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<blockquote data-quote="Patrick Coon" data-source="post: 247308" data-attributes="member: 11366"><p>Don't be scared of this machine, it is a great companion for a lab as well. Nice thing is, it is small (think Keruig coffee maker),it will mill glass ceramics in ~15 minutes, and is fully self-contained.</p><p></p><p>I did some calculations earlier, it will mill about 33 e.max restorations a day (3.5 per hour x 8 hours) plus 5 in the changer when you leave for the day. If a lab ran it 5 days a week at this capacity for 51 weeks per year (take Christmas week off) at an average of $150 per unit that would be $1,262,250 per year generated by this one mill. For a small lab (2-4 techs) this would be an easy addition to the lab. And because you could then buy your e.max direct from Ivoclar, instead of through a dealer (Patterson or Schein),you could get your block cost down to less than $20 each your block costs would be only $168,300, leaving $1,093,950. Of course there would be other costs associated, but this could be very good for a small lab. It would also leave a larger mill utilizing disks free to mill zirconia or PMMA, instead of swapping back and forth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patrick Coon, post: 247308, member: 11366"] Don't be scared of this machine, it is a great companion for a lab as well. Nice thing is, it is small (think Keruig coffee maker),it will mill glass ceramics in ~15 minutes, and is fully self-contained. I did some calculations earlier, it will mill about 33 e.max restorations a day (3.5 per hour x 8 hours) plus 5 in the changer when you leave for the day. If a lab ran it 5 days a week at this capacity for 51 weeks per year (take Christmas week off) at an average of $150 per unit that would be $1,262,250 per year generated by this one mill. For a small lab (2-4 techs) this would be an easy addition to the lab. And because you could then buy your e.max direct from Ivoclar, instead of through a dealer (Patterson or Schein),you could get your block cost down to less than $20 each your block costs would be only $168,300, leaving $1,093,950. Of course there would be other costs associated, but this could be very good for a small lab. It would also leave a larger mill utilizing disks free to mill zirconia or PMMA, instead of swapping back and forth. [/QUOTE]
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