How to manufacture jobs

In the Manufacturing view, you can perform the main manufacturing tasks for both single manufacturing and multi-manufacturing. For machines equipped with a blank changerClosed Machine component which stores multiple blanks in a magazine and which can automatically load them into the working chamber.. When using the search, use a blank changer or a blank magazine instead, you should also use the Blank magazineClosed Part of the blank changer in which you store the blanks for automatic loading. view to assign jobs to the desired blank magazineClosed Part of the blank changer in which you store the blanks for automatic loading. slots.

Prerequisites

  • You have selected the desired machine from the machine list.

  • You are familiar with the Manufacturing view. For an overview, see The Manufacturing view.
  • You started the calculation in dentalcam or exported the job from your third-party CAM program.

  1. Open the Manufacturing view with the following icon in the Main icon bar:

  2. If you want dentalcnc to move all jobs to be directly into the queue, activate Auto-queue.

    You can activate this option for only 1 machine of a given type, as the assignment would otherwise be ambiguous.

    • From now on, dentalcnc will put all jobs for the current machine in the queue.

  3. To assign manually:

    1. Under Available Jobs, select the job you want.

       

      1

      Job ID

      2

      Preview image with a mouse-over function for zooming in

      3

      File name

    2. Drag the job into the Queue section.

    • dentalcnc assigns the job to the machine.

      The program may display a line with the label Queue stops here.

      Meaning: Only jobs above the line are configured correctly and will be manufactured.

  4. For combined manufacturing, add another job with the same ID to the queue.

    You can also do this after the job has started.

  5. For the jobs in the queue, check the elements on the right side of each row.

    Red elements display errors that prevent manufacturing.

     

  6. If an element is red, correct the error.

    Element

    Function

    Action to take if red

    Wet

    Display for wet job

    E4: Insert the liquid tank

    S5/S5m: Attach the ionizer cover

    Dry

    Display for dry job

    E4: Insert the dry tank

    S5/S5m: Remove the ionizer cover

    Tools

    Function: Assign tools to the job

    Select an element to assign tools

    Function: Assign a job to a blank magazineClosed Part of the blank changer in which you store the blanks for automatic loading. slot

    Select an element to assign blank magazineClosed Part of the blank changer in which you store the blanks for automatic loading. slots

  7. For multi-production, select the element and assign the blank magazineClosed Part of the blank changer in which you store the blanks for automatic loading. slots. For instructions, see Assigning jobs to the blank magazine for multi-manufacturing.

  8. Start manufacturing:

    Single manufacturing Drag the job from the queue to the Job in progress section.

    Multi-manufacturing and combined manufacturing Select the Start queue button.

     

    • dentalcnc displays the manufacturing progress in the Job in progress section.

What's next?

You may need to perform certain tasks during manufacturing:

Overview of job manufacturing