<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper deals with wear of intramedullary milling cutters for the drilling of nail holes used for osteosynthesis of lower limbs long bones. After the physician’s complaints about the increasing resistance and total change of its properties that are caused by the reuse the instrument, we have designed a suitable methodology to verify and quantify this problem. The experiment was carried out on three types of milling cutters, differing in their diameter. Using statistical tests, we compared pressure force and torque before and after wear.</p></abstract>

This paper deals with wear of intramedullary milling cutters for the drilling of nail holes used for osteosynthesis of lower limbs long bones. After the physician’s complaints about the increasing resistance and total change of its properties that are caused by the reuse the instrument, we have designed a suitable methodology to verify and quantify this problem. The experiment was carried out on three types of milling cutters, differing in their diameter. Using statistical tests, we compared pressure force and torque before and after wear.

Evaluation of Wear of Milling Cutters for Drilling of Nail Holes Used for Osteosynthesis of Long Bones of Lower Limbs

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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This paper deals with wear of intramedullary milling cutters for the drilling of nail holes used for osteosynthesis of lower limbs long bones. After the...

Evaluation of Wear of Milling Cutters for Drilling of Nail Holes Used for Osteosynthesis of Long Bones of Lower Limbs

Published Online: Nov 15, 2019

Page range: 69 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0031

Keywords
milling cutters, wear, methodology, experiment

© 2019 Kubášová Kristýna et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Evaluation of Wear of Milling Cutters for Drilling of Nail Holes Used for Osteosynthesis of Long Bones of Lower Limbs

Published Online: Nov 15, 2019

Page range: 69 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0031

Keywordsmilling cutters, wear, methodology, experiment

© 2019 Kubášová Kristýna et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
milling cutters, wear, methodology, experiment