Sarin Technologies, the leading developer of diamond and gemstone manufacturing and grading equipment, and the American Gem Society (AGS), the preeminent US jewelry trade association, announced the release of Sarin's Advisor 2.4, a rough planning software package that has the AGS Performance-Based Cut Grade embedded into its program, as well as in a recut feature of Sarin's DiaVision program.
The move is part of a 3-year exclusive agreement signed between Sarin Technologies and AGS, which was announced earlier this year.
By incorporating the AGS cut grading standards into Advisor 2.4, diamond manufacturers can now better cut their diamonds to the AGS Performance-Based Cut Grade they are targeting, whether it is an AGS 0, 1, 2 or any AGS grade they hope to achieve while maximizing both the rough diamond yield and the value of the finished diamond.
With the recut feature in Sarin's DiaVision, retailers, traders, and manufacturers can estimate the recut potential of their diamonds (e.g., what the estimated weight lost would be when recutting an “AGS 2” to an “AGS 0”).
“This new product addresses an often expressed need of our valued AGS Laboratories' clients,” said Ruth Batson, Executive Director and CEO of the American Gem Society.
“Our hope is that clients will use this software to make the most of the AGS cut grade methodology and to achieve their desired grading results.”
“Finally, diamond manufacturers can achieve an AGS grade without sacrificing more rough diamond material than absolutely necessary,” explains Akiva Caspi, Sarin's VP Manufacturing Markets.
“Common practice, until now, was to cut to the old, well known proportions of AGS cuts, in order to ensure diamonds would achieve this grade, but this strategy ultimately caused manufacturers to diminish yield from their rough diamonds, resulting in value loss on the finished product."
"With the new AGS grading standards embedded in Sarin's rough planning solution, Advisor, manufacturers no longer have to choose between having their cake and eating it, so to speak.”
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