Why Strategy Milling?

Strategy Milling does many things that laboratories simply cannot do when it comes to providing sound alloy and consistent products that meet the needs of laboratories, Doctors, and patients.

World-Class Mills: Roeders RXD5's and RCS Automation

Strategy employs precision Industrial Mills for precision and consistent manufacturing, which is not typically found in the dental field in North America. At 8,500 lbs. and a price tag of $500,000.00 per system, Strategy leads when it comes to manufacturing precisely and puts its money where its mouth is with its lights-out, 24-hour milling, and handling of products. These mills have allowed Strategy to boast over eleven years of production with an external remake rate below 0.5%. No bridge ever milled has required soldering or welding to correct a fit issue due to warpage.

Alloy Options

Nowhere else on the planet will you find a manufacturer creating alloy discs in the same manner as Strategy Milling. With its proprietary manufacturing process, Strategy Milling leads North America as the only facility milling four different categories of alloys, including Nobel and High Noble in Crown & Bridge and PFM Alloys. Of those alloys, Strategy is the only milling center in the world offering a milled Pd base, Type IV Ceramic alloy. It is the only North American manufacturer offering a milled, high-noble ceramic alloy.

In-House Puck Manufacturing and Testing

Once a series of pucks are manufactured in our foundry, they are identified and placed in their alloy-specific mill, and samples are cut from them. The samples are sent to external metallurgical testing laboratories that utilize ICP or Inductively Coupled Spectrograph technology to perform precise elemental analysis. The sample is scanned for forty different elements, not just the expected ones. This allows for accurate monitoring of the alloy, finding any deviations that have occurred during melting, and confirms that no foreign material has entered the alloy. When deviations from spec are found, a "Master Alloy" is created to correct them during the next melt. A master alloy is a combination of elements that will fix the deviations found by the ICP based on the test result and the volume of the alloy being processed in the following melt. This practice ensures the makeup of the alloy remains stable. Strategy also sends additional samples to test its alloys' carbon and oxygen content to keep those contaminants in check. Strategy conforms to regulatory concerns for traceability and can track any restoration back to its elemental makeup, ensuring the elemental stability and quality of the alloy. No laboratory we've ever heard of takes these steps to ensure the quality of the alloy being provided.