Ceramill Matik
Inside Dental Technology delivers updates on digital workflows, materials, lab techniques, and innovation in dental technology through expert articles and videos.
July 1, 2019
Volume 10, Issue 7, July 2019
Page(s): p. 34
This fully integrated fabrication unit gives the laboratory a flexible and independent workflow. It dramatically reduces the effort and complexity of material and tool management. Automatic maintenance, cleaning, and change of operation modes save time and help technicians focus on the essential thing-the dental work itself.
The Ceramill Matik is a novelty in the field of material management. All materials can be easily read into the system and matched to the intelligent holders. An electronically readable RFID chip in the holder allows all relevant material information to be read out at any time both inside and outside the machine. The user always has an overview of the materials used, and the handling effort is reduced significantly.
The Ceramill Matik solves one of the last major problems in dental CAD/CAM manufacturing-tool management. The milling cutter and packaging form a unit that can be conveniently used without a defined location in the tool tray. Through the integration of a contactless RFID chip, the tool data is read by the machine, and the current status is stored on the tool unit after each operation. As in clean-room technology, the intelligent tools on the exchangeable tool trays are protected in the tool storage compartment, adding process safety during production.
A durable special coating, lateral irrigation bars, 360° irrigation via the spindle rim, and an overpressure chamber to protect the tools all help to keep the milling station permanently clean. Supported by the Ceramill Cleanstream, the milling chamber is irrigated autonomously and thoroughly. An automatic change between machine processes ensures significant time savings in handling without requiring any intervention. The chip conveyor integrated in the Ceramill Cleanstream enables easy disposal of the chips and maximum capacity during continuous operation.
