Patent ID: 7322503
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a constructional component, comprising a housing ( 21 ); a setting mechanism located in the housing and including a drive piston ( 7 ) for driving a fastening element ( 6 ) into the constructional component ( 1 ); a magazine ( 30 ) attached to said housing; a magazine strip ( 27 ) having at least one of the fastening elements ( 6 ) and insertable into said magazine; a reading device ( 10 ) for acquiring information contained in a coding ( 8 ) provided on the magazine strip ( 27 ) with the fastening element ( 6 ), said coding containing information selected from a group containing dimensional characteristics, mechanical characteristics of the fastening element, its material characteristics, and its field of application; and a control device ( 15 ) communicating with the reading device ( 10 ) for adjusting setting parameters for a setting process dependent on data acquired by the reading device ( 10 ) upon reading out the coding ( 8 ).