Ivoclar Vivadent Programat EP 5000 - Practical Use: Press Programs; Press Program Parameters and Selection; Important Pressing Information

By pressing the “P” key, you can
toggle between the Stand-by and
Parameters screen. The shown
parameters are displayed for
information purposes and cannot
be edited.
Operation screen during a press
program in the Standard mode.
Once the press procedure starts,
an additional arrow indicates that
the press plunger moves down-
wards. The entire time of the press
cycle is displayed once and the
path which the press plunger has
already covered since the start
of the press procedure in the
selected measuring unit.
Important information
For the abort speed, we recommend using a value of
300 µm/min in the layering technique and 150 µm/min in
the staining technique.
– A higher value (abort speed e.g. 300 µm/min) aborts the press
procedure earlier.
– A lower value (abort speed e.g. 100 µm/min) aborts the press pro-
cedure later and prolongs the press procedure.
For the all-ceramic systems from Ivoclar Vivadent (IPS e.max,
IPS Empress Esthetic), only the original standard programs which are
especially coordinated with the materials must be used.
This is the Stand-by screen for a
press program in the IPF mode.
By pressing the “P” key, you can
toggle between the Stand-by and
Parameters screen. The shown
parameters are displayed for
information purposes and cannot
be edited.
Operation screen during a press
program in the IPF mode. IPF is a
protected procedure from Ivoclar
Vivadent AG for pressing ceramic
ingots. Therefore, the process is
only shown by means of a status
bar.
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6.3 Press programs
The Programat EP 5000 has been especially coordinated with the
materials systems from Ivoclar Vivadent. Therefore, the respective
parameters of the different programs have already been set ex
works. You only have to select the desired program for the
corresponding material.
Individual parameters which can be manually adjusted are listed in
the table below:
6.3.1 Standard press programs
The Operation Mode key can be
used to show the selection screen.
If the press programs are called
up, the first page with the Ivoclar
Vivadent standard programs is
displayed.
In addition to the popular Ivoclar
Vivadent standard programs,
certain materials can also be
pressed using the new IPF mode
(Intelligent Press Function) (see
also Chapter 6.3.3). For materials
which offer the IPF mode, the
shown selection screen is
displayed.
Subsequently, the selected
investment ring size (small or
large) can be chosen. This selec-
tion applies to both standard and
IPF programs.
This is the Stand-by screen for a
press program in the standard
mode.
Symbol Parameter Value range Value range
B Stand-by temperature 100–700 °C 212–1292 °F
t Temperature increase rate 10–140 °C/min 18–252 °F/min
T Holding temperature 100–1200 °C 212–2192 °F
H Holding time (min : sec) 00:00 – 60:00
E Abort speed 0-100000 µm/min