How to Choose the Right Milling Machine

Buying a CADCAM milling machine is a big thing. There are many options, features and specifications to consider. The selection depends on what type of materials you use, how much your budget is and how your lab operates. Today's milling machines are compact, quick and versatile. Many are compatible with different materials, softwares and enable flexibility, efficiency and time and money savings.
We want to give you a quick roundup of some of the top milling machine companies and products.

1.Roland/DWX-51D
Roland's new DWX-51D dental mill features a next-generation design. Technological advancements, including a new five-axis system, an engineered dust collection system and more that can maximize precision, performance and ease of use. The DWX-51D mill's five-axis system is designed to allow simultaneous movements and greater orthogonal accuracy that is perfect for dry milling zirconia, wax, PMMA, PEEK, gypsum and composite resins. A new C-clamp is designed to change materials easily. This machine is good for simple copings, crowns, bridges, temporaries and for creating more complex restorations like abutments, full-span bridges, frameworks, bars, bite splint etc.

2.Amann Girrbach/Ceramill Mikro
The Ceramill Mikro is an extremely robust and compact milling machine for dry milling blanks and single blocks of zirconia, wax, hybrid-ceramic, composite materials. It is equipped with high performance components for lasting stability, efficiency and precision and the price is cost-effective. The Ceramill Mikro is designed to be ideal for dental labs looking to get into in-house CAD/CAM operation.

3.Sirona/inLab MC X5
Sirona's inLab MC X5 is said to be the only 5-axis milling and grinding machine unit that switches seamlessly between wet and dry functions and processes the widest range of materials. inLab MC X5 is reportedly the only unit that has the optimized performance for dental materials from Sirona, VITA, Ivoclar Vivadent, 3M ESPE, Aidite and Vsun. It can hold any 98mm disc and milling block. It is good for the fabrication of fixed restorations, implant abutments, models and wax patterns for removable denture frameworks.

4.Zirkonzahn/M1 Soft Milling Unit
The M1 Soft Milling Unit is particularly suitable for the dry processing of soft materials such as sinter metal and zirconia. It features 5+1 axes simultaneous milling and orbit technology, Milling Spindle Soft Automatic with 8-fold tool changer, Particularly space-saving and Equipped with blocking air.

5.VHF/K4
VHF K4 has great results at a low price. The extremely compact design of the K4 edition is a real eye-catcher. A closer look at the 4-axis dry milling machine reveals its rigid structure. This ensures first-class results – even when working with extremely hard cobalt-chromium-based NEM materials. The K4 edition is equipped with an automatic tool changer for seven tools, which enables the complete machining of a blank without further intervention by the operator.

6.Up3d/P5
It is said that it is the first intelligent automatic dental milling machine in China. It has special material-saving processing strategy and nesting method. It is with C-clamp. It is durable, stable and anti-dust. It is reportedly that it has the most convenient and smart control system among dental CADCAM milling machines.