The Quality of Surgical Instrument Surfaces Machined with Robotic Belt Grinding

Belt grinding is commonly used in the finishing of non-functional shaped surfaces of surgical instruments. Most often it is carried out manually. The subject of this article is the possibility of replacing manual belt grinding with robotic grinding. A research stand was built, the machining process...

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Published inMaterials Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 630
Main Authors Hamrol, Adam, Hoffmann, Mateusz, Lisek, Marcin, Bozek, Jedrzej
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 09.01.2023
MDPI
Subjects
Belt grinding
Comparative studies
Feasibility studies
Geometric accuracy
Grinding
Kinematics
Machining
Medical instruments
Planning
Pressure distribution
Robotics
Robots
Surgical apparatus & instruments
Surgical instruments
Working conditions
manufacturing of surgical instruments
robotic belt grinding
surface roughness
surface quality
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Summary:Belt grinding is commonly used in the finishing of non-functional shaped surfaces of surgical instruments. Most often it is carried out manually. The subject of this article is the possibility of replacing manual belt grinding with robotic grinding. A research stand was built, the machining process was programmed, and a comparative study of manual and robotic grinding was carried out. The subject of the research were the arms of orthodontic forceps. The condition of the treated surface, defined by its structure and roughness and the geometric accuracy and the error of the shape of the arm in the selected cross-section were adopted as the comparative criteria. Research has shown that robotic belt grinding is more efficient in terms of quality and produces more consistent results than manual grinding.
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ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma16020630