Amann Girrbach combines power and intelligence to revolutionise dental NC technology
Designed from its inception for dental needs: the Ceramill DNA generation presents itself as futuristic and in an elegant design.
Amann Girrbach has regularly set new trends for CAD/CAM-based fabrication of restorations with the Ceramill brand of CNC desktop units. The highly precise milling systems and key components of the Ceramill CAD/CAM system have become an impulse generator and global standard for digital in-house fabrication.
Using this expertise to influence construction components, machine design, milling strategies and the control unit itself has enabled Amann Girrbach to meticulously adapt and continually develop their CNC units to the specific requirements of dental technology.
Reduced grinding time
The outcome is a new processing strategy called “carving mode”, which reduces the grinding times of difficult to process materials such as glass ceramics and hybrid ceramics by up to 60 per cent. The “carving-mode” cuts off excess material as a whole, thus avoiding grinding down the blank to the actual geometry.
The “Carving-mode” reduces grinding times up to 60 per cent while providing consistently high precision.
Low machining forces and their uniform distributions over the entire tool length enable higher processing speeds, resulting in significantly shortened fabrication times with increased service life and component quality. The procedure, unprecedented in dental CAD/CAM technology until now, results in a massive amount of time saved when fabricating single-tooth indications made from hybrid or glass ceramic and corresponds to processing times using a twin spindle (approximately 15 min/crown) – with the highest precision.
The ability to process materials so efficiently and literally with “verve and ease” demands high but controlled power input in order to achieve maximum precision. This is exactly where the optimised control technology comes into its own as, in conjunction with the drive components, spindle and tools, it enables precise travel even with top performance. In future, approximately 50 per cent savings in time can be estimated (approximately 45min/splint) for indications such as PMMA splints.
Parallel to the new control technology, the Ceramill Motion 2 hybrid system and new, additional Ceramill Mikro ic wet unit are equipped with an extremely powerful, high-frequency spindle. With its hybrid ball bearings, stability and highly accurate concentricity, it is one of the most powerful drives that can be used for dental milling machines. With up to 100,000 revolutions per minute, it also controls materials that are difficult to process such as hybrid ceramics or lithium disilicate and enables highly efficient milling and grinding processes.
Catering to specific lab needs
Six years after the market launch of the first desktop system, the milling units are presented with new interior and exterior values and have been extended to include two additional machines. In the future, the Amann Girrbach portfolio will be divided into “SPECIALIZED” and “ALL-IN” sections to better customise their services, enabling them to cater to the individual needs of dental laboratories even more specifically.
The “SPECIALIZED” class includes a total of three milling machines which, with their respective range of services, are mainly for laboratories with a focus on specific materials or indications. This class consists of:
- The 4-axis dry unit Ceramill Mikro 4X (on the market since 2015), as well as the newly added sister model, Ceramill Mikro 5X. Also equipped for the dry mode, this compact unit incorporates the latest 5-axis technology. In addition to conventional standard indications, it also enables in-house fabrication of splints, bars and implant bridges in minimum space but with a wide range of services.
- Laboratories can also look forward to a completely new type of machine in this category – the Ceramill Mikro ic 4X. The compact, condensed design vocabulary indicates that this is the complete power pack. This assumption is confirmed by a view of the interior: an extremely solid axis system installed in a monocoque housing to provide stability – ensures that materials can be wet-processed with high feed rates.
The Ceramill Motion 2 5X makes the “ALL-IN” category a global benchmark in terms of the range of materials and indications. The flagship of the Ceramill CAD/CAM brand entered the domain of dental laboratories for the first time in 2012. Since then, it has been regarded as a guarantee for complete in-house value creation, future security and flexibility.
The 5-axis milling machine combines the wet/dry grinding, milling and carving technique in one unit and enables a virtually limitless range of materials to be processed in-house. A modular Plug&Play quick-change holder concept enables cost-effective integration of new materials and adaptation of the milling unit quickly and flexibly to changing requirements. As with the Ceramill Mikro ic wet unit, users also gain from the high operating performance and efficiency of the built-in high-frequency spindle.
In combination with the innovative Ceramill control technology and typical compact, robust machine design, the Ceramill Motion 2 is a highly precise all-round machine true to the motto: one for all – all in one.
A power pack. The extremely solid axis system of the Ceramill Mikro ic allows for tough materials to be wet processed with high feed rates and maximum precision.