Learn more about Zirkonzahn’s advanced milling unit on display at the ADI Team Congress and Dental Technology Showcase 2025.
Zirkonzahn’s newest milling unit, the M6 Teleskoper Blank Changer, is the company’s answer to the increasing need of more automation as well as greater speed and performances. The company’s research and development team constantly works to react very quickly to customers’ needs, fine-tuning solutions to create a reliable planning and working environment where hardware, software, tools, and materials form an optimum match in the complete workflow. This is possible because at Zirkonzahn everything is studied, developed, and manufactured in-house, with full control over the entire production process.
In line with the company’s in-house core value, Zirkonzahn has built over the years five manufacturing sites hosting the different phases of the production chains, all located within the vicinity of the firm’s headquarters in South Tyrol (Italy). Built in 2021, Premolaris is the fourth of the five production sites owned by the company, and is dedicated to the assembly, testing and customisation of all company’s milling units, furnaces, and scanners as well as to the surface treatment of their own-produced implant prosthetics components. This place also hosts the company’s chemistry labs where, for instance, colours and resins are developed or burs are diamond-coated.
How is the M6 Teleskoper Blank Changer milling unit made?
It is in the premises of Premolaris that the different parts of the new M6 Teleskoper Blank Changer milling unit, eg spindle and orbit, are assembled with all hardware and software components. All parts such as ball screws, linear rails, motors, and milling spindles are tested for precision before they are installed, and the obtained data is recorded and registered. Then, the machine is calibrated and fine-tuned at individual stations according to standardised production processes.
The new milling unit must pass through numerous quality stations before it reaches the final inspection. Each employee is responsible for a specific assembly step, becoming an expert in what he or she does. The first milling process is also performed in this location: only after the execution of the final checks and tests is the equipment ready to leave the production site, moving on to the on-site logistic department. A selection of glass cases, which the clients can choose from to personalise their equipment, is also available.
What makes the M6 Teleskoper Blank Changer special is its storage for 16 or 80 blanks (upgradable) as well as the Blank Changer function that allows material blanks to be transferred autonomously from the storage to the orbit. The built-in Teleskoper Orbit SelfLock, in addition, allows the self-clamping and processing of material blanks with a diameter of 95 mm, 98 mm, 106 mm and even 125 mm. All M6 Teleskoper Blank Changer milling units are equipped by default with the newly developed Performance Spindle with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM), permitting a maximum torque of 200 Ncm at speeds of 6.000 to 40.000 rpm with a peak power of 2.5 kW.
Experience the milling unit first-hand
In May, Zirkonzahn will be exhibiting and lecturing at the ADI Team Congress in Brighton and at the Dental Technology Showcase in Birmingham. Visit the company’s booth to experience first-hand the advanced M6 Teleskoper Blank Changer milling unit. Zirkonzahn’s team will be on hand to demonstrate its features, providing with an in-depth understanding of how it can meet your laboratory’s specific needs.
Click here to watch videos of the M6 Teleskoper Blank Changer milling unit! For more information, contact Zirkonzahn’s team for the UK and Ireland: Carmen Ausserhofer: +39 0474 06 6662, [email protected].
This article is sponsored by Zirkonzahn.
