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For the most beautiful smile in the world

Compressed air for beauty

The demands on the most beautiful smile in the world are high. Harmony, individuality and naturalness set high standards for the perfect dental prosthesis. This is the focus of a customer  KAESER Kompressoren, a Bavarian dental laboratory. Perfectly functioning dentures are a calling card for many patients.

Compressed air plays a central role in dental laboratories, as it does in many companies. This is because it is used at a wide variety of points. Compressed air is used for blowing off and cleaning surfaces. Compressed air also powers various sandblasters, which is used at all workstations to blast off cement and investment materials. There is also a need for compressed air at the dental turbine where surfaces are finished. Pressing and firing furnaces are also operated with compressed air.

Challenge

The CAD/CAM milling machine represents an important area of application for compressed air. CAD stands for “computer aided design” and CAM for “computer aided manufacturing”. In modern dentistry, it refers to a computer-assisted high-tech process used for designing and manufacturing dental restorations such as crowns, bridges, implant prosthetics, abutments and long-term temporaries. Materials such as zirconia, ceramics, titanium, metal, metal alloys, all-ceramics and high-performance plastics are processed here. With its finger on the pulse, the customer opted for a forward-looking technique.

Due to the acquisition of the new milling machine at the customer’s site, the piston compressor from KAESER, which had already been in use for 20 years, was no longer large enough to meet the increased demand.

Solution statement

  • The customer chose a KAESER i.Comp 9 Tower T piston compressor to meet compressed air requirements with a small footprint. The machine covers a flow rate of up to 570 l/min and a pressure of up to 11 bar.
  • With the KAESER i.Comp 9 Tower T, the compressor block, compressed air receiver, refrigeration dryer and an internal KAESER SIGMA CONTROL 2 control system are combined under one housing ready for connection and space-saving, in an anrea of approximately one square meter.

Customer value

  • The KAESER i.Comp Tower is very energy-efficient due to the speed-controlled motor and delivers exactly the amount of compressed air that is actually needed.
  • As a result, the unit has a significantly better specific output than conventional piston compressors. This significantly reduces the operating costs of the laboratory.
  • The customer is therefore convinced by the compressed air availability, reliability as well as energy efficiency of the new KAESER piston compressor.
  • A subsidy of 30 percent on the purchase prices was obtained, as the requirements for a BAFA subsidy were met. The reciprocating KAESER compressor is classified as a particularly energy-efficient investment.

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