Co-developed digital workflow automation systems within a high-volume dental manufacturing environment to reduce repetitive engineering effort and improve production throughput consistency.
Projects focused on:
Scan-driven CAD workflows
Manufacturable geometry development
Point-cloud refinement and validation
Automation-assisted design preparation
Reducing repetitive operator interaction
Automation efforts reduced some monolithic zirconia case design workflows from approximately 30 minutes to as low as 5 minutes while improving repeatability and reducing engineering labor demand.
Tools:
Geomagic Wrap, Siemens NX, Python, production CAD workflows
CAD & Scan Workflow Optimization
Shown here is an early development version of a script that later evolved into a fully automated coping-height workflow tool for monolithic zirconia case preparation.
The automation streamlined multiple repetitive CAD operations into a single workflow, including:
- Importing and aligning coping bodies
- Determining and logging coping height values for the lab team
- Uniting coping sleeve geometry
- Subtracting coping geometry from the dental arch
Result:
A previously multi-step engineering workflow was reduced to a single-click operation for completed monolithic zirconia case preparation.coping bodies, determine desired coping height and log for the lab team, unite coping sleeve geometry, and subtract coping body from dental arch. result: 1 click, completed monolithic zirconia case.
Client
Cagenix Dental
Year
01/6/2020