English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® This unit documentation is part of the unit and must be enclosed when selling or passing on the unit. • The unit has been designed solely for use in dental laboratories and comparable establish- ments for research, commercial and training purposes.
Copyright by BEGO Bremer Goldschlägerei Wilh. Herbst GmbH & Co. KG This user guide is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced without the express written permission of BEGO Bremer Goldschlägerei Wilh. Herbst GmbH & Co. KG!
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Conventions These operating instructions contain references to DANGER residual hazards, important user tips and handling This reference identifies hazards that instructions that are identified with the following can cause serious bodily injury or symbols and words.
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Important notes ® Nautilus CC plus ® Nautilus The touchscreen (screen for input of commands) can be damaged by pointed or sharp objects! WARNING Any liquid that leaks as a result of damage is toxic and NAUTILUS corrosive! Avoid contact with...
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Unpacking / Packing...
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Safety instructions ® The NAUTILUS vacuum pressure casting machine Alloys containing beryllium produce strong oxides is designed exclusively for casting dental alloys, during melting, cause substantial wear to the with the exception of titanium. Any other use is crucibles and remain there in significant amounts.
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This work must the housings may be live due to damage to the be carried out solely by BEGO customer service or machine! Since a check to ensure a de-energized by repair centres authorised by BEGO customer state is mandatory after every intervention in the service.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Special safety instructions regarding this machine WARNING WARNING Hazards due to electromagnetic Danger of deflagration radiation • Ensure alloys, crucible and crucible • Persons with electronic implants inserts do not become contaminat- (for instance, pacemakers) may not ed.
BEGO Service. after 3 minutes and ends after 10 minutes with the For easier handling of these additional features that switching off of the touchscreen illumination.
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(on request also non-BEGO alloy have to be adapted according to manually) after the alloy-specific casting temper- the respective manufacturer's specifications. Users ature is reached.
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In the automatic mode it is also possible to intervene event of malfunction, diagnostic protocols can be manually, if desired, for example to trigger casting called up and sent to the BEGO Service. The unit before the machine would do it. can be "updated" with the new software versions...
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Settings Here, for example, new program locations for non- BEGO alloys are created. New software versions from the BEGO homepage can be transmitted to the unit with the aid of a USB stick (not included in delivery).
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Scope of delivery, wearing parts and extras Scope of delivery NOTE The spare parts list is appended. When ordering spare parts please quote the REF, quantity and equipment serial no. 52488* 13362 14990* 3 / 6...
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Technical data ® ® Nautilus CC plus Nautilus Height max..........650 mm Hight ............420 mm Width ............600 mm Width ............600 mm Depth ............670 mm Depth............670 mm Weight .............64 kg Weight .............63 kg Nominal voltage ....
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Installation WARNING The warning signs provided (symbol: "pacemaker") are to be placed at the entrances to the room in which the ready-to-operate machine is located! Cooling The internal cooling enables a maximum of 50 quickly successive castings.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Electricity Prior to the electrical connection check whether the specifications on the rating plate correspond to the power supply network. In the case of uncertainty, consult an electrician. V / HZ The machine is subject to the provisions of class of protection I and may only be connected to properly grounded power sources.
The following rules must always be observed for this purpose. BEGO base socket mould formers are matched to ® the flow of the melt from Nautilus crucibles and should therefore be used.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Bridges A casting cone can be dispensed with. b) Provide with sprue system indirectly so the melt does not flow directly into the object, but first fills the distribution channel. Reinforce distribution channel in the case of full pontics (the volume of the reinforce- ment must correspond at least to the vol- ume of the full pontics).
Only touch the crucible handles with safety gloves. • Grasp crucible inserts only with tweezers. Recommendation: Only use BEGO crucibles (identifiable by the BEGO logo)! NOTE Crucibles of other manufacturers frequently have incorrect dimensions. This leads to faulty casting if the crucible opens too late or the melt leaves the crucible too early.
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(grain ≥ 80). In the case of special alloys, sprinkle a pinch of BEGO Auromelt HF melting powder on the alloy (see program table on page 27). Melting powder made by other manufacturers may...
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Basic principles: Moulds WARNING Risk of burns due to hot parts! Always use mould tongs to move moulds and mould holders. Select suitable mould holders (see scope of delivery) so that the moulds are positioned as high as possible.
It has a significantly the caster. longer service life than the graphite insert. The alloy BEGO alloys are stored at program locations 111 to is then indirectly heated via the hot graphite insert. 197. Program locations 001 to 030 are available for To ensure that all alloy components have reached non-BEGO alloys.
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("heap together" the casting laminae). Crucible coating Lolipot BEGO Lolipot contains a coating material specially developed for BEGO ceramic crucibles of BEGO's ® Nautilus and Fornax casting units.
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There is a risk of personal injury and damage to the machine! Own programs can also be created for the manual casting of non-BEGO alloys. This is necessary for CAUTION the printing of alloy names in the casting protocols, Aluminium (> 1 %) in non-precious for example.
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® ® Creating programs for non-BEGO alloys Casting To cast non-BEGO alloys as well, manual casting of the alloy concerned is first necessary in order to Cast the non-BEGO alloys manually with pyrometer match the casting temperature to the machine - see beginning on page 33.
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Program table (BEGO alloys) Program Casting Mould temp. Crucible Melting Group Alloy location temp. (°C) (°C) insert powder ® Bio PlatinLloyd 1250 Graphite Auromelt ✔ ® Bio PontoStar 1270 Graphite ✔...
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A glassy carbon insert can be used instead of a graphite insert (see page 23). Only use Auromelt HF from BEGO as melting powder; melting powders of other manufacturers may impair the casting result! If melting powder is not used, large alloy residues remain in the crucible and the casting result may be impaired.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Program table (non-BEGO alloys) Program Casting Mould temp. Crucible Melting Alloy location temp. (°C) (°C) insert powder...
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Operation Switching on Open compressed air supply. Switch on machine. The machine runs through initialisation of the measuring system. After 2 - 3 minutes (cold machine) the unit is ready for operation. Wait until the language selection is displayed.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Automatic casting ® Automatic casting is only possible with Nautilus CC plus. Press "Automatic casting". NOTE Keep it pressed until the pressed button changes. Longer pressing is required. The previously used program is displayed. Confirm with „OK“...
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® The chamber is evacuated during preheating. The preheating may last for up to 60 seconds. A signal sounds at the end. 10. To prevent the alloy from cooling down unnec- essarily: Get the moulds first, then press „OK“! 11.
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CC plus. Manual casting (with pyrometer) is usually only needed to check and correct preheating and casting temperatures. For example, this is necessary when creating programs for non-BEGO alloys (see page 28). Press "Manual casting". NOTE Keep it pressed until the pressed button changes.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® (The display on the right only appears for alloys that require a crucible insert, see program table.) When the crucible door is closed, the next display is shown. Confirm the preheating with „Yes“, or skip with „No“.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Precious- and non-precious metal without crucible insert Trigger casting when the casting temperature is reached and the alloys melt appears ready for casting according to visual evaluation. Pd-base alloys without crucible insert When the casting temperature is reached, wait for 10 seconds before triggering casting.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Manual casting without pyrometer Manual casting without pyrometer ® • is the standard operation for NAUTILUS ® • is an "emergency operation" for NAUTILUS CC plus in case the pyrometer fails. CAUTION Temperature measurement and, thus, temperature limitation...
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® (The display on the right only appears for alloys that require a crucible insert, see pro- gram table.) 10. When the crucible door is closed, the next dis- play is shown.“ 11.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® 16. Observe the melt. NOTE When the last solid part has completely sunk into the melting bath, start the timer! Important: The movement of the melt is caused by the magnetic field, not by the heat. The moving melt is, therefore, not a boiling melt! 17.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Manual casting Table of holding times / further heating times For manual casting with pyrometer: without pyrometer: Group Alloy Program holding times* further heating times (in seconds) (in seconds) ® Bio PlatinLloyd 14 to 17 ®...
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O-rings must be cleaned: see page 46. The unit serial number and the software versions used in the unit are also displayed. New software versions can be downloaded from the BEGO homepage www.bego.com and transferred to the unit. (See page 42.)
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The program location of this alloy is then copied in order to apply the machine parameters (e.g. use of the crucible insert). * See the table of the BEGO precious metal alloys in the appendix, the BEGO catalogue or look for alloy information on the Internet at www.bego.com.
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For diagnostic purposes, the data stored in the unit for the last 10 casts can be copied onto the connected USB stick. After connecting the USB stick to the PC, this data can be sent to the BEGO Service. NOTE Any available casting protocols on the USB stick are overwritten during these actions.
English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Care and maintenance Care DANGER WARNING Warning of electric shock! Risk of burns due to hot parts! Danger to life! Carry out maintenance and cleaning work before casting or only after the Switch off the machine and pull out machine has cooled down.
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Safety-relevant components must be checked After 50,000 castings (or after 5 years) regularly and replaced as required. This work must be carried out solely by BEGO customer service or • Replacement of safety-relevant components by by repair centres authorised by BEGO customer BEGO Customer Service service.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Clean window Every 100 casting operations the message "H 01" appears ("Clean window!"). Clean the window as soon as possible. DANGER Warning of electric shock! Danger to life! Switch off the machine and pull out the mains plug.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Clean seals (O-ring seals) Leaks with noise generation may occur due to contamination of the O-rings on the openings to the casting chamber (for example, due to investment material residues). Furthermore, vacuum and pressure values may distort and thus cause the casting result to be unsuccessful.
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Check seals After the O-ring seals are cleaned, you can check whether compressed air still leaks: Select menu Settings / O-ring seals / Check seals. During the check the chambers are filled with compressed air.
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Clean the ejector by means of blasting. CAUTION Only use blast polishing material that does not remove any ejector material (recommended: BEGO Perlablast). The nozzle in the ejector must not be shifted. It must project by 8 mm (see A).
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If fuses are triggered repeatedly, notify Cus- tomer Service. Request transport packaging In the case of servicing, transport packaging should be requested from BEGO for safe transport. +49 421 2028-274 REF 16 287 See page 6 for correct packing of the machine.
Notify Service if messages appear repeatedly. W02 (lack of compressed air). • Have servicing work carried out only by author- Notes refer to general instructions for care and ized BEGO workshops! maintenance. They are shown before or after casting. Malfunction Cause...
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English ⋅ Nautilus CC plus ⋅ Nautilus ® ® Failure report Cause Elimination E 41 Pyrometer malfunction Caution! Very hot parts! (sparking in cru- Hairline crack in crucible Clean viewing window ( → p. 45). cible) insert Replace crucible insert. E 42 Pyrometer malfunction * Close hinged screen (...
Instructions for disposing of the device (Applicable only within the European Union) The adjacent symbol on the ID plate of the BEGO device indicates that the device, in accordance with the European directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment, may not be disposed of as normal domestic waste.
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