Roland DGA's DGSHAPE Americas Business Group recently released two new products: the DWX-52D Plus dry mill and the DWX-42W Plus wet mill. Both incorporate technology and feature enhancements designed to maximize efficiency, productivity, reliability and ease of use.
The five-axis DWX-52D Plus features a redesigned and optimized spindle and assembly as well as material management, tool control, and improvements for optimum dry-milling performance, according to a press release. The newly engineered spindle offers several advantages over the previous DWX-52D spindle, including 1.9 times greater gripping power, the ability to accommodate 3.0 mm tool sets, increased compatibility with polycarbonate denture and provisional materials, and faster milling of hybrid resins, PMMA and zirconia.
The DWX-52D Plus makes material management easier and more efficient. The included disc adapter rack allows for cleaner, expandable material storage, while the mill’s optional C-Clamp accessory and included standard material adapters speed up material disc exchanges. The snap-in system reduces the amount of time required to reset partially used material discs.
The DWX-52D Plus is equipped with a 15-station Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) with a dedicated 16th position slot for a cleaning tool and a micro-switch tool length sensor for expanded tool set up and control. These enhanced tool controls give users the flexibility to select any tool setup combination, customize tool sets, and create unique tooling combinations. It’s also easy to track tools, monitor tool life, and custom name carbide, hybrid, and diamond tools. When tools reach their life expectancy, Intelligent Tool Control within the DWX-52D Plus mill’s included VPanel software automatically replaces them. Burs are exchanged during the milling process, and once the new bur is in place, the job continues where it left off.
The VPanel software also offers Multicast control, making it possible to manage up to four DWX Series devices on one PC. VPanel allows users to operate any of DGSHAPE’s DWX Series mills simultaneously. This includes the DWX-52D Plus, DWX-52D, DWX-52DCi, DWX-42W Plus, DWX-42W and DWX-53DC models.
The DWX-42W Plus mill’s newly designed spindle features a shaft wall that is about four times thicker than its predecessor, increasing rigidity. Reduced air requirements and having the air flow closer to the spindle shaft help minimize issues caused by milling waste. The new spindle also increases material compatibility, allowing for the wet milling of harder materials like Amber Mill Direct – Powered by Roland DGA and Pre-Sintered Zirconia.
The DWX-42W Plus offers increased milling speed for maximum productivity as well as greater accuracy and improved quality when milling a variety of materials. The wide selection of precision milling tools available for this device enhance accuracy and versatility, and include ZGB tools for harder materials like Amber Mill Direct or pre-sintered zirconia, and ZGB2 tools for traditional glass ceramics, hybrid, and nano-composite materials. The burs ensure fine detail and consistent quality through multiple jobs and lower the frequency of chipped margins and failed milling jobs. They also reduce the need to modify cement gaps for tighter fitting restorations.
The DWX-42W Plus comes bundled with the new MillBox DGSHAPE Edition CAM Software created specifically for wet mills. This user-friendly software improves workflow by providing advanced tools and features, such as a quick mill option that lets users select frequently used materials and start milling quickly. Choices include fast or high-quality milling applications and Multiple Job Setup for significantly reduced milling times.
Users of the new mills have free access to DGSHAPE CLOUD performance visualization software. DGSHAPE CLOUD allows users to monitor and collect data for multiple DGSHAPE mills from one location as well as upgrade their experience with the new Inventory Management Software (IMS) function.
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