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    ZeroDrift™ Transfer

    From CAD to the articulator. Losing nothing.

    CADArticulator

    DACOS Omni is the Transfer Fidelity System engineered so the transfer adds nothing to your error chain. The pin returns to zero, remount after remount, on any articulator, implant cases included.

    Which articulator is on your bench?

    • 4.9/5
    • Shipped to labs in 30+ countries
    Go to the demonstration
    DACOS Omni kit: upper and lower red adapter plates with the printed models seated between them

    The demonstration

    Shown, not promised.

    Mount the model. Close the articulator. Check the pin. Remove it, remount it, check again. The contacts you design are the contacts you verify.

    Printed models seated on the DACOS Omni plates, closed on the articulator with the incisal pin on the table
    1. MOUNT
    2. PIN AT ZERO
    3. REMOVE
    4. REMOUNT

    The full workflow, step by step

    Reference, design, print, post-processing, magnets, attach and check. Jump to any step.

    Duration 4:16

    The hidden problem

    Plaster-free is not drift-free.

    Most plaster-free systems take the plaster out of the model, not the play out of the transfer. If the base meets the articulator a little differently each time, every remount can land somewhere new, and that drift ends up in the contacts you check.

    Plaster-free transfer

    ZeroDrift™ Transfer

    The pin returns to zero.

    Illustration, not a measurement. Left: each remount of a plaster-free transfer can land somewhere new. Right: with the ZeroDrift™ Transfer every remount lands on the same line.

    Plaster-free is not drift-free.

    Stone models mounted on an articulator with plaster
    The old way
    Printed models clicked onto the DACOS Omni plates and closed on the articulator, no plaster
    With DACOS Omni

    How it works

    Three steps. One-time setup.

    1. Step 01 / 03

      Calibrate once

      Calibrate once on your own printer, resin and articulator, so the plates are set to your equipment before the first mount.

    2. Step 02 / 03

      Design in your CAD

      Load the DACOS library in your CAD software and design the case as you always do. The model base comes out ready for the plates.

    3. Step 03 / 03

      Print. Seat the magnets. Mount.

      Print the models flat, seat the magnets and mount them on the articulator. Remount after remount.

    See how it works

    The system

    A system, not a magnet.

    ZeroDrift™ comes from four parts that work together. Three of them are Patent Pending.

    1. Close-up of the ShieldBase: the printed model base seated on the red plate, with the magnet inside
      ShieldBase™ geometryThe model base that carries the magnets and meets the plate the same way every time.Patent Pending
    2. Printed model base with its four magnet sockets
      DockingMatrix™ configuration8 magnets. 4 per model. 9 combinations.Patent Pending
    3. The printed calibrator locked between the DACOS plates
      TrueZero™ calibrationCalibrate once on your own printer, resin and articulator, so the plates are set to your equipment before the first mount.Patent Pending
    4. DACOS library open in CAD software
      CAD librariesReady inside exocad and 3Shape, with a module for Blender for Dental.
      • exocad
      • 3Shape
      • Blender for Dental

    One plate, every case

    What you can mount on one plate

    Full arches, crowns, half arches, connecting bars, Toronto, All-on-X, implant models and bite splints, each on its plate. Choose the arch and the kind of case.

    Renderings of the original CAD files, not photographs of printed parts.

    Arch
    Kind of case
    Lower plate: the red DACOS plate without a model (rendering)

    Reference plate

    Lower plate

    The lower plate, its eight magnet seats facing the model.

    11 models

    Scroll to change the model, or use the arrows.Swipe the model or use the arrows.

    Which height do your cases need?
    1. Lower plate: the red DACOS plate without a model (rendering)

      Lower plate

      Reference plate

      The lower plate, its eight magnet seats facing the model.

    2. Upper plate, upside down: the red DACOS plate without a model (rendering)

      Upper plate, upside down

      Reference plate

      The upper plate turned upside down, its magnet seats facing down.

    3. Full arch · lower on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Full arch · lower

      Full arches · Light plate

      Complete lower arch with an open centre and built-in attachments.

    4. Full arch · upper on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Full arch · upper

      Full arches · Light plate

      Complete upper arch, without a solid palatal base.

    5. Crown case · lower antagonist on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Crown case · lower antagonist

      Crowns · Light plate

      The lower antagonist model of a crown case.

    6. Crown case · upper on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Crown case · upper

      Crowns · Light plate

      The upper set-up of the crown case.

    7. Half arch · lower on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Half arch · lower

      Half arches · Light plate

      Lower half arch on an open frame. The free seats stay in view.

    8. Half arch · upper on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Half arch · upper

      Half arches · Light plate

      Upper half arch with frame and built-in attachments.

    9. Half arch for a bridge · lower on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Half arch for a bridge · lower

      Half arches · Light plate

      Lower set-up of the bridge case: partial arch and frame.

    10. Upper antagonist on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Upper antagonist

      Antagonists · Light plate

      Upper antagonist model on the Light plate, upside down.

    11. Connecting bar · lower on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Connecting bar · lower

      Connecting bar · Light plate

      Lower arch joined by a posterior connecting bar.

    12. Connecting bar · upper on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Connecting bar · upper

      Connecting bar · Light plate

      Upper arch joined by a posterior connecting bar.

    13. Lower antagonist on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Lower antagonist

      Antagonists · Light plate

      Lower antagonist model with an open frame and built-in attachments.

    14. Toronto set-up · upper on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Toronto set-up · upper

      Toronto · Light plate

      Upper model of the Toronto case, with implant seats.

    15. All-on-X · lower antagonist on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      All-on-X · lower antagonist

      All-on-X · Ultra plate

      Antagonist arch of the All-on-X case, with attachments for the Ultra plate.

    16. All-on-X · upper implant model on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      All-on-X · upper implant model

      All-on-X · Ultra plate

      Upper All-on-X model with implant seats and an open centre.

    17. Implant model · lower on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Implant model · lower

      Implant models · Ultra plate

      Lower implant model with analogue seats and built-in attachments, on the Ultra plate.

    18. Implant model · upper on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Implant model · upper

      Implant models · Ultra plate

      Upper implant model with analogue seats and built-in attachments, on the Ultra plate.

    19. Upper model on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Upper model

      Dentate models · Light plate

      Upper model with built-in attachments, on the Light plate upside down.

    20. Lower model on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Lower model

      Dentate models · Light plate

      Lower model with built-in attachments, on the Light plate.

    21. All-on-X with solid base · lower on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      All-on-X with solid base · lower

      Solid base · Ultra plate

      Lower implant model with a solid base and built-in attachments.

    22. All-on-X with solid base · upper on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      All-on-X with solid base · upper

      Solid base · Ultra plate

      Upper implant model with a solid base and implant seats.

    23. Lower model with a clear bite splint on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Lower model with a clear bite splint

      Bite splint · Light plate

      Clear bite splint on the lower model. The teeth show through it.

    24. Upper model · bite splint case on the red DACOS plate (rendering)

      Upper model · bite splint case

      Bite splint · Light plate

      Upper arch of the bite splint case, on the Light plate upside down.

    Which height do your cases need?

    Find your kit

    Pick your articulator. We match the kit.

    Direct fit kits clip onto Artex, SAM and ASA Dental. Flex bonds once to any other articulator. Same plates, same transfer.

    Any articulator · bonded once

    DACOS Omni Flex

    Duo USD 366.60

    Light or Ultra from USD 197.40

    Duo: both heights in one box, USD 28.20 less than two single kits.

    See the kit

    Direct fit · ASA Dental

    DACOS Omni ASA

    Duo USD 598.00

    Light or Ultra from USD 306.00

    Duo: both heights in one box, USD 14.00 less than two single kits.

    See the kit

    Start with the Flex Duo: both heights, any articulatorDuo: both heights in one box, USD 28.20 less than two single kits.

    Heights

    Light, Ultra or Duo.

    The height is the space between the magnets of the upper and the lower plate. Pick it by the cases you run.

    Duo: both heights in one box, USD 28.20 less than two single kits.

    CAD libraries

    CAD libraries for exocad, 3Shape and Blender for Dental.

    The DACOS library sits inside the CAD software you already use. Design the case, export the model, print it on the plates.

    Works inside
    • exocad
    • 3Shape
    • Blender for Dental
    A model designed with the DACOS library in CAD software, then printed and remounted on the articulator

    From the bench

    What labs say about it.

    4.9 out of 5
    Read all 24 reviews

    Partners

    Printing, materials and CAD software.

    • Dental Makers
    • pro3dure medical
    • Remedico
    • Ruthinium
    • VertySystem
    • Maestro 3D
    • exocad
    • 3Shape
    • Blender for Dental
    • relu
    • RealGUIDE (3Diemme)
    • hypsoCAD

    Risk and service

    Made by technicians. Backed by technicians.

    • Dispatched from Italy

      Within 2 business days of your order, with tracking.

    • An invoice with every order

      Issued by MetaDac FZE, ready for your accounts.

    • Support after delivery

      If the pin does not return to zero after TrueZero™ calibration, open a TrueZero™ Verification case and we work through it with you. Damaged, defective or wrong items: write to us within 7 days of delivery.

    • A technician on WhatsApp

      Questions about your bench, your articulator or your CAD? Write to us.

      Chat on WhatsApp

    Italian business with a Partita IVA? Buy without Italian VAT (reverse charge, art. 17(2) DPR 633/72).Continue in Italian

    Protected engineering

    Engineered, then protected.

    The geometry, the calibration method and the magnet placement tools are the result of years at the bench.

    • Patent Pending
    • Hague-registered design
    About the protection
    Exploded render of the DACOS Omni plates and model bases
    Antonello Croce, dental technician and founder of DACOS

    Founder

    Support from the people who engineered the system.

    DACOS Omni was designed at a lab bench, by a technician who needed the transfer to stop being a variable. When you write to us, you talk to the people who built it.

    Antonello CroceDental technician and inventor of DACOS Omni

    Questions from the bench

    Will it fit my articulator?

    Direct fit kits clip onto Artex, SAM and ASA Dental 5010, 5050 and 5050Plus with no adapters. For any other articulator, the Flex kit bonds once to the articulator with plaster, and after that every remount is magnetic. The selector shows the kit for your bench.

    Do I still need plaster?

    Not for your models. They print with the base that seats on the plates. A direct fit kit needs no plaster at all; a Flex kit uses plaster once, to bond the plates to the articulator.

    What about implant analogs?

    Pick Ultra. Its height clears implant analogs for full-arch and All-on-X work. Light keeps daily models compact, and the Duo puts both heights on your bench.

    Which CAD software does it work with?

    The kit includes the CAD libraries for exocad and 3Shape. The module for Blender for Dental is sold separately.

    How do I check the transfer on my own bench?

    Mount the model, close the articulator, check the pin and the contacts against your CAD design. Remove it, remount it, check again. TrueZero™ calibration sets the plates to your printer, resin and articulator first, so you verify the whole system, not just the model.

    How is it shipped, and are there duties?

    Orders are dispatched from Italy within 2 business days, with tracking. Prices are shown without VAT. Within the EU, the VAT of your country is added at checkout and there are no import duties. Outside the EU, orders ship DAP: import duties and taxes, if any, are paid on arrival.

    Do I get an invoice? How does VAT work?

    Every order comes with an invoice from MetaDac FZE. EU VAT is added at checkout for your country. In Italy, labs with a Partita IVA can buy without IVA through the B2B order.

    What if something is wrong when it arrives?

    Damaged, defective or wrong items: write to us within 2 days of delivery and we put it right. If you buy as a consumer in the EU, you also have 14 days to withdraw. The details are in the returns policy.

    Your workflow has enough variables. The transfer isn’t one of them.

    Learn

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    The DACOS 3D Printing Protocol

    Orientation, supports, starting parameters and post-processing for the models you mount. Many errors you cannot explain start in the print, not at the articulator.

    Leave your email and Antonello, the inventor of DACOS, sends you the protocol, with a few short notes on the transfer.

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