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November 2009 | Dental Lab Products
Tech corner: Applying new technologies

Wax to the max

The D66+ and D76+ wax printers provide efficiency, accuracy, and economy.

Information provided by Solidscape Inc.

Although overall compact, the printers offer a comparatively large build envelope area of 6 by 6 by 4 inches.

The SCP™ (Smooth Curvature Printing) technology results in exceptional accuracy (±25.4μ) per inch across the X, Y, and Z dimensions.

The dentaCast™ and Indura Fill print materials work in tandem for build and support structures.

The preXacto™ series of compact, benchtop 3D waxup printers are designed to allow small- and medium-sized labs to produce quality wax structures for pressing and casting with a short return on investment. The basic D66+ unit is capable of producing up to 750 units/month while the larger D76+ model doubles production to 1,500 units/month. The waxup printers incorporate SCP™ (Smooth Curvature Printing) technology to enhance the surface finish (5,000-dpi XY resolution), speed, and production yields by increasing throughput performance. The printers use the proprietary dentaCast™ build material (in combination with the Indura Fill support material), which is formulated to provide rapid melt-out with no residual ash and no thermal expansion, while also enhancing material strength and handling. Both can receive open-architecture STL or SLC design files.

Features

• High production yields (D66+= 20 units/16 hours; D76+= 40 units/16 hours)
• Can print crown and bridge substructures, pressable overlay forms, and denture frameworks
• Short return on investment
• Small footprint to fit on benchtop
• Allow unattended operation for up to 72 hours
• Auto status monitoring, fault detection, and restart of build from point of interruption
• Open-architecture design
• Build material burns out cleanly
• Adjustable build layer thickness (25.4 to 63.5 μ)