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Next year it's a plan of getting one milling machine. Original plan was to go on with used one but now I'm thinking rather buying a new one. At the moment my eyes are on imes icore 450i which is here in EU around 60k eur for the machine with dry/wet crco/ti milling options and cam sw.
The reason for opening this thread is if you guys have any more suggestions on stuff I should consider looking. I'm looking into 5 axis dry/wet machine in capable doing everything in the house. Including custom ti abutments etc. I like 450i because it doesn't take much space and it's allrounder I think. For the time being production is based on around 200 units/month, mainly crco, that's inhouse number and that number is my priority in business and financial plan. If we'll do some milling for other labs that'll be also great. I'm saying that just to let you see that we don't need industrial machine, just solid and reliable allrounder.
Second question is based on curiosity. I've spoken with a guy who also owns laser sintering machine. He said that from economical point of view for crco it's the best option. And I see that maybe he wasn't kidding. I can find LS unit for even more then 50% cheaper than milled if I outsource. I know these machines costs twice or more then milling machines but I would still like to know the production price for one unit (just material). I've made calculation for milling out of crco block and just material costs around 9 eur (just block plus burs). So, if anyone of you might know, how much metal powder is used for one unit or how much does material costs.
The reason for opening this thread is if you guys have any more suggestions on stuff I should consider looking. I'm looking into 5 axis dry/wet machine in capable doing everything in the house. Including custom ti abutments etc. I like 450i because it doesn't take much space and it's allrounder I think. For the time being production is based on around 200 units/month, mainly crco, that's inhouse number and that number is my priority in business and financial plan. If we'll do some milling for other labs that'll be also great. I'm saying that just to let you see that we don't need industrial machine, just solid and reliable allrounder.
Second question is based on curiosity. I've spoken with a guy who also owns laser sintering machine. He said that from economical point of view for crco it's the best option. And I see that maybe he wasn't kidding. I can find LS unit for even more then 50% cheaper than milled if I outsource. I know these machines costs twice or more then milling machines but I would still like to know the production price for one unit (just material). I've made calculation for milling out of crco block and just material costs around 9 eur (just block plus burs). So, if anyone of you might know, how much metal powder is used for one unit or how much does material costs.