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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Siegfried Gleditzsch, Heppenheim, DE;
Franz Basler, Laudenbach, DE;
David Figge, Bensheim, DE;
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Abstract
In a method for processing a blank (), in which the blank () can be densely sintered with shrinkage following machining and machining of the blank () is carried out in a machining device () allowing for an individual scale-up factor (F) relevant to the blank () for compensating for the shrinkage occurring during dense sintering, a linear measurement of the blank () is performed in one or more of the dimensions length, width, and height for determining the scale-up factor (F), wherein the measured linear measure () bears a known relationship to the scale-up factor (F), the type of blank () being known. Linear measurement of the blank () can be carried out in the machining device ().