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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
Dental-CAD
Best solution for a CAD/CAM complete implant supported screw retained metal bridge.
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<blockquote data-quote="greeny" data-source="post: 93604" data-attributes="member: 6912"><p>Out of the machines you listed, the Datron system is the only one that's designed specifically for the application you're looking to do. The other machines are capable of doing zirconia relatively accurately and hard metals more for C&B applications. Because of its size, the Datron machine is often placed into the wrong category of mill - it is an extremely compact industrial machine, while the other ones you listed are what I would consider robust tabletops mills. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I don't think you're at a point (production-wise) to even warrant an investment in a Datron (or other industrial) )machine. A good place to start (in my opinion) would be to incorporate the scan/design capabilities into your lab and send them to someone such as Bernard at Panthera for machining. Then, once you have a better idea of that process, see if you're doing the amount of work that would get you a substantial ROI by bringing your production in-house. At this point, you'll also be familiar with the quality of product you're getting from a large milling center so you'll be able to determine if you'd be getting the same quality from an in-house mill. </p><p></p><p>As a side note: Bernard brings up another good point regarding service, and luckily Datron has a large industrial mill presence in the US, so when one of our machines is down, we have the type of resources here in the US so that "weeks" is not even a part of our vocabulary. </p><p></p><p>If you want to see our machine get through some Ti, skip to :45 in the video:</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XvxDcIA7T0" target="_blank">DATRON D5 -- Milling Titanium Implant Bar, 5-axis, 3+2 Machining - YouTube</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greeny, post: 93604, member: 6912"] Out of the machines you listed, the Datron system is the only one that's designed specifically for the application you're looking to do. The other machines are capable of doing zirconia relatively accurately and hard metals more for C&B applications. Because of its size, the Datron machine is often placed into the wrong category of mill - it is an extremely compact industrial machine, while the other ones you listed are what I would consider robust tabletops mills. That being said, I don't think you're at a point (production-wise) to even warrant an investment in a Datron (or other industrial) )machine. A good place to start (in my opinion) would be to incorporate the scan/design capabilities into your lab and send them to someone such as Bernard at Panthera for machining. Then, once you have a better idea of that process, see if you're doing the amount of work that would get you a substantial ROI by bringing your production in-house. At this point, you'll also be familiar with the quality of product you're getting from a large milling center so you'll be able to determine if you'd be getting the same quality from an in-house mill. As a side note: Bernard brings up another good point regarding service, and luckily Datron has a large industrial mill presence in the US, so when one of our machines is down, we have the type of resources here in the US so that "weeks" is not even a part of our vocabulary. If you want to see our machine get through some Ti, skip to :45 in the video: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XvxDcIA7T0]DATRON D5 -- Milling Titanium Implant Bar, 5-axis, 3+2 Machining - YouTube[/url] [/QUOTE]
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