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Hi Andy,
I'm a "long time" user (since 2007) ....
.....Theoretically it is also possible to mill some implant interfaces in Ti with Everest and it's been done by go2cam
but it still needs more work - I've been hearing that for the last 9 months - like a pregnancy - but this baby is already late
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Sorry but I logged to this forum yesterday and am reading/replying to some old posts..
First I wanted to say that this post (total contents) is a very nice one: impartial and experienced information. As I am from GO2cam, I need to react on the above part of your post.
Yes we machined a few implant interfaces in Ti with Everest. We have users with mechanical milling machines (>300K€) doing that every day. What were the challenges:
1. precision/rigidity of the mill
We did not go far on this topic. It needed to machine several units of major interfaces on the market, measure and validate. It is a long process...like making a baby
2. tool change
We need a manual tool change (min 3 tools: ball 2, Ball 1, Flat 1). This meant that
- GO2dental has to generate 2 NC codes
- At the end of first NC code: display a message (pls replace tool A by C, then press button
- re-mesure tools
- message : now send 2nd NC code
- at the end of the machining : Replace tool C by A.
- re-mesure tools
For an experienced user, this process is easy. For many users, GO2cam have to propose an error free process.
When we did this test about a year ago, the cost of development/number of customers was too high. So we stopped this project.