Challenge: To grind two mating metal components, with a tight clearance requirement between their surfaces, to create a powered arthroscopic shaver used in orthopaedic joint surgeries. Solution: In this application, two tubes are assembled, with as minimum a gap between the two parts as possible -sometimes as small as 0.0005” -so that the inner tube moves freely inside the outer tube without allowing debris to get caught between the surfaces.

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