How Strong Is Tungsten Ring? Hydraulic Press Test!

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    What is the strongest material for rings? We are going to use our 150 ton hydraulic press and force sensor to test out CNC machined Squaremade rings to find out! Materials being tested are titanium, steel, copper, tungesten, cast iron, silver and aluminium.
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  • @HydraulicPressChannel
    @HydraulicPressChannel  Рік тому +124

    More manufacturing footage and other information about rings here → hydraulic.squaremade.com also remember to use code hydraulic for 15% off from your order!

    • @hydraulicsystemworkrepairi1368
      @hydraulicsystemworkrepairi1368 Рік тому +4

      #wekeephydraulicmoving

    • @maxximumb
      @maxximumb Рік тому +5

      I love the way the metals fracture in the horizontal tests. You can see the crystalline structures in the metals in the way they crack and flake. Another awesome video.

    • @johannaverplank4858
      @johannaverplank4858 Рік тому +3

      I tried to purchase a ring using the code. It said it wasn't valid. Yes I spelled it correctly and I tried both caps and lower case.

    • @thebarkingmouse
      @thebarkingmouse Рік тому +7

      Be careful with these very strong rings. Something like tungsten can be difficult to impossible to cut in an emergency situation, and if you have a swollen hand and a swollen finger you can end up with what's called compartment syndrome which can result in the loss of the finger. Any ring that you're thinking about wearing that's made of a hard material and I mean steel tungsten titanium anything like that must have a built-in fracture line somewhere so that it can be broken. We had several cases where a hand was swollen and we could not get the ring off and we were left with very unattractive and narrow choices. And in order to break a couple of tungsten rings in the theater we had to mow the finger pretty bad to get a tool under the band so we could then snap it.

    • @denyscherkashyn1646
      @denyscherkashyn1646 Рік тому +3

      @@johannaverplank4858 hydraulic worked for me.

  • @thebarkingmouse
    @thebarkingmouse Рік тому +2817

    Be careful with these very strong rings. Something like tungsten can be difficult to impossible to cut in an emergency situation, and if you have a swollen hand and a swollen finger you can end up with what's called compartment syndrome which can result in the loss of the finger. Any ring that you're thinking about wearing that's made of a hard material and I mean steel tungsten titanium anything like that must have a built-in fracture line somewhere so that it can be broken. We had several cases where a hand was swollen and we could not get the ring off and we were left with very unattractive and narrow choices. And in order to break a couple of tungsten rings in the theater we had to mow the finger pretty bad to get a tool under the band so we could then snap it.

    • @ThereWasNoFreeName
      @ThereWasNoFreeName Рік тому +602

      As we have seen above it's quite easy to remove with hydraulic press.

    • @elduderino1329
      @elduderino1329 Рік тому +211

      You are confusing tungsten with tungsten carbide. There is no point to make tungsten rings (except in this video). Tungsten is easy to cut, I do it often on my metal lathe even with high speed tool bit. In the other hand tungsten carbide can be really difficult to cut on a lathe but it can be done with a cubic boron nitride (CBN) insert. Tungsten is just a metal, tungsten carbide is in the advanced ceramic category, these are two completely different materials. If I was an emergency personnel I would keep a battery powered Dremel tool with a diamond wheel in my tool box for these occasions. Diamond cuts through tungsten carbide easily. Also titanium is soft enough to cut with regular tools.

    • @blaircox1589
      @blaircox1589 Рік тому +45

      Would be interesting to get a material analysis on these. The cast iron didn't act like cast iron, yet a few of the later ones did. Sort of wonder if it's more a finishing appearance name more than anything.

    • @GregBadabinski
      @GregBadabinski Рік тому +24

      @@blaircox1589 It could be ductile iron instead of cast iron. Also known as dura-bar. It's a lot less crumbly while still having a lot of the good properties of cast iron.

    • @ThereWasNoFreeName
      @ThereWasNoFreeName Рік тому +8

      @@blaircox1589 cast iron is iron with more carbon in it than steel has. Low carbon slowly cooled cast iron is not as brittle as black cast iron (which has higher carbon percentage) so it can be shaped a bit while cold.

  • @Wyrmgirl75
    @Wyrmgirl75 Рік тому +493

    Gorgeous rings! I’d love to see the distortion on the rings after they were squished on their side, instead of just the view of the squishing.

    • @donniev8181
      @donniev8181 Рік тому +17

      Especially the sliver, how it kinda dimpled.

    • @jamesa7506
      @jamesa7506 Рік тому

      They just looked squished...

    • @xposed1168
      @xposed1168 Рік тому +2

      Just pause the video..
      ....
      ......

    • @isaiahhernandez6304
      @isaiahhernandez6304 Рік тому

      They used to do that, idk why they stopped

    • @Horxy
      @Horxy Рік тому

      @@isaiahhernandez6304 safety probably. They put something on the sides so they can't point cameras at it

  • @MiroslavHundak
    @MiroslavHundak Рік тому +135

    A small note. Tungsten as metal or alloy with other metal is supposed to be malleable and not brittle. On the other hand, tungsten-carbide is a CERAMIC. It is a chemical compound that creates a lattice of tungsten and carbon in 50/50 ratio distributed in a balanced matrix. So, tungsten-carbide is very hard and brittle, while tungsten-metal alloys have very different properties depending on the mix and type of metal being added.

    • @joshp6061
      @joshp6061 Рік тому +5

      Tungsten used in jewelry is not WC (the compound) which is a composite material or a ceramic. It’s also not WC with cobalt, as is used the majority of the time in all kinds of tools for strength. Rather it’s WC with nickel, which is classified as a metal-matrix composite and combines the properties of an alloy and a composite material, but it is not a ceramic. Nickel is used in placed of cobalt since it has better corrosion resistance and is less toxic as a powder (e.g. when grinding it)

    • @MiroslavHundak
      @MiroslavHundak Рік тому +3

      @@joshp6061 Fair enough. I did not know sintering WC with nickel would change it's properties so much. I thought it was just less toxic replacement for cobalt. I assumed that the ring in the video was made of pure tungsten and mislabeled as carbide, because, as far as I know, WC jewelry is supposed to crack under pressure and not bend at all. It's a safety design, because in emergency it's much easier and safer to remove a ring by cracking it than by cutting it, as one would need to do with metal alloy rings.

    • @joshp6061
      @joshp6061 Рік тому +2

      @@MiroslavHundak the safety part is actually just convenient, tungsten carbide rings were made to be a far cheaper alternative to precious metals rings. They also have much higher wear/scratch resistance to last longer, and since WC is susceptible to corrosion, they alloy in nickel

    • @MrMikeT89
      @MrMikeT89 Рік тому +4

      @@joshp6061 I got a tungsten carbide ring for $30 and it seems nearly impossible to scratch without diamond tools. A diamond dremmel bit will cut through it. I tested that on an extra(wrong size)

    • @joshp6061
      @joshp6061 Рік тому +4

      @@MrMikeT89 yes tungsten carbide has a Mohs hardness 9, where diamond sets the maximum hardness on that scale at a Mohs of 10. Diamond is able to scratch WC, but it’s possible it’s difficult since they’re both very very hard

  • @Jhaiisiin
    @Jhaiisiin Рік тому +235

    The cracking nature of Tungsten is exactly why I chose the ring I do. I worked in a job where finger injuries were possible, and a swollen finger would make it impossible to get the ring off. If Titanium, it'd need specific cutters. Tungsten could just be squeezed with any decent channel locks and break it off. Much safer for me.

    • @snickerdoooodle
      @snickerdoooodle Рік тому +37

      This. But for some reason people keep mentioning the cracking nature of tungsten like it's a *bad* thing if you get your fingers crushed

    • @joshp6061
      @joshp6061 Рік тому +9

      Eh he should’ve used a carbide ring not a tungsten copper one. Carbide breaks off even easier and would’ve been much stronger than the copper

    • @erickchristensen746
      @erickchristensen746 Рік тому +21

      Just don’t wear rings

    • @Jhaiisiin
      @Jhaiisiin Рік тому +35

      @@erickchristensen746 Or, wear what I like and take reasonable precautions to avoid injury.

    • @seanhayes9056
      @seanhayes9056 Рік тому +1

      I was looking for a comment like this. I wasn't sure it would be better to have one that can take more pressure or one that would crack under pressure.

  • @rotorhead5000
    @rotorhead5000 Рік тому +295

    It was super neat seeing up that close to the point where you could see the grain structure of each material coming through, and how the finer the grain, the stronger the material seemed to be

    • @CraftAero
      @CraftAero Рік тому +3

      Yeah, as soon as I saw the set up, ooh we're going to see the grain deformation.
      Silver was pretty dramatic @ 10:34

    • @randombloke82
      @randombloke82 Рік тому +8

      Interestingly, Rolls Royce uses mono-crystalline turbine blades on its latest engines because removing the crystal boundary defects makes them super-strong and (more importantly for a jet engine) increases the melting point significantly, apparently.

    • @CraftAero
      @CraftAero Рік тому +2

      @@randombloke82 Also, various heat / cryogenic treatments are used to control and homogenize grain size during and after manufacture to optimize for selected properties. The Metcalf experiment for tool-steels is a very good starting point.

    • @benjamindesson5326
      @benjamindesson5326 Рік тому +9

      @@randombloke82 Rolls Royce use single crystal turbine blades for slightly different reasons. It is related to a phenomena called creep where a material deforms below its conventional yield strength. In the case of a jet engine, high temperature creep is an issue. The single crystal reduces various causes of this creep relating to diffusion along grain boundaries (no grain boundaries in a single crystal). The melting temperature itself is largely unaffected by the single crystal. They employ many other design mechanisms to avoid creep, namely using nickel superalloys with specific elemental compositions.

    • @wormi27z
      @wormi27z Рік тому +4

      @@benjamindesson5326 came to say this, exactly. Creep properties are in big role in turbine parts, hence alloys such as IN939 are used to product as large grains as possible

  • @soylentgreenb
    @soylentgreenb Рік тому +46

    There are multiple kinds of cast iron. The "traditional" cast iron is gray cast iron and it is very hard and brittle; you can smash it like a clay pot with a hammer. Ductile iron is still a cast iron; it is just treated slightly differently to make the graphite residues spheroidal instead of graphite flakes.

  • @donniev8181
    @donniev8181 Рік тому +35

    Great camera work, I especially liked how the silver ring started to almost dimple as it was being crushed! That would be a nice looking ring if they could make one like it.

    • @rsullivan6738
      @rsullivan6738 Рік тому +1

      Foreal, love that sort of look on jewelry

  • @musguelha14
    @musguelha14 Рік тому +154

    Cast iron and zirconium got mixed up in the first test, you can tell by the finish and how it performed.

    • @Azaerel
      @Azaerel Рік тому +23

      I was thinking the same thing.. cast does not bend like that

    • @fico1557
      @fico1557 Рік тому +2

      why are all the materials so similar in strenght, what do you think how much stronger woud these rings be if they were bent and not just cnc machined?

    • @joshp6061
      @joshp6061 Рік тому

      @@Azaerel cast iron rusts easily, to be used in jewelry it’s likely they add small alloying elements in to improve corrosion resistance and increase ductility like nickel copper or molybdenum

  • @Quickened1
    @Quickened1 Рік тому +88

    Would have liked seeing the flattened rings. Interesting results...

  • @t3hjnz
    @t3hjnz Рік тому +4

    This was great from start to finish. Nice tests, great footage, fantastic editing. And fun!

  • @h2oesmad
    @h2oesmad Рік тому +52

    I was surprised by how well the iron held up. Remember gentleman: Always wear a ring that is safe when working with your hands and won't make you regret wearing it if something does happen.

    • @PreMRaGe
      @PreMRaGe Рік тому +34

      If you work with your hands at all just don’t wear one. The horror stories…

    • @user-po8gk5rt2i
      @user-po8gk5rt2i Рік тому +8

      @@PreMRaGe agree. Similar with sports - no jewellery allowed. Not because you can harm yourself but because you can harm others.

    • @nickhale117
      @nickhale117 Рік тому +6

      This is why I wear a silicone ring most of the time.

    • @carmudgeon7478
      @carmudgeon7478 Рік тому +13

      Rings are for decoration, not work.

    • @drewmalbica7694
      @drewmalbica7694 Рік тому

      I’ve shattered my tungsten ring before. Didn’t really take a lot of force.

  • @stalhandske9649
    @stalhandske9649 Рік тому +9

    Great video, sharp picture when crushing and well thought-out editing. Special compliments to the Blade Runner -like background music in the latter series of presses, the atmosphere so created was superb.
    One of your best videos up to date in my opinion.

  • @nickdovgi
    @nickdovgi Рік тому +8

    Very cool video! When it comes to Zirconium it is normally a silver colored metal but when torched with high heat it creates an oxide layer on the outside that turns black but is also very resistant to scratching and knicks. Would love to see this same experiment but with pulling the rings instead of crushing them. I wonder how much weight they could each hold if used as a carabiner.

  • @JeffHanke
    @JeffHanke Рік тому +6

    Interesting video, especially the close-ups. I'd also like to see thermal imaging of the metal as you press it.

  • @TheSoundOfTwang
    @TheSoundOfTwang Рік тому +132

    Anybody notice the state of the press tool after it flattened the copper?

    • @c2nder928
      @c2nder928 Рік тому +12

      Ye it bended

    • @bruhbruh-ui5en
      @bruhbruh-ui5en Рік тому

      yea!

    • @thelq382
      @thelq382 Рік тому +7

      thats what happens when you use 77 tons of pressure on a press

    • @stevefilms1997
      @stevefilms1997 Рік тому +1

      Thank god since he didn’t mention it I was worried I had gone mad and was just hallucinating the bending

  • @shadow7796
    @shadow7796 Рік тому +8

    It would be very interesting to see the results after hardening the rings. I don't know if the company offers hardened versions, but it could be done at home if you know how.

  • @JimBridgerHarney
    @JimBridgerHarney Рік тому +48

    Hot tip: make sure your ring can be cut or broken off in an emergency without excessive deformation or fancy tools. Generally that means soft or brittle materials that machine well.

    • @T1g3rch3n
      @T1g3rch3n Рік тому +12

      Former EMT here
      Meh nope, we have tools for Gold/Silver
      But all those Titan/Steel Rings are a no-go
      We have to call the Firedepartement for that

    • @RamiSlicer
      @RamiSlicer Рік тому +6

      @@T1g3rch3n can confirm, my mom once had to go to the fire dep to get her titanium ring off when her finger got swollen. She was too scared to use a ring after that haha

    • @BrianRRenfro
      @BrianRRenfro Рік тому +8

      That's why I only wear Tungsten Carbide rings. I had a finger get smashed in a car door and swelled up. I took a pair of vice grips and put it on the ring. Gave the pliers like a an extra turn or two so it would just clamp down on the ring. Shattered it without problem and on with my day I went! Plus they are cheap to replace!

    • @deadprivacy
      @deadprivacy Рік тому +2

      @@BrianRRenfro but an emt wont likely do that. Tungsten? like haematite shatters.
      You are betting on Being concious.

    • @BrianRRenfro
      @BrianRRenfro Рік тому +6

      @@deadprivacy Never said anything about EMTs. I was talking about getting my own ring off when I need to, which I have. And yes, tungsten carbide rings shatter. You can throw them on a concrete sidewalk and they can break like glass.

  • @ikocheratcr
    @ikocheratcr Рік тому +5

    The silver ring got a very interesting surface texture before crumbling. Just imagine that as an option: manufacture, press, redo to fit, leave external texture. Neat.

  • @sparks6177
    @sparks6177 Рік тому +8

    With some of the stronger rings it’s pretty important that they can be broken in case of emergency, if it were to get crushed onto your finger or your finger got swollen up you need a way to cut the ring off. Some of the best made rings will have pre cut weak spots so that you can get the ring off in case of emergency. Otherwise you want to get a relatively soft ring that can easily be cut

  • @PaulTheFox1988
    @PaulTheFox1988 Рік тому +11

    That Mokume-Gane Titanium ring is utterly gorgeous, I want that as my wedding ring.
    It's interesting how differently black zirconium behaved compared to regular zirconium, and even more intriguing was how the orientation changed how regular zirconium behaved too.

    • @guygadbois1068
      @guygadbois1068 Рік тому

      The blue/purple colour is just anodising, it will wear off in a matter of weeks. Don't waste your time.

    • @PaulTheFox1988
      @PaulTheFox1988 Рік тому

      @@guygadbois1068 I know what it is and that it'd wear off after 3 seconds of looking at it, but a man can dream 😄

    • @denyscherkashyn1646
      @denyscherkashyn1646 Рік тому

      @@guygadbois1068 that's actually not true. It's not anodizing. It's heat treatment / torching at very high temperatures. I am collecting different Mokume Gane Items from Titanium Grade 2/5 and it usually stay for very long time. It does degrade with time, but easily retorched back if you know what you are doing.

  • @What_The_Fuck_Did_I_Just_Watch
    @What_The_Fuck_Did_I_Just_Watch Рік тому +88

    that iron ring was way stronger than I expected it to be

    • @ABrit-bt6ce
      @ABrit-bt6ce Рік тому +21

      Ductile Cast Iron is a thing you will see cast into some manhole covers in the UK.
      Useless fact of the day.

    • @TheTetrapod
      @TheTetrapod Рік тому +22

      Someone else suspects that the zirconium and cast iron got mixed up in the first test.

    • @Coonass
      @Coonass Рік тому +7

      ​@@TheTetrapod no way that cast will bend

    • @ObservationofLimits
      @ObservationofLimits Рік тому +3

      @@Coonass depends on the type of cast iron

    • @nugget6635
      @nugget6635 Рік тому +2

      Cast Iron is the Iron equivalent of Tungsten Carbide... It's an Iron Carbide thingy. Not quite sure if it can be called Iron Carbide but it has much more carbon than steel.

  • @fribeiro159
    @fribeiro159 Рік тому +2

    In the first position there was little cross-sectional area. That's why the result is not so noticeable. The second position was interesting. Shows why knowledge about materials makes such a difference.

  • @EdwinWiles
    @EdwinWiles Рік тому +20

    There are different types of cast iron. The iron ring was probably "ductile," which *is* cast iron, but it doesn't shatter.

    • @GregBadabinski
      @GregBadabinski Рік тому +4

      Absolutely concur. Dura-bar is some good stuff, has most of the good properties of cast but it's a lot less crumbly and it's a lot nicer to machine.

    • @bradley3549
      @bradley3549 Рік тому +6

      I agree that could be have been the case, but in that small cross section I am more inclined to believe the cast iron and zirconium got mixed up. The 'cast iron' and 'black zirconium' behaved similarly in the first test. And the 'zirconium' cracked in a way consistent with how I'd expect cast iron. Zirconium is a very ductile material and should not have cracked in that way.
      In the second test the materials behaved more as I would expect.

    • @EdwinWiles
      @EdwinWiles Рік тому

      @@bradley3549 Good point!

    • @elduderino1329
      @elduderino1329 Рік тому +1

      Yes. It's also called spheroidal cast iron because the graphite in it has spheric shape not plates. In regular gray cast iron the graphite plates create stress fracture point that is why it's brittle.

  • @argusbargus4301
    @argusbargus4301 Рік тому +8

    Pretty cool how some metals almost appear to liquify under pressure.

  • @RealCraftspirit
    @RealCraftspirit Рік тому +19

    As a machinist, 0.01mm is indeed extremely similar, and some of your materials are really hard to machinate to that precision. Congrats lol

    • @pho3n1xr1sing
      @pho3n1xr1sing Рік тому +2

      How does hundredths of a millimeter compare to thousandths of an inch

    • @Petra999
      @Petra999 Рік тому +1

      @@pho3n1xr1sing the internet is your friend

    • @denyscherkashyn1646
      @denyscherkashyn1646 Рік тому

      It's amazing to see such accuracy you are right

  • @denyscherkashyn1646
    @denyscherkashyn1646 Рік тому +2

    Looking great !! I love the way you crushed those haha.

  • @timothyball3144
    @timothyball3144 Рік тому +2

    In the future, if you want to apply the same pressure to something, you could put a relief valve in the line and use the sensor to set it.

  • @koleoidea
    @koleoidea Рік тому +19

    My wedding ring is tantalum. I would love to see what the press would do to that and other metals. Also it might be interesting to try pressing the copper/gold/other soft metal a few times to try and create the thinnest sheet of metal you can

    • @sirmontag
      @sirmontag Рік тому

      Where did you get it from? I've had a hard time finding it in small quantities.

    • @peterlarkin762
      @peterlarkin762 Рік тому +2

      I would be cautious about wearing tantalum in the longterm. It does get absorbed by skin slowly and maybe not good for your health.
      Edit: just googled them... They usually have a different metal on the inside. They look absolutely insanely cool!

    • @joshp6061
      @joshp6061 Рік тому +1

      Tantalum is very interesting as it’s very hard, one of the most if not the most corrosion resistant pure metal, and it costs an arm and a leg and probably your kidney too

    • @AP-gk6se
      @AP-gk6se Рік тому +1

      @@joshp6061 well if you break your finger they will have to chop it off because they won't be able to get the ring off.

  • @paulbrooks4395
    @paulbrooks4395 Рік тому +8

    My favorite ring is tungsten carbide due to its hardness. It’s unscratched and could have been made yesterday. Its hardness is unreal, unlike any material I encounter normally.

    • @ObservationofLimits
      @ObservationofLimits Рік тому +3

      Interesting random fact regarding hardness. A lab recently developed a crystal matrix harder than diamond. Putting it over 10 on the Mohs scale

    • @onradioactivewaves
      @onradioactivewaves Рік тому +1

      They do look new, until they shatter ...

    • @snickerdoooodle
      @snickerdoooodle Рік тому +5

      @@onradioactivewaves I'd rather have a ring shatter off than bend and constrict blood circulation if you accidentally get your hand crushed in a door or something

    • @onradioactivewaves
      @onradioactivewaves Рік тому +2

      @@snickerdoooodle thats a good point.

    • @AP-gk6se
      @AP-gk6se Рік тому

      fun fact: you do not want a particularly hard material for a ring. If you break your finger the ring cutter that medical professionals have is stainless steel and won't be able to remove a particularly strong ring. so they have to remove your finger and hope they can reattach it later.

  • @rubenlopez4080
    @rubenlopez4080 Рік тому +1

    Squaremade rings are awesome! glad for this collaboration!

  • @stonefox2546
    @stonefox2546 Рік тому +1

    There was enough hardness in the copper to actually deform the press bit! Cool! And you made a really nice pendant in process.

  • @PrimeSuperboy
    @PrimeSuperboy Рік тому +5

    You should include the weight of each ring so we can see what the pound strength per pound mass ratios are.

  • @peterg1448
    @peterg1448 Рік тому +5

    a fitter i once worked with made some rings out of a billet of titanium alloy that was used to make jet engine compressor blades if the rings where deformed a bit they would return to being round after a few hours

    • @GeeMannn
      @GeeMannn Рік тому +1

      That's really cool

  • @weta-linetv5354
    @weta-linetv5354 Рік тому

    The music you put in was a kool addition. It went really well with this setting. Fun video and that was nice of that ring company to send those to y'all. Hope y'all have a great day.

  • @tracybowling1156
    @tracybowling1156 Рік тому +1

    That was great to see. I would have loved to look at the rings after they were smooshed laying flat. ☺️

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe Рік тому +5

    Idea for you. Make rings with square edges and the same exact dimensions but with rounded edges and see if there’s any difference in how much strength they have

  • @ianthomas3653
    @ianthomas3653 Рік тому +3

    I almost lost my finger getting my titanium ring caught on a ladder last week. Very humbling knowing your ring can skin your finger instantly like that.

  • @360PictureUK
    @360PictureUK Рік тому

    Another great video, could we have more tension tests please.

  • @aubreemack7557
    @aubreemack7557 Рік тому

    I would love to see the heat change as things especially metal gets pressed. Some kind of Infrared thermometer set up would be cool. Great videos, idk why but watching the press smash things is satisfying!!!

  • @johnmadden5933
    @johnmadden5933 Рік тому +4

    If I recall correctly, with Tungsten copper alloys, the tungsten is usually suspended in a copper matrix, so you're probably not getting the properties or "pure" tungsten. Pure tungsten is super hard to process as it has the second highest melting point of any known element (behind carbon). Additionally, powdered metal parts (at least classically) tend to fail in a brittle mode (cracking) as opposed to ductile bending. You probably know already, so just putting that out there for the comments.

    • @joshp6061
      @joshp6061 Рік тому +1

      Yes that’s why it’s super rare that tungsten is used in pure form, if it is it’ll be powder sintered and is used as an electrode for gas tungsten arc welding, although even then it’s usually mixed with oxides as pure tungsten is rarely a desirable material. As for tungsten copper it is not an alloy because the metals are poorly soluble in each other, so as you said it is actually of matrix of the particles classified as a metal matrix composite.

  • @halfnelson6115
    @halfnelson6115 Рік тому +6

    I think the cast iron and zirconium got mixed up in the box somehow on the first run.
    If I were to wear one it'd be the copper or stainless.

  • @KingMidas1983
    @KingMidas1983 Рік тому +2

    I'm a metal expert, something was wrong with how a lot of those metals reacted. Are the metals pure or are they just plated? The cast iron was way too flexible (malleable) for what it should be

    • @elduderino1329
      @elduderino1329 Рік тому

      Sure bro you are a "metal expert" :)
      Have you heard of spheroidal cast iron my "expert" friend?

    • @one-eyedsam2186
      @one-eyedsam2186 Рік тому

      It had to be ductile cast iron. Which make sense since the nickel content of ductile would help with corrosion resistance.

    • @BubblewrapOracle
      @BubblewrapOracle Рік тому

      A lot of ppl are suggesting the zirconium and cast iron got swapped, and that makes sense to me. I saw one guy suspicious most of them might be aluminum and steel varieties, and tin for the silver. Idk 🤷‍♂️ , but I am curious. On the website it says the silver is 99.9%.

  • @charlesmangum3108
    @charlesmangum3108 Рік тому

    Your channel is interesting to watch. The tungsten ring performed as expected. Was surprised about the titanium ring.

  • @danwhite3224
    @danwhite3224 Рік тому +5

    6:00 I've worked with zirconium before and I wouldn't say it's especially "soft"
    It's not nice to cut and it's reasonably brittle, at least in my experience

    • @bradley3549
      @bradley3549 Рік тому +1

      I still think he got the cast iron and zirconium rings mixed up in the first test. The second test made more sense.

    • @smievil
      @smievil Рік тому

      wikipedia mentions that zirconium can be quite hard and brittle at lesser purities

  • @rhysjenkins7884
    @rhysjenkins7884 Рік тому +4

    Two ideas:
    1) Do a similar test sequence but with pairs of rings -- one normal and that has been heat-treaded (tested separately). It would be quite educational to see the effects of heat-treatment. Maybe one of the educational UA-cam channels would like to collaborate.
    2) Sell the results (maybe on eBay) -- the copper one would make a nice pendant. It could make some revenue for the channel. I would bid...

    • @user-po8gk5rt2i
      @user-po8gk5rt2i Рік тому

      About your second idea - all of the rings should be pancaked like the copper one, especially silver one would be nice.

    • @user-po8gk5rt2i
      @user-po8gk5rt2i Рік тому +1

      Another idea: test the rings on the stretch resistance, how they will cope when force is applied from inside surface. One thing just to pull them apart, and other idea to test stretch resistance by putting rings on something like "pinocchio nose" type of attachment, where force will be applied evenly throughout the whole diameter.

    • @benjamindesson5326
      @benjamindesson5326 Рік тому +2

      Heat treatment varies depending on the material and the alloy system. A lot of systems will see little benefit unless they are designed for it, utilising relevant strengthening mechanisms.

    • @elduderino1329
      @elduderino1329 Рік тому +1

      I would educate you about metals and heat treatment if you were a little smarter but based on your comment you are hopeless.

    • @rhysjenkins7884
      @rhysjenkins7884 Рік тому

      @@benjamindesson5326 Absolutely. That would be part of the demonstration: different materials behave differently.

  • @BRUXXUS
    @BRUXXUS Рік тому

    Some really beautiful shots in this!

  • @BennyTygohome
    @BennyTygohome Рік тому

    The video quality is very impressive and great!

  • @Archphoenix1
    @Archphoenix1 Рік тому +5

    he never learns! last time he squished metal, he needed to replace his window!

  • @alvinc.pasoquin1920
    @alvinc.pasoquin1920 Рік тому +4

    3:08 Mokume-gane (木目金) is a Japanese 🇯🇵 metalworking procedure which produces a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns; the term is also used to refer to the resulting laminate itself.

  • @technicallyamechengineer
    @technicallyamechengineer Рік тому +2

    Anyway you can add a FLIR camera to your set up when you are compressing metals (like in this video)? Would love to see the real time temperature changes.

  • @EVLfreak666
    @EVLfreak666 Рік тому

    another great video, nicely done 👍

  • @ConnorHolland
    @ConnorHolland Рік тому +3

    I think the Cast Iron and Zirconium rings got switched around by accident

  • @ecbrd8478
    @ecbrd8478 Рік тому +6

    I love the premise of "what is the best material for your ring" as though people are gonna get the strength of it tested one day when their hand gets stuck in a hydraulic press or something.

    • @onradioactivewaves
      @onradioactivewaves Рік тому +1

      I took it into consideration. Silver rings were too soft and always deformed a bit out of being round after constant wearing, and required me to bend them back round again. Tungsten carbide stayed round and unscathed, but shattered. I decided on a cobalt alloy ring, which has stayed lustrous and shiny, retained it's true shape, and won't shatter. After years daily wear, I'd say it was great choice.

  • @elementsofphysicalreality
    @elementsofphysicalreality Рік тому

    The way the iron crumbled like that was insane. It crunched unexpectedly.

  • @phntmthf5505
    @phntmthf5505 Рік тому +2

    Yeah, tungsten has a high melting point, but it’s brittle. We use it in welding because of those properties, and also some more physics stuff I’m in no way qualified to explain. In TIG, the process that uses it, we have to be very very clean and avoid contamination at all costs. If the tip of the tungsten electrode touches the weld pool or the filler rod, we use that brittleness to snap the dirty tip off and grind a new one into it.

  • @mytube001
    @mytube001 Рік тому +5

    That iron ring couldn't have been cast iron! Far too flexible.

    • @user-po8gk5rt2i
      @user-po8gk5rt2i Рік тому +1

      I thought the same - it had to be a mild steel, cast is very brittle.

    • @timothyball3144
      @timothyball3144 Рік тому +2

      There are different types of cast iron with different properties.

    • @user-po8gk5rt2i
      @user-po8gk5rt2i Рік тому +2

      @@timothyball3144 yes, there is, but as it wasn't specified, therefore everyone's confused.

  • @patricke0n
    @patricke0n Рік тому +3

    The stronger the ring, the worse your finger looks after hooking the ring on something. Wear nylon wedding bands when working.

    • @one-eyedsam2186
      @one-eyedsam2186 Рік тому

      Don't wear rings at all while you're working. Safety 101.

  • @XdragonxalliX
    @XdragonxalliX 10 місяців тому

    this is insanely informative for ring shoppers. I feel if you made a poster with this info, you could sell it to jewlery shops easy.
    thank you for the experiments

  • @windowsxpnotfound6494
    @windowsxpnotfound6494 Рік тому

    From submarine to hydraulic press on UA-cam, Pavel never fails to entertain us.

  • @Cheeto_Fingerz
    @Cheeto_Fingerz Рік тому +3

    HYDRAULIC NOTIFICATION SQUAD LETS GOOOOOOO 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

  • @wadewilson524
    @wadewilson524 Рік тому +4

    I would argue that you’re better off with a brittle ring that shatters…. Along the lines of steel toe boots that pinch your toes off, a doctor is going to have an ugly hard time getting that bent ring off of your smashed finger..

    • @TeaBurn
      @TeaBurn Рік тому

      That's one reason why I stopped wearing steel-toed boots after hearing some of the horror stories and switched to composite. Does the job just as well, and a whole heck of lot lighter in weight as well which lessened my soreness at the end of a hard work day.

    • @Z-Ack
      @Z-Ack Рік тому +1

      Yea but if you sat 2 tons of weight on a finger my guess is a ring wouldnt make much a difference...

  • @jaythatguyyouknow5135
    @jaythatguyyouknow5135 Рік тому +1

    Ok this is a crazy coincidence but I just got married yesterday (the day this video came out) and I got a tungsten wedding ring. On top of that, I was telling my wife how tough tungsten and we was both wondering how it a tungsten would dial if crushed. Then I wake up late I’m the day, turn on YT for the the first time in a couple days and this is the very first video in my feed.
    So yea, a few crazy coincidences lol.

  • @shadowdragon2950
    @shadowdragon2950 Рік тому

    I was really wanting to see the rings after you flattened them, especially the copper ring. Flattening the rings down should make a cool looking pattern

  • @jayhawkrulz3375
    @jayhawkrulz3375 Рік тому +4

    Jesus loves you all and have a great day also remember to not say the Lords name in vein and to say your blessings before you eat food and to not hate anyone no matter what.

  • @joshuabaughn3734
    @joshuabaughn3734 Рік тому

    Mokume-gane is categorized in the Damascus Family, it's a very ornate Damascus with contrasting colors and it's supposed to look like wood, hence it's name, Wood-Grain Metal.
    The reason why it gave out so soon is that Damascus has the infamous tendency to delaminate, acquire cold shuts and explode (rarely)

  • @diedforurwins
    @diedforurwins Рік тому

    “Gold is soft and expensive”
    *looks at girlfriend*
    “You’re like gold babe”

  • @potatofuryy
    @potatofuryy Рік тому

    Kinda fun that I have the exact same lens, it is a great lens. Amazing price to performance.

  • @irishpsalteri
    @irishpsalteri Рік тому

    Good to see a post from you all.

  • @zkyroni
    @zkyroni Рік тому +2

    Try Tungsten Carbide Vs. Titanium Aluminide ⚔️

  • @TheSentinelStone
    @TheSentinelStone Рік тому

    Translated mokume is something like wood grain metal. I think it’s mostly using different materials to get that pattern you see on the ring.

  • @skitzoid8202
    @skitzoid8202 Рік тому

    Me at a jewelry shop: "which one of these will protect me best from a hydraulic press?"

  • @soylentgreenb
    @soylentgreenb Рік тому

    If a concrete sewer pipe cracks it tend to look a lot like that tungsten ring. Usually the top of the pipe protrudes into the pipe more than the bottom of the pipe so it is slightly more heart shaped.

  • @merlinmagnus873
    @merlinmagnus873 Рік тому

    How about attaching a micrometer to the ram with the tip on the plate beside the part being crushed. You could then see the deformation vs the pressure.

  • @jackjones1124
    @jackjones1124 Рік тому

    Captivating stuff whodraulic press channel ! Show us the horizontally compressed ring remnants!
    I saw lurches during compression, which rings developed cracks? Was that malleable iron not cast?
    Please show the rings.

  • @btbb3726
    @btbb3726 Рік тому

    Another enjoyable video. Thank You!

  • @ovalwingnut
    @ovalwingnut Рік тому

    This week's show was "smashing".. Thank you.

  • @weq111
    @weq111 Рік тому

    OMG These rings are gorgeous I just bought one CAN'T WAIT!!!

  • @justina3064
    @justina3064 Рік тому

    I have titanium kettles for the outdoors. They dent but they are optimal as they are still tough and light.

  • @WoodworkerDon
    @WoodworkerDon Рік тому +2

    First I've ever seen Psychedelic Titanium. Prrritti Guud.

  • @cosminxxx5287
    @cosminxxx5287 Рік тому

    titanium as a ring is a hidden gem :) 12 years ago i was shopping in a new opened Chinese shop. tipical to chinese shops, they had all stuff from clothes to headphones and jewels , watches, etc. all kinds of very cheap things , knock-offs of brand merch , etc. i wanted to buy something since everything was so cheap and i felt sorry to just watch things for 30 minutes not buying anything. so i bought a titanium ring for equivalent of 2 euro. for 10 years that ring never left my finger. i used it top open beer bottles, i worn it at work were i worked with big car parts like engines, gear boxes, i had it in contact with all kinds of solutions and heavy metals. that ring barely had a scratch not to mention it never bend or anything. it was like i found a 2 euro treasure :) i got bigger with age so it started to be too small for my finger and since i couldn't remove it anymore, i had to cut it. I went to the section of the factory were the maintenance mechanics work and for 10 minutes we tried with all kind of stuff to cut it . dude, that ring was nearly invincibile. we finally made it with a very HUGE pair of scissors like those that you need two hands to operate and cuts thick sheets of metal and has 1 meter long handles. That was best 2 euro i ever spent . amazing material.

  • @Night_Wood
    @Night_Wood Рік тому

    If you’re able to get your hands on some single crystal tungsten, i’d love to see a video on it.

  • @clenchedfury6019
    @clenchedfury6019 Рік тому

    Awesome 👌, I thermal camera would give an interesting view on stress points

  • @weedfreer
    @weedfreer Рік тому +1

    Could you ever get your hands on some Inconel 718 and try similar with a chunk of that too? 🤔

  • @tylersurprenant8667
    @tylersurprenant8667 Рік тому

    Ah yes for all the times my finger is getting hydraulic pressed

  • @Richard-do9xt
    @Richard-do9xt Рік тому

    Love your videos that was super interesting how the Damascus titanium ring failed

  • @antoniomonsalve9895
    @antoniomonsalve9895 Рік тому +2

    This one was really cool. Would have loved to see them all flattened out, and to see the material grains pressed out flat out. Great macro shots!

  • @carriersignal
    @carriersignal Рік тому

    Would like to have seen if the rings would have expanded if you had filled them with oil before pressing them, like hydroforming. Would have also like to have seen a mid carbon steel that was quenched and tempered.

  • @MacPoop
    @MacPoop Рік тому

    Nice looking rings. But looking at the crystal structure of each metal as they press, I can't say any of them were cut from quality cast billet metals. Cheap metals in all of them. This is why I love this channel! How else would you ever find this stuff out??

  • @luke144
    @luke144 Рік тому

    Good video! Thank you! Zirconium ring. That one I've never seen, it burns in open air when heated enough like titanium. You should melt down all the rings and see if they'll aloy.

  • @lesliespeaker668
    @lesliespeaker668 Рік тому

    Very nice camera work in this one.

  • @rondias6625
    @rondias6625 Рік тому +1

    Still loving this channel ✌️

  • @christophzoitl6693
    @christophzoitl6693 Рік тому

    I like all videos from you
    but i think it' better when you have a tool to measure the distance between the Upper and the Bottomtool to can show how much tons you need to press anything for 2mm.
    It's more accurate to see a difference from different Materials.

  • @choppedvibes
    @choppedvibes Рік тому

    lol “what about iron man” “you mean the tungsten gentleman” 🤣🤣

  • @anonymousdratini
    @anonymousdratini Рік тому

    Now I know what it would look like if my wedding ring got caught in a hydraulic press. Neat!

  • @twoheadedgiantgaming7029
    @twoheadedgiantgaming7029 Рік тому

    just found your channel, and i would just like to say, you have an amazing accent

  • @TheAssassin409
    @TheAssassin409 Рік тому

    back in college I was helping the grad students with their research projects. We had to move big concrete pillars into and out of a ~1000 ton hydraulic press (something like 4ft long by 1.5ft diameter cylinders). It took 4 people.
    one time, one of the dudes lost his grip taking it out and the cylinder dropped a couple inches right onto my hand. I was completely fine and nobody thought anything of it. When I got back to the dorm an hour later, I had noticed that my (fairly large) stainless steel ring had completely flattened around my finger. I had to hammer it back round to get it off.
    I fear what would have happened if i wasn't wearing a ring that day.

  • @FloridaMan1976
    @FloridaMan1976 Рік тому +1

    Wolverine: Try these, bub... III 🤨 III
    Hydraulic Press Channel: Let us see if we can crush.

  • @Blueberries404
    @Blueberries404 Рік тому

    It would be intresting to put a grinder on the "cast iron" ring and try to gage the general carbon content of it via the sparks

  • @askinperson2839
    @askinperson2839 Рік тому +1

    3.2m subscribers the real meta to UA-cam is have access to industrial machinery