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TRUMPF SHOWS TURBO 3D PRINTING OF DENTAL PROSTHESES AT IDS
Due to the high level of robustness and quality in 3D printing, the TruPrint 1000 is perfectly suited for the dental market.
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TRUMPF is showing the new TruPrint 1000 at the world's leading dental trade show IDS.
Especially in the preform version, the TruPrint 1000 is far superior to the production of metallic dentures using conventional methods. A preform is a standardized, conventionally manufactured substructure onto which the 3D printer prints an individual mould made of a chrome-cobalt alloy or titanium. This creates so-called abutments, for example, which later support the dental crowns.
Mass production with 3D printing
Thanks to its compact design, the TruPrint 1000 is ideally suited for dental labs. At just around 80 centimetres wide, the machine takes up very little space, making it easy to deliver and set up through the door. Users can also have several units producing side by side in parallel in small laboratories and speed up their production even further. The construction plates on which the dental prosthesis is created change automatically up to four times. This makes it possible to produce metal dentures overnight.
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One size larger than the TruPrint 1000 is the TruPrint 2000, which is designed for the mass production of so-called RPDs ("removable partial dentures"). These are partial dentures that the patient can insert and remove independently. With an optimized process, the TruPrint 2000 can print up to 100 RPDs in 24 hours. This high speed lowers manufacturing costs. With its small beam diameter of only 55 µm, the laser of the TruPrint 2000 ensures very high surface quality and attention to detail. The surface of the RPDs, therefore, feels very smooth and dental labs save time on manual finishing.
TRUMPF is showing the new TruPrint 1000 at the world's leading dental trade show IDS.
Especially in the preform version, the TruPrint 1000 is far superior to the production of metallic dentures using conventional methods. A preform is a standardized, conventionally manufactured substructure onto which the 3D printer prints an individual mould made of a chrome-cobalt alloy or titanium. This creates so-called abutments, for example, which later support the dental crowns.
Mass production with 3D printing
Thanks to its compact design, the TruPrint 1000 is ideally suited for dental labs. At just around 80 centimetres wide, the machine takes up very little space, making it easy to deliver and set up through the door. Users can also have several units producing side by side in parallel in small laboratories and speed up their production even further. The construction plates on which the dental prosthesis is created change automatically up to four times. This makes it possible to produce metal dentures overnight.
Photo: TRUMPF
One size larger than the TruPrint 1000 is the TruPrint 2000, which is designed for the mass production of so-called RPDs ("removable partial dentures"). These are partial dentures that the patient can insert and remove independently. With an optimized process, the TruPrint 2000 can print up to 100 RPDs in 24 hours. This high speed lowers manufacturing costs. With its small beam diameter of only 55 µm, the laser of the TruPrint 2000 ensures very high surface quality and attention to detail. The surface of the RPDs, therefore, feels very smooth and dental labs save time on manual finishing.
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