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Bien-Air 1998

Bien-Air are a Swiss company making dental equipment, especially electric dental drills.  In the late 90s they were entering the implant market which needed very precise control of drill speed and torque. Their existing control systems were not precise enough. I desiged a digital speed readout with better than 1% accuracy and an air operated controller that would limit speed and torque to preset values according to the size of the drill, broach or tap.

I made many hundreds of them over the next few years until the next generation of Bien_Air's electronics control system evolved.

I also made speed and torque controllers and speed readouts for Tridac, another dental supply company

The Speed Readout

The Speed Readout

Shows the speed of the dental drill to !% accuracy

Speed readout electronics

Speed readout electronics

This board drove the display, having cunning non linear circuits to ensure the display exactly showed the drill speed.

Air Controller

Air Controller

Prototype of the transducer. Air from a foot operated pedal controlled the speed of the drill up to preset values

Installation leaflet

Installation leaflet

Installation leaflet

Tridac

Tridac

Some controller or other. Lot of 'one off' specials were made

Air Controller

Air Controller

Very early air pressure controller using pressure sensitive membrane. Long ago superseded with semiconductor cell

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