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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
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Argen Digital making Dental Bridges with EOS 3D Additive Manufacturing
1. Customer Case Study Medical
Digital Manufacturing: the laser fuses the metal powder layer by layer at 200 W and
a temperature of 1400°C (Courtesy EOS GmbH).
Daily Turnout of Hundreds of Units –
Digital Manufacturing Revolutionizes Dentistry
Challenge
Economic production of patient-
specific restorations made of a
high-performance alloy.
Solution
Accurate and efficient manu
facturing of crowns and bridges
using an EOSINT M 270.
Results
• Economic: digital manufac
turing saves time and money
• Premium: restorations are
durable, capable and demon-
strate consistently good
quality
• Precise: units show constant
accuracy
• Efficient: dental labs increase
their product offerings and
boost productivity
Facts
2. Argen is transforming the business model for its dental lab
customers using industrial 3D printing by EOS
Short profile
Argen is the largest dental-
alloy manufacturer in the
world. Founded 50 years ago
in South Africa and now based
in southern California, the
company sells some 600 differ-
ent dentistry products in more
than 100 countries worldwide.
Address
The Argen Corporation
5855 Oberlin Drive
San Diego, CA
USA
When Paul Cascone, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Argen, speaks to a potential
dental lab customer, he always starts with the benefits of digital technology. “I tell them it can broaden
their offerings, eliminate inventory, cut waste, and significantly boost their productivity,” he says. Those
advantages can be powerfully persuasive for the laboratories that are listening.
For years, manufacture of dental prostheses has been based on the lost-wax method, which has roots in
5,000-year-old investment casting techniques. In this approach, dentists rely on a moulded impression of
the damaged tooth or teeth, a careful sequence of production steps and painstaking hand finishing–with
remake rates high. But during the last decade, digital tools and technology have been cutting time and cost
from workflows, enabling the dental lab business model to evolve towards greater efficiency and precision.
Challenge
The transition to digital begins
with the impression by which a
physical mould of a patient’s
teeth serves as the starting point
for a lost-wax casting. The digital
equivalent is an image of the
teeth taken in the mouth with an
intraoral scanner. The resulting
CAD (Computer Aided Design)
3D model can be used to create a
restoration in several ways. One
path is via a computer-controlled
milling machine. In this subtrac-
tive manufacturing approach,
the digital file of the model guides
the cutting of either a solid
ceramic or composite-resin block
into a prosthesis matching the
shape of the teeth. While fast and
often completed in a single visit,
this technique doesn’t create
restorations that fit as precisely
as those made using the tradi-
tional lost-wax method.
Solution
A more precise and efficient digi-
tal-based path is Argen’s branded
process, referred to as selective
laser melting. In this Additive
Manufacturing (AM) process the
CAD model guides production
that adds on layers of material,
rather than cutting it off and
throwing it away. The automated
process starts with the system
depositing a thin layer of metal
powder onto a build platform.
A laser, guided by the CAD model,
then traces a cross-sectional
outline of each patient-specific
dental unit, melting and hardening
the material into a 20-micron-thick
layer. Then the build platform is
lowered and the system distrib-
utes a new powder layer on top
of the old one. This cycle is
repeated, adding on layers one at
a time, until the restoration is
fully formed.
The DMLS system’s software also
automatically labels each patient’s
unit and generates supports on
the models prior to manufactur-
ing. These hollow supports allow
for easy removal from the build
plate once the run is complete;
during finishing, they are eliminat-
ed along with excess material
This additively manufactured bridge
is made from a proprietary high-
noble alloy, developed by Argen.
The material helps labs to further
expand their product range and
meet increasing demand
(Courtesy Argen).
3. from each restoration. The unit is
then shipped to the lab customer
for bonding with ceramic. Slight
cosmetic refinements can be
carried out in the dentist’s chair.
“We were one of the first US
companies in the dental industry
to use EOS technology,” Cascone
says. That was in 2007, and the
system Argen purchased, after
considering other AM processes,
was an EOSINT M 270 by EOS.
“We wanted to use the available
CAD data to meet the need for
strong, precise-fitting porce-
lain-on-metal restorations,” he
notes. “Our new DMLS system
gave us the flexibility to manu-
facture the metal base.”
Several types of metals—nobles,
high nobles, and base alloys—are
used widely by dental labs and
dentists in the US. Argen decided
to develop its own noble alloy
which is suitable for EOS technol-
ogy. They are now supplying
labs with more than 100,000
restorations per year from their
proprietary noble alloy. With this
first success in hand, they devel-
oped an even more durable high-
noble alloy.
Results
The benefits of AM technology
for laboratory customers are many:
steps in the traditional workflow
can be skipped; virtually any ge-
ometry can be created; waste is
reduced; the resulting restorations
are accurate and as durable as
those made with lost-wax cast-
ing; and, while fine detail can be
captured in both the subtractive
and additive processes up to
certain limits, there is no added
cost with AM for sculpting more
complex tooth geometries.
“The Additive Manufacturing
operation is straightforward and
quite robust,” says Cascone.
“Quality is high, tolerances are
constant, and the process is
reproducible. Our lab customers
are impressed, not only with the
savings in time, but also with the
consistency and accuracy of the
product.”
Using a DMLS system, Argen can
manufacture at speeds of about
one unit every two minutes—
that’s hundreds of units a day.
“We recently added 40 new em-
ployees because of the expansion
of our digital business,” Cascone
notes.
While industrial 3D printing has
increased the company’s product
offerings, it is also boosting
productivity for both Argen and
its laboratory customers. Unlike
traditional casting, where units
are made one at a time, AM can
“For a dental laboratory, taking
the digital path can be a game
changer. A small lab can expand
their product range and in a
large production lab, the whole
scale of the operation can be
transformed. EOS technology is
straightforward and quite
robust. The quality of the finished
parts is high, tolerances are
constant, and the process is
reproducible.”
Paul Cascone,
Senior Vice President of
Research and Development
at Argen
produce a variety of unique, cus-
tom restorations in a single run:
the batch size is limited only by
the dimensions of the manufac-
turing chamber; and associated
software is used to optimise
placement of multiple parts.
For the dental laboratory, taking
the digital path can be a game
changer, according to Cascone.
In a small lab, a scanner can help
them expand their product range.
In a large production lab, the
whole scale of the operation can
be transformed. “A skilled techni-
cian using traditional hand oper-
ations can make about 20 units in
a day,” he explains. “If you take
that same person and train them
to use a scanner and software,
output accelerates to 80 units a
day. That’s why labs are switching.”
“With our selective laser melting
services, we supply them with
metals in an ‘advanced form’ that
allows them to skip the old wax-
ing and casting steps. They can
now concentrate on the import-
ant aesthetic and functional
aspects of applying the ceramic.
This represents a change in their
business model, but they’re really
excited about the change.”
“Now we offer nobles, high nobles,
and base alloys in the digital work-
flow, and we can make bridges of
different sizes from all three
classes of metals. We’re also
gearing up to produce partial
dentures and plan on dedicating
an entire EOS system to that
product alone.” Staying at the
cutting edge of dental methodol-
ogy is crucial for Argen.
EOS systems are able to manufacture medical devices. However, EOS cannot offer any guarantee that these devices meet all requirements.
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Electro Optical Systems
Corporate Headquarters
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Germany
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