LabPilot

Instruction Manual

Getting Ready for Takeoff

Heat Cure

The same start as cold cure, then the extra flasking, packing, and cure steps before milling.

Flask preparation

  • Gather all flask components.

    LabPilot flask lid, rings, base, Vaseline, and a cloth laid out on the bench

  • Prepare the internal surfaces with Vaseline.

    Open jar of Vaseline with a blue applicator beside a LabPilot flask

  • Protect the teeth/prosthetic with Lab Putty (recommended).

    Zetalabor lab putty tub, Indurent catalyst, and mixed putty on the bench
    Gloved hands applying green lab putty over a pink prosthetic

  • Mix the plaster and/or stone according to manufacturer instructions.

    Gloved hand mixing white plaster in a LabPilot flask with a spatula

  • Place the Flask Adapter onto the Flask Base.

  • Fill the Flask bottom with plaster/stone.

  • Position the prosthetic tissue-fitting surface facing upward inside the flask.

    Gloved hand seating a green-protected prosthetic into plaster in the flask

  • Position the prosthetic within the container, not above.

Scan & upload

  • Remove any excess plaster/stone.

    Prosthetic seated in plaster inside the flask after excess is cleared
    Flask with alignment posts, showing the prosthetic flush in the plaster

  • Remove the Flask Adapter from the Flask Base and prepare for scanning.

    Hand separating the flask adapter from the flask base

  • Scan the flask, ensuring all three alignment posts are clearly visible.

    LabPilot flask in a 3Shape E4 scanner during scanning

Heat-cure flasking

  • Place the spacer on the prosthetic to compensate for acrylic shrinkage and/or warpage while hardening.

    Hands adapting a pink wax spacer onto the prosthetic in the flask

  • Paint the separator on the plaster/stone surfaces.

    Hand holding Ivoclar separating fluid next to the flask
    Brush applying separator to the plaster surface around the prosthetic

  • Add the flask adapter and mid flask section to the flask base.

    Wax-up seated in plaster in the flask base
    Hands aligning the mid flask section over the flask base
    Hands seating the mid flask section onto the flask base

  • Add plaster/stone slightly above the mid flask section.

    Assembled flask next to the LabPilot lid, ready for the counter-pour
    Open flask beside the lid, with mixed plaster ready to pour
    Hand holding the flask while plaster is added over the mid section

  • Place the lid onto the flask and press until fully seated, material should exude out.

    LabPilot flask lid pressed on, with plaster exuding at the edges

  • After the plaster/stone sets:

    A) For a wax-up, proceed with the boil-out process and wax removal.

    B) For a reline, no boiling is required.

  • Use the flask separating tool to separate the flask adapter and the mid flask section, where you would when traditionally flasking.

Pack, cure & deflask

  • Prepare to add acrylic, painting the separator on stone/plaster surfaces. Prosthetic relines can either remain in place or can be removed and repositioned.

    Brush painting separator on plaster around a wax-up, with separating fluid nearby
    Hands seating a red prosthetic base onto the plaster cast
    Prosthetic seated in the open flask after separator is applied

  • Use a plastic packing sheet to ensure that enough acrylic has been added, once confirmed, simply compress and go. No bite or vertical problems occur regardless of seal.

    Hand holding a LabPilot flask lid wrapped in a clear plastic packing sheet
    Metal flask compressed in a laboratory flask press

  • Follow the heat cure procedure as you typically would.

  • After the cool down is complete, use the deflasking tool to separate the flask adapter from the flask mid section, and the flask adapter from the flask base.

    Hands using a deflasking tool to separate the flask sections at the seam

  • The top section is no longer required and the lid can be separated from the flask mid section with a deflasking tool. A hammer can be used to knock out any stone/plaster residue in that region.

Fill & mill

  • Place the flask case into the holder/mill.

    Hands attaching the flask case to the mill holder

  • Take the machine file and play it on the machine. If using a Roland machine, ensure you are utilizing VPanel.

You've now completed the LabPilot Process.

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