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Understanding dental application print speed (Form 4BL)

Form 4L generation printers deliver blazing fast print speeds with excellent reliability, print quality, accuracy, materials performance, and build volume size. Most MSLA printers sacrifice one or several aspects of print performance to achieve comparable speeds.

Print speed is mostly impacted by material and layer height and slightly impacted by print geometry. The most accurate way to calculate the print time for your model is by using the Print Time estimation feature in PreForm, our free print preparation software.

The table below shows print speeds for a variety of dental applications, resins, and numbers of models per print. For general information about Form 4L generation print speeds, see Understanding print speed (Form 4L generation).

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Application	Resin	Layer thickness (microns)	Number of parts/job	Max job height (mm)	Print time (min)¹	Print time per part (min)	Print speed (mm/hr)
Clear aligner models	Fast Model	160	32	12	14	0.4	51.4
Clear aligner models	Fast Model	100	75	51.6	106	1.4	29.2
Clear aligner models	Fast Model	100	60	50.2	100	1.7	30.1
Clear aligner models	Grey V5	100	75	51.6	130	1.7	23.8
Occlusal splints and guards	Dental LT Comfort	100	24	27.2	79	3.3	20.7
Occlusal splints and guards	Dental LT Comfort	100	80	57.9	130	1.6	26.7
Occlusal splints and guards	Dental LT Clear V2	100	24	27.2	92	3.8	17.7
Restorative models	Precision Model	50	28	22.8	168	6.0	8.1
Surgical guides	Surgical Guide	100	36	24.9	69	1.9	21.7

¹ Using PreForm 3.41.0