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US 12,673,375 B2Granted
Dental milling machine, adapter for use in a dental milling machine, and method for setting up a dental milling machine
Assigneevhf camfacture Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJens Butschan
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Abstract
A dental milling machine includes a workpiece holder. The workpiece holder (10) has a bracket (11) and an adapter (12, 12′). The adapter (12, 12′) is mounted on the bracket (11). In a first state (17), the adapter (12, 12′) is a semimanufacture (16, 16′) and designed to be milled by the dental milling machine (1).
Claims8
A method for setting up a dental milling machine (1),
- wherein the dental milling machine (1) has a workpiece holder (10),
- wherein the workpiece holder (10) has
- a bracket (11) and
- an adapter (12, 12′), and
- a clamping device (13),
- wherein the adapter (12, 12′) is fastened on the bracket (11),
- the method comprising:
- providing the adapter (12, 12′) as a semimanufacture (16, 16′);
- and
- milling the adapter (12, 12′) by the dental milling machine (1) such that a receiving contour (35) for receiving a blank (15) is formed on the adapter (12, 12′);
- receiving the blank (15) on the adapter (12, 12′) in the receiving contour (35);
- clamping the blank (15) against the adapter (12, 12′) via the clamping device (13);
- producing a dental prosthesis from the blank (15);
- and
- removing the dental prosthesis from the adapter (12, 12′).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.