Electric Portable Dental Drill
Maker and role
Kaltenbach & Voigt (KAVO), Maker
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Object detail
Accession number
2015.93.1
Description
Portable electric belt driven dental drill with tripodal feet made by Kaltenbach & Voigt, Germany circa 1950s. Used by the Auckland School Dental Service from the 1960s and disposed in the 1980s as surplus stock. The drill was driven by an external motor (which is missing from this unit) and the speed of the drill was modulated by foot. The drill handpiece was fitted with replaceable metal tipped dental burs of different shapes.
Marks
KALTENBACH & VOIGT/BIBERACH/RISS/WEST-DEUTSCHLAND/TYPE 717/F.NR450/B.Nr.6.21.2480/V220/240/C/S~ACDC/W80/U.min6000/sz2187. Maker's Plate
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Kaltenbach & Voigt (KAVO). Electric Portable Dental Drill, 2015.93.1. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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