companies pay top dollar for their time/availability. If you are interested then consider learning a trade.
I work at the place across the street from US Synthetic. Called Dymicron. Has the same press. Except we make cervical disk replacements. So a ball and socket joint out of diamond. Then we polish it (and we're the only ones that i know of that has machines to polish diamond surfaces on concave and convex surfaces). Pretty cool stuff
@falxonPSN I probably don't have enough room in the garage myself. Not with yet another CO2 laser coming. Need to up my game there too like Zack. Or just sell al of mine and move to Utah and work for him 😂
I’m so sick of the infestation of clickbait videos showing some incredible looking machines in the thumbnails! Thank you so much for breaking the trend! ❤️👍
I'm a rigger in Utah. I put a lot of the machinery and the diamond presses in that building. Not alot of room to maneuver a lift, but that's why they have us move them! Awesome video, thanks!!!
@@biunzRS hahaha... Hes a rigger, we have them offshore as well. Theyre whole job is to adequatelly rig heavy equiptment up to lifting aparatuses like a crane or fork lift. Basically theyre really good at putting straps on stuff to carry to ensure it doesnt fall off and moves as esxpected.
I was expecting clear diamonds, a little disappointed. The black diamonds would be gorgeous though if they were to be cut, ig they aren't interested in making jewelry
the fact that diamonds are used as bearings still blow my mind, usually when you talk about, the conversation is about how abrasive and resilient diamonds are. but i guess with the right process and surface finish diamond on diamond bearings actually make alot of sense.
@@oO0Xenos0Oo It's more like a train vs a car. Trains are super efficient because their wheels barely have any friction due to the low surface contact area and rigidity of steel. A rubber wheel does things like deform, losing energy and creating more contact area that grips to the road. But because diamond is soo hard, it doesn't really deform, so even at the same hardness, diamond on diamond is pretty "slippery", because there are very few microscopic surface features to create friction, so they don't so easily wear away at each other, and when they do it's very even. It also helps that anything that could get in between the bearings that would normally increase wear, would just be ground up by the diamond and pushed out of the way.
All these years I was wondering how do they seal bearings in marine applications, because I know the ocean is the most corrosive stuff to ever exist. Now I know that a lot of machineries use diamond bearings. Awesome learning!
Bearings don't necessarily replace seals. Rubber o ring and lip seals are still common. Along with carbide or graphite mechanical face seals and or over pressurized lubricant reservoirs. It would be possible to run open bearings in salt water or brine lubricant, but adding seals and lubricant is often trivial.
I get that you put "not click bait" to get through other people who do. But you've built a reputation Jerry and the reputation is never click bait. You've always been genuine and do exactly what you title the video. Video rocked as always and your voice is a radio voice! It's amazing to watch you dive into engineering from breaking apart phones
Very important to understand the difference between Hardness and Tensile Strength. For instance, if you mildly hit a diamond with a hammer you will quickly have Diamond DUST. But if you rub a diamond on that steel hammer the steel will get scratched by the diamond.
Not related to the video at all, but this comment just made me remember there's an album called "in the rough" where every track is a different gemstone
Oh it’s that easy? I will make this DIY at home for Christmas! I’ll just get the diamond dust and let my brother sit on it like chicken do with eggs, it’ll take a while but I’m sure it will be worth it! Thanks for the tutorial.
I love the factories that make the stuff they need, like the salt and talc moulds in house rather than sub contacting that to a separate company. Much better for the environment and profits
I took an inorganic chemistry class back in 1970 at BYU from Dr. Tracy Hall who invented the diamond synthesizing process. He developed the process in his basement with his own money on his own time but he was employed by GE so they “owned” the patent.
No that's not how patent ownership works. If he used company resources on company time, then yes, company has a claim to any related patent he would file for. Otherwise company does not. Be accurate when you share stories please.
@ he signed a contract with GE that anything he discovered, belonged to GE. He asked GE for funds to develop the synthetic diamond. Initially they agreed but later pulled the funding so he used his own money and developed the process on his own time. Regardless, because he had signed the contract he lost the ability to patent the process. What I said was accurate. And the FBI quarantined the house for 3 months to ensure no one but GE and the government had access to the process.
@@mr702s Have you read your own employment cotract? There is usually a clause in there which gives your employer ownership of anything you invent while employed by them. i.e. they have the right to the patent of anything you invent with your own money and time in the period you are employed by them. Certainly that was the case in the my first job in a company with about 10 employees - just a standard employment contract.
My wife’s boyfriend has a roommate whose cousin knows a guy that drove past this place and honked at it. Thank you so much for showing a tour of this place, more people should know about it!
Agreed. Did not know diamonds were used in bearing but also always wondered how this whole process was possible. I have seen diamonds grow but this is crazy. great video.
I am so glad we got to see the actual press. I have seen the 3d printing channel (Zack Freedman I think) tour of this factory and he blurred the press. Seeing it in action is really cool.
I remember reading an article about 40+ years that some company made an artificial diamond that could not be picked out from a bunch of real diamonds, the article went on to say that this process could kill the diamond market, but I never saw or read anything else about this.
@ always! I love your videos and what you’re doing with your wheel chair factory! I’m sure you’re crazy busy, but would always love more members only videos! Even if they are just your staff showing us a day in the life of what they do!
@@JerryRigEverything as I said, I know your crazy busy!!! I support because I love your vision, the extra videos are just an awesome side bonus!! Also, how’s the bunker coming along? Gotten it furnished yet?
@masonryel1502 it's good! Haven't done anything with it since the last video. But hopefully in the spring we can finish the kitchen and put in the combustible toilet
Coefficient of friction 0.05-0.08 per ChampionX. Dynamic diamond on diamond in water. Coefficient of friction 0.02 for AlMgB14 on TiB2, 0.03 for graphene, and 0.04 for PTFE sliding on stainless steel Supercritical liquid He3 cof ~0.00
Anyone knows anything about diamonds already knew they were essentially worthless and artificially inflated in price for jewelery. Diamonds are not rare at all
A diamond press is exactly what it tought of as a little kid before primary school, I was like if nature needs pressure for diamonds then why can't we do it ourselves
@JerryRigEverything I facilitate trainings for new hires at T-Mobile stores and get to talk devices and tech. I use a lot of your talking points to drive home some lessons about devices, specs, accessories, and durability). I use your scratch tests and the Mos scale to show how products on Amazon like screen protectors for $9 and claim "Level 9H Hardness" is not the most honest advertising.
8:13 is a big big scene if you have been watching Jerry's videos for a long time. That quote is just specific to his channel. Feeling very nostalgic. Thanks for integrating that part in this video.
I use Diamond-tipped tooling everyday at work, (Turning ceramic coatings for high-pressure-compressors in jet engines), very interesting to see how they're made.
Well... every day is a school day! Fantastic video, love learning new stuff even at 53 years old! Never knew diamonds could be produced this way, when I saw a "diamond tipped cutter" I always wondered how they got the diamonds to the correct shape for use!!
@JWRLD999Lyrics No, it's literally necessary. Nothing people claim god can do can be explained by physics. In fact, particle physics strongly suggest that there is no room for god and anything you want to attribute to "god" necessarily has to involve magic because it doesn't involve physics. Sorry to burst your bubble):
You know the funny thing about that idea is that the screen under the protector can still break. I've seen regular tempered glass where the screen under still absorbed the shock and broke the screen, all while the protector didn't receive damage.
It's worth mentioning that diamonds are relatively low temperature minerals. They typically form in UHP environments, where the pressure to temperature ratio is high. If you increase the temperature, it will be destabilized to graphite. The 1300-1600°C needed to form them sounds high, but in geological terms, that's quite cold for a mineral forming at 150-200km deep.
Awesome video Jerry, it's super cool for the wider world to get an insight into synthetic diamond manufacturing. We're glad to hear you're getting on well with the E3D x DiamondBack Bambu Lab Hotends! Thanks for the shoutout :)
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the "not clickbait" was, "it's actually fairly easy to do if you have money to do it" but the amount of money and "energy" exerted is not worth the outcome.
I worked on Lightbox Lab Grown Diamond in Gresham, Or I worked on the construction of the facilities. I was the only drywall finisher there for about 3 weeks. Our company took it over from another union company that broke a contract. I think its the only Diamond manufacturer in the United States.
1:32 I genuinely didn't know what a thimble is, and my grandma (whom I'm with for the holidays) was super excited to show me 😅
English is my 2nd language and not living in an English speaking country, I however knew what it is. Translated into English, in my native language we call that a "little finger hat".
I'm so happy for both of you!!
@@jpdj2715 in german also we call it Fingerhut which literally means finger hat
That is INCREDIBLE........Thank you.....
Old F-4 pilot Shoe🇺🇸
It's also a piece you can play as in Monopoly! I always chose the thimble if given the choice.
Im an engineer for this company, thank you so much for giving the world a tour of our facility!
is that diamond made printer nozzle just long lasting or nearly indestructible? tried to look information about abrasion/timescales.. but here we are.
So you probably know scientists recently figured out how to make diamonds at room temperature and pressure
@@cubertmiso At this factory they use the nozzles for their own 3d printers that they use quite often. AFAIK despite thousands of hours of printing they have never had to replace one of the diamondbacks.
@@toddbender3463 This is coming directly from a website reporting on that exact thing. It's also why HPHT is better for these applications currently.
"The diamonds produced using this method are minuscule, hundreds of thousands of times smaller than those grown with the HPHT method. Hence, these diamonds are far too small for jewelry applications." Unfortunately I cannot provide the name of the source, as it's being filtered out. :)
@@cubertmiso Going on how tough diamond dressers are, they probably will not have much wear after 10 years and a million miles of filament passing through, unless you are using something like tungsten carbide or diamond powder filled filament, which probably will do 100 000 miles instead.
Former employee here with a few insights:
-It's insanely loud when a press fails!
-The presses don't fail nearly as often as they once did due to the company's dedication to continuous improvement (Kaizen). Very smart people work there.
-The diamond bits transfer heat so well that they'll melt right through an ice cube even at room temperature.
-They also make black diamond wedding bands that can be purchased by the public. Very cool.
I work in kitchen appliance manufacturing and my company is also all in on Kaizen. It's cool to read a RUclips comment referring to it.
@@Shot_Kawla Righ on. Speaking of kitchen appliances, Blendtec is across the street from US Synthetic. (of "Will It Blend?" fame )
The rings are actually made by an independent company now!
@@Shot_Kawla kaizen??? any link would behelpful
@@alienwhitewalker7284 Yes, basically like the OP said, making small incremental improvements. It’s common in manufacturing. I’m not sure what links you’re looking for.
When I was in grad school, I used to grow diamonds using pulsed laser deposition technique. They were never more than a few nanometers thick. The research was about applications of thin film surfaces.
Cool to see a more industrial production of diamond that isn’t for gems.
New screen protector!?!?!
Indestructible steak knife?
"Legitimate 10 like my wife" killed me
Incredibly cute
Well played... Very well played.😂
You know his wife was standing over his shoulder when he was editing that lol
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And it seems to be true! She is one of a kind!
This is how factory tours or "how its made" channels should be, very up close 1st person journey and understanding of the process. Not just a bunch of fast moving zoomed out shots that make no sense what is actually going on... Thanks for doing this!
Exactly what you just said ❤
I love every video that I’ve seen on his channel here
😊
Need to make a diamond screen protector.
Anyone remember “how it’s made”
I had a family member who worked at U.S. Synthetic as an engineer for about a decade. He told me a lot of cool stories, and had some of these diamonds (and the smaller heads the diamonds fit into) in his house to show people. Really cool to actually see inside where he worked.
dont snitch on him, diamond$$$$$
😂@@Mr.Fabrication007
I didn't know diamonds were used in bearings
Now you do! 👊
@@JerryRigEverythingOuch! Why did you punch me?!
Well that makes me wonder if I can scrap old machines that are completely wasted that use these for the diamonds.
Watch movements often use synthetic ruby too
@@JerryRigEverything how expensive are they per cm²
8:19 "There are no scratches at level 9 and zero deeper grooves to be had." Damn, never thought I'd ever hear that statement.
It blows my mind people are smart enough to even come up with the concept let alone build a machine like this to replicate a natural process that takes over a billion years to happen.
You will want to read about Tracy Hall, General Electric, and the large reward he was given for this invention.
@@curious95 Is t his the same process used by GE back in the 50s? I am sure GE spun the division off (Jack Welch probably did that).
@BobConnor-n2g it's an evolved process. You will find T Halls name on US Synthetics other Utah competitor. Megadiamond and the former Novatek. The same place USS founder started working.
@BobConnor-n2g GE sold them off in early 2000s to private equity, who sold to Sandvik, who through more private equity, appear to be operating as AFC Hartmetall GMBH, who is operating as Hyperion. So all 3 have ties back to the same scorned $10 savings bond.
We aren't, someone was
I used to work here. The rapid unscheduled destruction you talked about actually happens fairly frequently-the press heads crack and have to be replaced. The blast chambers also don't have a roof. One shift a press burst under pressure and it was SO LOUD.
Make them from diamond?
@@shreyanshbhogayta6349 diamond inception, ahahah but diamonds can still be blowed off and shattered, just not scratched.
Hey I saw a Chinese vedio, where these machines were openly lined up in a ware house, no osha? Or diffident method
I'm pretty loud when I have an 'unscheduled disassembly' too
@@abinjoseph9808 Had to double check since they might have been for CVD synthetics rather than HPHT. But nope, they were HPHT.
Man this video and narration has some serious "How its made" vibes.
I dig it.
3:55
Such a calm way of describing something incredibly destructive.
Black diamond tip blades for the clear Jerry Rig Everything knife?
@@mrgw98 that sounds AMAZING
@@JerryRigEverything Sounds like it would shatter with first harder push
Sounds like no phones are surviving the scratch test anymore
@@john.hunter Not the Polycrystalline ones. They are damn near indestructible.
You can use human remains to make diamonds 😅
8:19 Zack dedicated his entire life/career for this moment. To be able just to say it even for once. Mad respect,sir.
Look at how far he's come 👏👏👏
Thank you Jerry and big thanks to US Synthetic for opening their doors. I'd heard about Russia making synthetic diamonds while in college in the 80s and wanted to see the process. This was a fantastic tour. My mind is officially blown. Respect.
I am working in CVD Diamond manufacturing. It takes around 300-400 hours to manufacture for a 5 mm thickness diamond, but those diamonds are Gem quality grade. Thanks to this video, now I got some knowledge about HPHT diamond production. As I have also worked as a Gemologist in the past, I used to identify the difference between Natural, CVD and HPHT diamond.
To help others: chemical vapour deposition, and high pressure high temperature.
How do you even end up being a gemologist
@@goatpepperherbaltea7895 I am chemistry graduate. I was searching for job in research field. I got opportunity from gem testing lab which was also near my house. They need the person from chemistry graduate to operate optical instruments like FITR, Raman Spectroscopy etc for analysis diamond and gemstone. There I learn gemology and become Gemologist and Research Assistant.
How on earth can you tell between the 3? Theyre all legit lattice crystalline structures of carbon!? Fascinating!
@@freedomman06 Cristalline pattern and as such the refractive patterns, but also chemical impurities.
Natural and HPHT are not 100% pure carbon, CVD usually is.
I worked for US Synthetic for a summer running those presses. I still have fond memories of the company, the work, and using the blaster to clean up the diamonds. Great video!
hi. you job is fantastic. as we are manufacturer of carbide anvils. we also know those process.
I know this is unrelated to the video but I wanted to say Thank you. In recent months, My Papa became an amputee after months of surgeries in attempt to remove a quick spreading infection. Because he went 3/4 of a century with both legs, my family knew it would be a very hard transition.
Surprisingly we found it very easy to accommodate with cheap options for mobility. And I truly believe its people like you who have made the future for disabled people much more accessible.
Thanks for what you do brother.
3:49 "Unscheduled dissassembly" is a very calm way to put it😂
was it SpaceX that started that? "Unscheduled rapid disassembly" => "blew up!"
@@TheFishingPilot thats a regular term for saying not wanted fast breakdown of the machine
@@tikket10 wouldent it be "dissintegration" ?
@@X197ToPlay not necessarily, the object can be partially destroyed but not fully down to the molecular level
"Rapid unscheduled disassembly" or RUD is what @thefishingpilot is refering to but It wasn't coined by SpaceX its been in use in rocketry for a long time, the original phrase is Rapid Unintentional Disassembly (RUD) and is a military term for when you don't reassemble the gun properly. At some point the aerospace industry started using it, there is also RUDE (the e is for event) which was used well before SpaceX
8:34 a full set of diamond armour
We can only wish 😔
Now it has become more real then ever before
It would probably be the worst armor in existence haha
While diamonds are great when it comes to hardness and compression, they are very brittle.
It would simply shatter. Lego style.
@@kendrickxy1774 Yes, they are brittle, but hard. Yo know where hardness is crucial? In bulletproof vests.
It’s possible but it would only be good against abrasives not bullets cuz it would just shatter.
I'm a rigger in Ohio. I put a lot of the machinery and the diamond presses in that building. Not alot of room to maneuver a lift, but that's why they have us move them! Awesome video, thanks!!!
When did you move from Utah?
@BixbyConsequence just today
@@BixbyConsequencepeople with marketable skills often travel for work because their skills are in high demand and companies pay top dollar for their time/availability. If you are interested then consider learning a trade.
I work at the place across the street from US Synthetic. Called Dymicron. Has the same press. Except we make cervical disk replacements. So a ball and socket joint out of diamond. Then we polish it (and we're the only ones that i know of that has machines to polish diamond surfaces on concave and convex surfaces). Pretty cool stuff
Alright, I gotta up my game until I can afford one of those presses for... science.
I was going to put one of these in my extra garage bay, but my wife thought it would be a little too noisy. Ah well.
@falxonPSN I probably don't have enough room in the garage myself. Not with yet another CO2 laser coming. Need to up my game there too like Zack. Or just sell al of mine and move to Utah and work for him 😂
induction heater and the biggest press you can buy and go for it lol
I don't need the salt press. Just the little sweeper thing.
Immersion HAADF / superresolution scope / immersion damper FTW.
I’m so sick of the infestation of clickbait videos showing some incredible looking machines in the thumbnails! Thank you so much for breaking the trend! ❤️👍
This kind of cool stuff should form the educational curriculum in schools .
I agree!
I'm a rigger in Utah. I put a lot of the machinery and the diamond presses in that building. Not alot of room to maneuver a lift, but that's why they have us move them! Awesome video, thanks!!!
You’re a what????
Times have changed brother, the er is unnecessary
@@biunzRS hahaha... Hes a rigger, we have them offshore as well. Theyre whole job is to adequatelly rig heavy equiptment up to lifting aparatuses like a crane or fork lift. Basically theyre really good at putting straps on stuff to carry to ensure it doesnt fall off and moves as esxpected.
I'm Johnny Appleseed. The location where that building sets uses applewood smokers.
@@chandlermanuel6597 Here in Utah we drive the forklifts and operate the cranes, but yes we also rig the heavy equipment too.
When you said: ask for your grandmother she will love to show you what is this.
That's is a true memory.
My eyes are watering right now 🥹 I miss her.
I have searched this exact title many times in the past year. FINALLY!! And it being from you is the cherry on top!
I was expecting clear diamonds, a little disappointed. The black diamonds would be gorgeous though if they were to be cut, ig they aren't interested in making jewelry
@@amalirfanElysium black diamond makes jewelry out of this exact material
You want to look up CVD growth diamonds for a clear diamond. They can do it with these machines, but it would take longer than 10 minutes.
@@sandycheeks544 Wow, they look ethereal!
@@amalirfan gem grade diamonds are kept under press pressure for 100's of hours each,
the fact that diamonds are used as bearings still blow my mind, usually when you talk about, the conversation is about how abrasive and resilient diamonds are.
but i guess with the right process and surface finish diamond on diamond bearings actually make alot of sense.
Especially once you consider, that usually pairing a hard and a softer material results in the best friction properties. Like bronze sliding on steal.
@@oO0Xenos0Oo It's more like a train vs a car. Trains are super efficient because their wheels barely have any friction due to the low surface contact area and rigidity of steel. A rubber wheel does things like deform, losing energy and creating more contact area that grips to the road. But because diamond is soo hard, it doesn't really deform, so even at the same hardness, diamond on diamond is pretty "slippery", because there are very few microscopic surface features to create friction, so they don't so easily wear away at each other, and when they do it's very even. It also helps that anything that could get in between the bearings that would normally increase wear, would just be ground up by the diamond and pushed out of the way.
I love US manufacturing facilities like this. There’s a certain vibe to them, crazy machinery, and always a few industry tricks to learn. Just wow.
All these years I was wondering how do they seal bearings in marine applications, because I know the ocean is the most corrosive stuff to ever exist. Now I know that a lot of machineries use diamond bearings. Awesome learning!
Ceramic bearings are also a thing.
Bearings don't necessarily replace seals. Rubber o ring and lip seals are still common. Along with carbide or graphite mechanical face seals and or over pressurized lubricant reservoirs. It would be possible to run open bearings in salt water or brine lubricant, but adding seals and lubricant is often trivial.
My wife is a legit 10 out of 10. Flawless 💎. This is why I love her so much.
5:45 “Since the diamond is a legitimate 10, like my wife…” 😂😂😂 And I concur.
I get that you put "not click bait" to get through other people who do. But you've built a reputation Jerry and the reputation is never click bait. You've always been genuine and do exactly what you title the video. Video rocked as always and your voice is a radio voice! It's amazing to watch you dive into engineering from breaking apart phones
Very important to understand the difference between Hardness and Tensile Strength. For instance, if you mildly hit a diamond with a hammer you will quickly have Diamond DUST. But if you rub a diamond on that steel hammer the steel will get scratched by the diamond.
This channel is a diamond in the rough
Not related to the video at all, but this comment just made me remember there's an album called "in the rough" where every track is a different gemstone
Oh it’s that easy? I will make this DIY at home for Christmas! I’ll just get the diamond dust and let my brother sit on it like chicken do with eggs, it’ll take a while but I’m sure it will be worth it! Thanks for the tutorial.
Oh no, he forgot the “don’t try this at home” disclaimer!!
You just called your brother extremely hot and heavy hmm
They enclosed the fluid power mics very well.
3:55 "sudden unscheduled disassembly" is one way to put it xD
I love the factories that make the stuff they need, like the salt and talc moulds in house rather than sub contacting that to a separate company. Much better for the environment and profits
I took an inorganic chemistry class back in 1970 at BYU from Dr. Tracy Hall who invented the diamond synthesizing process. He developed the process in his basement with his own money on his own time but he was employed by GE so they “owned” the patent.
No that's not how patent ownership works. If he used company resources on company time, then yes, company has a claim to any related patent he would file for. Otherwise company does not. Be accurate when you share stories please.
@ he signed a contract with GE that anything he discovered, belonged to GE. He asked GE for funds to develop the synthetic diamond. Initially they agreed but later pulled the funding so he used his own money and developed the process on his own time. Regardless, because he had signed the contract he lost the ability to patent the process. What I said was accurate. And the FBI quarantined the house for 3 months to ensure no one but GE and the government had access to the process.
GE actually hired 2 independent people to invent this process. Dr Hall prayed a lot to be the first one to succeed.
@@mr702s Have you read your own employment cotract? There is usually a clause in there which gives your employer ownership of anything you invent while employed by them. i.e. they have the right to the patent of anything you invent with your own money and time in the period you are employed by them. Certainly that was the case in the my first job in a company with about 10 employees - just a standard employment contract.
Was this at the Schenectady NY site?
thanks for the very descript and indepth tutorial, jerry (who also rigs everything)
I can now make industrial grade diamonds all at home 😀👍
5:54 legitimate 10 like my wife. lol nice
came here to comment this lol
My wife’s boyfriend has a roommate whose cousin knows a guy that drove past this place and honked at it. Thank you so much for showing a tour of this place, more people should know about it!
Tell your wife and your wife's boyfriend thank you for not voting for Biden.
Wife's boyfriend ?
You win the day with this😂
wth is wife's boyfriend ?
@@Cosmoscuper It's a joke buddy
Agreed. Did not know diamonds were used in bearing but also always wondered how this whole process was possible. I have seen diamonds grow but this is crazy. great video.
I am so glad we got to see the actual press. I have seen the 3d printing channel (Zack Freedman I think) tour of this factory and he blurred the press. Seeing it in action is really cool.
I remember reading an article about 40+ years that some company made an artificial diamond that could not be picked out from a bunch of real diamonds, the article went on to say that this process could kill the diamond market, but I never saw or read anything else about this.
Wow that was an awesome tour!! Thanks!!!
Thanks for coming along!
@ always! I love your videos and what you’re doing with your wheel chair factory! I’m sure you’re crazy busy, but would always love more members only videos! Even if they are just your staff showing us a day in the life of what they do!
@masonryel1502 I'm sorry I've been slacking! I'll try to get another one up before the end of the month!
@@JerryRigEverything as I said, I know your crazy busy!!! I support because I love your vision, the extra videos are just an awesome side bonus!!
Also, how’s the bunker coming along? Gotten it furnished yet?
@masonryel1502 it's good! Haven't done anything with it since the last video. But hopefully in the spring we can finish the kitchen and put in the combustible toilet
This is one of the coolest channels on RUclips!
Thank you, I didn't know the process to make a synthetic diamond . :)
7:08 Jerry is so strong he crushed the diamond disk with his bare hands
And they have to use expensive machines for that, what a waste
"A legitimate 10, like my wife. 👑"
Our mans Jerry got bars! 🔥🎶
The amazing thing about these vids is I couldn't care less about the subject, yet I'm drawn in and watch the entire thing.
Diamond joint replacements for people. No friction and invincible
Yah insurance companies gonna have a field day charging that to you.. 1 diamond joint= first born child and their 1 child..😅
@@divelife1382 The "diamonds" are manufactured - they would be about the same cost as Titanium.
and... Great bio compatibility.
Genius
Coefficient of friction 0.05-0.08 per ChampionX. Dynamic diamond on diamond in water.
Coefficient of friction 0.02 for AlMgB14 on TiB2, 0.03 for graphene, and 0.04 for PTFE sliding on stainless steel
Supercritical liquid He3 cof ~0.00
This man is gonna single handedly plummet diamond prices
Diamond prices tanked few years back
Yeah more and more people are realising diamond is not op or as scarce as i thought 💭
Their prices are artificially inflated due to monopolistic behaviors dating back some years ago.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Anyone knows anything about diamonds already knew they were essentially worthless and artificially inflated in price for jewelery. Diamonds are not rare at all
Wow. This was the first educational video I’ve seen on RUclips in years
3:31 using a bicycle brake on an industrial machine is crazy
Yeah
I know u don’t care but it’s a avid speed dial brake lever
its really if it aint broke dont fix it
well, it does the job perfectly
speed dials are still one of the best mechanical levers@@IMTB2.
A diamond press is exactly what it tought of as a little kid before primary school, I was like if nature needs pressure for diamonds then why can't we do it ourselves
4:06 - "All right, Gordon. your suit should keep you comfortable through all this"
I don’t know about the diamonds, but it’s shine that gives men wings.
Max Payne
5:58 The silicon carbide blasting was so cool to see! The glow is awesome!
that was glow? i thought that was a light to see what he is blasting...
Love your videos. You are the one youtuber I will always stop what I'm doing to watch. 😊 Keep doing what you do!
Thank you!
@JerryRigEverything I facilitate trainings for new hires at T-Mobile stores and get to talk devices and tech. I use a lot of your talking points to drive home some lessons about devices, specs, accessories, and durability). I use your scratch tests and the Mos scale to show how products on Amazon like screen protectors for $9 and claim "Level 9H Hardness" is not the most honest advertising.
Dude this is awesome!
Rare to learn something and rarer not to be Clickbait on RUclips
as rare as a natural diamond! love the video
8:13 is a big big scene if you have been watching Jerry's videos for a long time. That quote is just specific to his channel. Feeling very nostalgic. Thanks for integrating that part in this video.
It's a surface level reference to his videos with tens of millions of views what r u tb
I absolutely love they started making the Diamondback nozzles just because they realized they could
2:53 need this in a minecraft mod rn
On god bro 😭😭🙏🙏
FRRRR
There is! I remember seeing a machine like this in the mod pack compact claustrophobia ^^
@@Yoni-08 WOOO THANK YOUU
Damn, that comment about how the diamond and his wife are both a ten... smooth.
Im loving all the new vids. Came for the durability, stayed for Zac
Oh, cool. You showed the RivGen! I designed part of it, I remember that exact day shown. Those diamond bearings are fantastic.
I use Diamond-tipped tooling everyday at work, (Turning ceramic coatings for high-pressure-compressors in jet engines), very interesting to see how they're made.
When I was studying at UVU, I took a Lean Six Sigma course and we did a class project at USSynthetic. It was quite an incredible experience.
5:50 bro tryna score some points before the holidays 😅
🤣🤣
@8:26 are barely 'scratching' the surface.. No pun intended? 😂
Well... every day is a school day! Fantastic video, love learning new stuff even at 53 years old! Never knew diamonds could be produced this way, when I saw a "diamond tipped cutter" I always wondered how they got the diamonds to the correct shape for use!!
3:21 Literally not impressed. Superman can do that with his bare hands.
@@AV2_stufno way.... really ?!?!?!?
@@AV2_stufwdym???
@@AV2_stufreported for spreading misinformation
@@AV2_stuf Neither is magic or a man in the sky with omnipotent power. But you cant prove any of it (:
@JWRLD999Lyrics No, it's literally necessary. Nothing people claim god can do can be explained by physics. In fact, particle physics strongly suggest that there is no room for god and anything you want to attribute to "god" necessarily has to involve magic because it doesn't involve physics. Sorry to burst your bubble):
I wish for a diamond guitar pick💎
They could definitely do that!
It would destroy your guitar but we can do it.
It would destroy your guitar but we can do it.
Wouldn't that be bad for the strings lol
@@scottschmidt8835 ... diamond strings as well then? :D
Best part is the Scratch test :), good touch.
If you know you know
0:13 Looks like Space Engineers large generator 😎
The warp generator core works using dilithium crystals.
It does
large grid reactor xd
A phone case would be nice but diamond tempered glass would be awesome 💯 and you should definitely do drop test on it .
You know the funny thing about that idea is that the screen under the protector can still break. I've seen regular tempered glass where the screen under still absorbed the shock and broke the screen, all while the protector didn't receive damage.
@@LuisR3yes ok then display also consists of clear glass then diamond glass it is.
“Sudden unscheduled disassembly” is such a hilarious phrase
Master machinist here and I ❤ manufacturing 😊
It's worth mentioning that diamonds are relatively low temperature minerals. They typically form in UHP environments, where the pressure to temperature ratio is high. If you increase the temperature, it will be destabilized to graphite.
The 1300-1600°C needed to form them sounds high, but in geological terms, that's quite cold for a mineral forming at 150-200km deep.
Literally one of the best RUclips channels
Sometimes it feels like I’ve hit the jackpot for subscribing to JerryRigEverything, Thanks for this in detail information
Thanks for watching!
zach knows his audience
@ no doubt 😊
Never thought I'd ever hear "no scratches at level 9" thanks for bringing so much enlightenment to such a beautiful piece of modern engineering ❤😊
I like he’s just sitting in the room while it’s being compressed.
Great tour Zack!!! 💯😀
"Sudden unscheduled dissasembly" lol 😂
3:55
Thanks for the tutorial! I can now make diamonds easily!
"...frictionless bearings..." is a crazy thing to say
Yes "frictionless bearings" in "infinite sizes".
Awesome video Jerry, it's super cool for the wider world to get an insight into synthetic diamond manufacturing. We're glad to hear you're getting on well with the E3D x DiamondBack Bambu Lab Hotends! Thanks for the shoutout :)
I don't how I got this marvellous video in my recommendations. Very precise and informative. Deep insights.
Great video! As a toolmaker I’ve always wondered how industrial diamonds are made… now I know! Thx
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the "not clickbait" was, "it's actually fairly easy to do if you have money to do it" but the amount of money and "energy" exerted is not worth the outcome.
It's like that with synthetic gold, but not with diamonds. Those are really worth it
Scratches at a level 10, with deeper grooves at a level 10
there are a couple materials that are as hard or harder than diamond. some of them are; Lonsdaleite, Cubic Boron Nitride and Carbon Nitride.
I like his suggestions for alternative equipment .. very considerate 😂
This vid makes us engineering nerds diamonds
I worked on Lightbox Lab Grown Diamond in Gresham, Or I worked on the construction of the facilities. I was the only drywall finisher there for about 3 weeks. Our company took it over from another union company that broke a contract. I think its the only Diamond manufacturer in the United States.
6:12 I'm harder than any crystal