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US 12,747,914 B2Granted
Dental furnace and method for operating a dental furnace
AssigneeVita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsWolfgang Rauh, Peter Arnold
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Abstract
A dental furnace for firing dental-ceramic compounds, comprising a combustion chamber for receiving ceramic elements to be fired. The heating of the combustion chamber is carried out using a heating device. The heating device is connected to an evaluation device via a resistance measuring device. The temperature in the combustion chamber and/or an operating state of the dental furnace can be determined using the evaluation device.
Claims17
A dental furnace for firing dental ceramic compounds, comprising:
- a combustion chamber for receiving ceramic elements to be fired,
- an electric heating device for heating/firing the ceramic elements,
- resistance measurement device connected to the heating device, wherein the resistance measurement device is connected to the heating device at least at two different connection points of the heating device and at least one further connection point in a central portion of the heating device, and
- an evaluation device for determining a temperature in the firing chamber and/or an operating state of the dental furnace, said evaluation device being connected to the resistance measurement device.
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