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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
Dental-CAD
Virgin Miller
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<blockquote data-quote="tuyere" data-source="post: 361196" data-attributes="member: 26916"><p>Milling is a sufficiently-complicated process that- <em>depending on the volume of production you want to do, and especially if you're looking at getting two mills to have dedicated wet/dry mills, which I recommend if at all possible- </em> I'd recommend hiring someone with CNC-specific education, or particularly experience with operating and maintaining/troubleshooting CNC mills in industry, non-dental is fine. Labs seem to consistently underappreciate the barriers lying between you and running good parts with low reject rates, and particularly with not being entirely at the mercy of your vendor whenever you have an issue. Training the techs you already have will get your mills running, for the time being, but any curveballs or challenges and you'll immediately run into the limits of what you can do in-house. Running and maintaining a machining centre needs specialists with specialized education and experience, and if you don't ensure you have those on staff up-front, you'll end up paying five times as much to get those specialists in by the hour later on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tuyere, post: 361196, member: 26916"] Milling is a sufficiently-complicated process that- [I]depending on the volume of production you want to do, and especially if you're looking at getting two mills to have dedicated wet/dry mills, which I recommend if at all possible- [/I] I'd recommend hiring someone with CNC-specific education, or particularly experience with operating and maintaining/troubleshooting CNC mills in industry, non-dental is fine. Labs seem to consistently underappreciate the barriers lying between you and running good parts with low reject rates, and particularly with not being entirely at the mercy of your vendor whenever you have an issue. Training the techs you already have will get your mills running, for the time being, but any curveballs or challenges and you'll immediately run into the limits of what you can do in-house. Running and maintaining a machining centre needs specialists with specialized education and experience, and if you don't ensure you have those on staff up-front, you'll end up paying five times as much to get those specialists in by the hour later on. [/QUOTE]
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