3Shape A/S Announces CAMbridge 2011 Dental Scanning Tool

By DE Editors

3Shape A/S announced the launch of CAMbridge 2011, which automates the manufacturing of CAD designs. With this latest release, 3Shape says it can provide dental labs and manufacturing services with new levels of productivity through efficient milling and 3D printing of complex dental restorations. 3Shape CAMbridge is also being applied in other industries, including orthodontics, hearing instruments, and the production of industrial parts.

CAMbridge has been updated in its automatic generation of sprues (connector pins) to support production of 3Shape's dental design indications such as Removable Partials and Lab Models. Additionally, new milling features include support for multiple milling directions with both adding and editing of milling directions. 3Shape has improved the milling path for finishing surfaces and added a dedicated hole-making milling path based on spirals.

3Shape has also introduced a new tool manager that allows users to maintain total control over tools and tool siblings during milling. The system alerts users regarding tool-usage, the need for tool replacement, and where tools should be inserted. The solution also has more efficient processing and added power for handling the large amount of data involved in CAD/CAM manufacturing processes. CAMbridge supports multiple large files and parallel processing of up to 10 items using the CAMbridge Assistant.

For more information, visit 3Shape.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.