Dental, Orthodontic & Prosthetics Manufacturing worked example

Dental Model Print Time at 7.2% setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance: a worked example

Suppose setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance falls to 7.2%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate printer hours required for dental models, orthodontic models, implant planning models, or prosthetic check models before washing, curing, trimming, and case release.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Model equivalents to print: 120 models (held at the documented default)
  • Printer model throughput: 12 models / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance: 7.2 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 10)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base model print hours = model equivalents to print รท printer model throughput.
  • Required dental model print hours works out to 10.72 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base model print hours works out to 10 hr at these inputs.
  • Setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance works out to 7.2 % at these inputs.
  • Printer model throughput works out to 12 pieces / min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 2.55% below the baseline at 10.72 hr.
  • It converts a count of model equivalents and a printer throughput rate into required print hours, then inflates that base by a setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Required dental model print hours: 10.72 hr (headline result)
  • Base model print hours: 10 hr
  • Setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance: 7.2 %
  • Printer model throughput: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Dental Model Print Time calculator, set setup, wash, cure, and reprint allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.