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Hi there,
We’re a small 2-man (hubby/wife) lab for crowns and bridges in London, using Medit T500 with Exocad for all of our work and outsourcing everything to milling centers, including emax (we can’t press). Now I’ve been looking at inhouse milling.
I’ve been reading a lot in here for some time now and have learnt from the people around here but of course some questions are still open from me.
My goal is to be independent from milling centers at least for Zirconia and emax. If I was looking for a dry mill only I would probably go for the Roland DW52, but we have so much emax that I can’t ignore the comparatively low extra cost for a wet mill and do emax milling myself, too. I’d leave metal milling to the big centers with the big machines.
So at the moment I have some offers on the table:
Coritec 250i
Arum 5x-300
From the looks of it, the Arum machine looks more modern, and easier to clean when swapping between wet and dry milling? The interior of the 250i looks more cluttered. Is there anything in particular about these that sets one apart from the other?
Wildcard: Zirkonzahn M1 wet heavy metal / or even the M2 with 2 separate orbits for wet and dry processing, using one spindle only, very interesting. Not a big fan of being limited to the special puck size though)
All in all, they are about similarly priced.
As a furnace I am looking at a smaller Nabertherm or Mihm-Vogt, with MoSi heating elements.
My last question would be about the extractor – I had the Renfert Silent compact CAM in mind, with a suction volume of 160m³/hr at 480 watts. The sales rep wanted to sell me another one with 260 m³/hr at 1400 watts, at more than double the price. Is this really necessary for a single milling unit?
Thanks so much guys, looking forward to hear about your experience.
Chris
We’re a small 2-man (hubby/wife) lab for crowns and bridges in London, using Medit T500 with Exocad for all of our work and outsourcing everything to milling centers, including emax (we can’t press). Now I’ve been looking at inhouse milling.
I’ve been reading a lot in here for some time now and have learnt from the people around here but of course some questions are still open from me.
My goal is to be independent from milling centers at least for Zirconia and emax. If I was looking for a dry mill only I would probably go for the Roland DW52, but we have so much emax that I can’t ignore the comparatively low extra cost for a wet mill and do emax milling myself, too. I’d leave metal milling to the big centers with the big machines.
So at the moment I have some offers on the table:
Coritec 250i
Arum 5x-300
From the looks of it, the Arum machine looks more modern, and easier to clean when swapping between wet and dry milling? The interior of the 250i looks more cluttered. Is there anything in particular about these that sets one apart from the other?
Wildcard: Zirkonzahn M1 wet heavy metal / or even the M2 with 2 separate orbits for wet and dry processing, using one spindle only, very interesting. Not a big fan of being limited to the special puck size though)
All in all, they are about similarly priced.
As a furnace I am looking at a smaller Nabertherm or Mihm-Vogt, with MoSi heating elements.
My last question would be about the extractor – I had the Renfert Silent compact CAM in mind, with a suction volume of 160m³/hr at 480 watts. The sales rep wanted to sell me another one with 260 m³/hr at 1400 watts, at more than double the price. Is this really necessary for a single milling unit?
Thanks so much guys, looking forward to hear about your experience.
Chris