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And now you just need to 'open' your wallet.nonono, the doors to the cerec booth are now open.
Complete with ominous music and everything
What is Ivoclar listing it at retail for?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.
It has to cost more than their press ovens.What is Ivoclar listing it at retail for?
What is Ivoclar listing it at retail for?
didnt you read what Pat wrote? the machine costs $1,093,950
plus shipping and tax.
it was a subtle jab at ivoclar's ability to not make anything cheap. especially if they knew how much money you would make off it.
So Ivoclar is building this mill rather than have in manufactured and rebranded?Oh, I know and understand. We can be very proud of or equipment and materials. But, just like a lab we do need a good ROI for the research and development that goes into these. Along with building and fitting the places that these get manufactured.
That is correct. It is being manufactured at our Bursite, Austria facility.So Ivoclar is building this mill rather than have in manufactured and rebranded?