Exceptional precision
- Restorations in ultra HD
- Premium spindle with four-fold ball bearing made of hybrid ceramic for the highest concentricity
- 3 μm repetition accuracy
Your top performer in the laboratory for dry processing of blocks and discs.
The powerful machine with a wide range of indications.
The K5 from the vhf PERFORMANCE CLASS is our classic in the field of five-axis dry milling. It has become indispensable in dental laboratories, especially in the field of demanding zirconia processing.
With the K5, you get a highly reliable machine that will mill your demanding laboratory work to a high quality.
| Axes | 5 |
|---|---|
| Disc | 1 |
| Blocks | 3 |
| Tools | 16 |
| General | |
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| Fields of application | Dry machining |
| Materials | Plastic materials, wax, zirconia, composites, CoCr, model plaster · Blanks, height 10-40 mm (CoCr up to 22 mm), diameter 98.5 mm · Blocks up to 45 × 20 × 20 mm |
| Indications | Crowns, bridges, fully anatomical crowns and bridges, inlays, onlays, abutments, telescopic crowns, models, model castings, occlusal splints, implant bars, veneers, drilling templates, dentures, table tops etc. |
| Processing Modes | |
| Dry | Air nozzles on the spindle · hose connection for external suction unit on the side of the housing · vacuum sensor for monitoring the suction unit · 24 V switch output for controlling suction units · manual disc change |
| Base System | |
| Construction | Machine bed made of solid cast aluminum body |
| Housing | Sheet steel housing, white high-gloss lacquer finish with working chamber flap and accessories drawer |
| Number of axes | 5 |
| Linear axes X-/Y-/Z-axis | Precision ball screws, rolled version · motors with resolution < 1 μm · ground precision guides made of high-alloyed steel · repetition accuracy ± 0.003 mm |
| Rotary axis A-axis | Backlash-free Harmonic-Drive® with the highest angular precision · rotation angle: 360°, infinite |
| Rotary axis B-axis | Precision ball screw with rotary transmission · rotation angle: ± 35° · axis arrangement in the workpiece |
| Control unit | 5-axis simultaneous control electronics with continuous path progression and dynamic pre-calculation · hardware-based real-time operating system with standardized instruction set · FPGA-integrated processor · updateable hardware · real-time path calculation via dedicated hardware engines in the FPGA · four-quadrant control of the motors for particularly smooth running · multiple analogue and digital I/Os for controlling the peripherals · integrated inverter for synchronous and asynchronous motors, electronic gate detection · Ethernet and USB interface |
| Lighting | RGB LED lighting with status display in the working chamber |
| Camera system | – |
| ATB | Integrated Automated Tool Board (ATB) for 30 tools |