Dental Industry
Mass Finishing Solutions for the Dental Industry
At Mass Finishing Inc. (MFI), we’ve been providing high-quality and efficient dental finishing solutions for over two decades with our High-Energy Centrifugal Barrel Finishing Machines. The Dental Industry is one of our largest clients, we even created a separate division in 1998 to cater specifically to dental labs. Now known as our HZ-12 and HZ-40, these machines can quickly remove support material and rough edges on 3D printed molds and polish multiple dental partials and crowns in a single batch. By using high-energy finishing, customers can improve their production efficiency and reduce time-consuming methods such as using harsh chemicals with an electropolisher or polishing by hand.
MFI also offers great start-up kits to get labs up and running towards higher efficiency quickly.
Common Parts:
3D Printed Molds
Retainers & Aligners
Dental Partials
Crowns
Implants
Orthodontic Brackets
Ready to Send Your Sample Parts?
Running samples in our lab is the best first step in determining the right equipment and process for your part. We process most samples within a week, depending on the number of samples we’re currently working on.
Recommended Dental Finishing Equipment: HZ-Series
Most customers in the Dental Industry choose our High-Energy HZ-Series Centrifugal Barrel Finishing machines for their dental finishing and polishing applications. As the two smallest HZ-Series that MFI offers, these centrifugal barrel finishing machines are the perfect size for dental labs. They can handle a variety of dental polish jobs and can easily and efficiently remove support material and rough edges.
Benefits
- Eliminate handwork
- Reduced labor costs and production time
- Efficiently remove support material and rough edges
- Deburr and polish cobalt chrome partials and crowns
- Ensure consistency in surface finish
- Achieve a mirror-like polish on dental parts
- Polish several parts at once
Dental Industry Average
Process Times
Light Edge Break/Deburr
5 – 20 minutes
Rough Grind/Deburr
20 – 60 minutes
Full Polish from Raw Part
30 – 90 minutes
* Process times vary depending on the starting surface roughness.
Popular Equipment for the Dental Industry
The following models tend to be the most popular choices for those in the Dental Industry. The right model for your application will depend upon your specific part size, your production volume, and your finishing requirements. A full list of available equipment can be found on the equipment page.
HZ-12
Small machine footprint. Caster wheels for easy mobility.
Machine Type: Entry Level
Max Part Size: 8″ L x 4.5″ D
Barrel Dimensions: 8.275″ L x 5″ D
HZ-40
Compact machine. Versatile with 4 different barrel options.
Machine Type: Entry Level
Max Part Size: 11″ L x 5.5″ D
Barrel Dimensions: 12.5″ L x 6.75″ D
HZ-60
Full-size. Ideal for dental labs with higher production volume.
Machine Type: High Efficiency
Max Part Size: 24″ L x 5.5″ D
Barrel Dimensions: 25.75″ L x 6″ D
Not sure what HZ-Series is right for you? You can view our Max Part Size Chart to see what model is best equipped to handle your part size and production volume.
Dental Sample Parts
Common Materials: Steel, Cobalt Chrome, Gold, Stainless Steel, 3D Printed Plastic, Clear Plastic, and Zirconium
Enhance Your Mass Finishing Process with the Right Media Selection
Media is an essential component in the finishing process and is required for the proper operation of any Mass Finishing equipment. Finishing media is carefully selected based on its composition, shape, size, and performance to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of the finishing process.
In addition to the wide variety of media and liquid and powder compounds in our Media Store, we also manufacture our own corn cob blends at our manufacturing facility in Howard Lake, MN.
Achieve Precision Finishing on Dental Parts