KaVo USA, Back in the Saddle Again With Great Electric Hand pieces
KaVo
Electric Handpieces
KaVo's ELECTROtorque plus Brushless Motors
(Another One of Doc Hemp's private 200 plus Web Sites with millions of hits per year)
Note: JUST A REMINDER ...... BE SURE TO NEVER RUN ANY OF YOUR HAND PIECES THRU A DRY
HEAT STERILIZER
9/30/07 ....And an update note .... Still loving these handpieces and we hardly ever
use our high speed air rotors anymore at all.
Newest KaVo Electric is Unleashed 2005!
(photo from KaVo web site)
1/27/2011 Update ... Almost 6 years now ... at about 5 years you will start having problems
... we are on our 3rd hose in the past year ... expensive ... we bought a new one rather that
be short a room without a functioning Kavo for over a month or so .. Customer service is still very
poor ... very complicated to get repairs done and no communiciations and very slow!! Can't send
directly to Kavo for repairs, ... the bearings finally went on one of our handpieces about a month ago
.. haven't heard a word as to when they might get it repaired or even an estimate. Like the handpieces,
but .. Customer service is bad ..unlike Profin handpieces where you just call the company and you send
it in direct.
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Update .. 1-16-06 ... Again .. Dang! ... I just love these New KaVo Electrotorque
handpieces!!! .... Sooo Smoooth and plenty of continuous torque ... I have waited
10 years for these new improvements! Great lighting, fingertip water controls
on both high and low speed handpieces .. But .. don't rush into buying the KaVo
slow speed handpieces unless you don't already have a couple of the air rotor
contra-angle latch ones all ready set up which is still faster than changing
out handpieces off the same electric motor. Plus you can always buy them
later if you can't live without them ..... The new used KaVo slow speeds are
pretty easy to pick up for half price as there are others that found out they
didn't need them either after the purchase or after receiving them free as
part of a special.
We are still using our high speed air rotor handpieces for small adjustments ...
And saving the electrics for preps, finishing bondings and porcelain veneers, etc.
...
Also ... These new KaVo's do not need oiling after they come out of the sterilizer
(ChemClave) like our air rotors do. It took me a little while to accept this but
when I recently read that KaVo had cycled these individual handpieces thru the
sterilization process 35,000 times with out failure I figured we'd go with
their recommendations. ..... Also ....KaVo did get the 2005 product of the
year award for these amazing handpieces. ...
There are 50% cheaper non KaVo handpieces that will fit these new brushless
KaVo motors ... But I bet they won't go through 35,000 cycles ... You get
what you pay for!
Facts about the ELECTROtorque plus ... That I am happy to personally confirm.
* One of the shortest & lightest electric motors for great balance and fatigue-free
work
* Patented brushless motor:
......o No brushes to exchange (no down time)
......o Whisper quiet, less noise than brush motors
......o Less vibration than brush motors (smoother, more concentric cut)
* Three-year warranty on motor, tubing and control box
* Exclusive! Two programmable speed settings can be individually set by the user
* Digital speed control, forward/reverse operation
* Powerful, constant torque for faster and more precise preps
* Exclusive! Water spray can be conveniently adjusted at the motor
* Provides illumination and water for all procedures
* Light weight
* Speed can be feathered with existing rheostat through entire pre-selected speed
range
* Small, easy to install control box�fits in virtually any delivery system
* Unit can be calibrated to existing air pressure of the dental unit for optimized
performance
......and the ability to feather motor speed with the rheostat
* Motor speed range 2,000 to 40,000 rpm
* Entire speed range 27 to 200,000 rpm
* Powerful, constant torque for faster and more precise preparations
