Method for manufacturing disposable rotary cutting tools and disposable rotary tool for dental or medical applications
AssigneeStraumann Holding AG
InventorCourvoisier Stephane
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Abstract
The shank (12) of a disposable rotary cutting tool (10) comprises a pipe section (16) cut from a drawn metal pipe. The tool head (14) is formed from a cut-out (18a, 18b) of a drawn metal sheet or a section of a metal tube by non-cutting machining. The pipe section (16) and the tool head (14) are advantageously attached by force fitting.
Claims18
Method for manufacturing disposable rotary cutting tools for dental or medical applications having a tubular tool shank and a tool head attached to the tool shank, the method comprising:
- cutting a pipe section from a metal pipe, the pipe section comprising at least a part of the tool shank, forming the tool head from a cut-out of a metal sheet or a section of a metal tube and attaching the tool head to the pipe section.
Disposable rotary cutting tool for dental or medical applications comprising a tubular tool shank and a tool head attached to the tool shank, wherein the tool shank comprises a metal pipe section, the tool head is formed from a cut-out of a metal sheet or a section of a metal tube and the tool head is attached to the pipe section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.