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Features & Applications

Features
  • All you need to install S-BT screw-in studs – SBT 6-22 is Hilti’s specialised metal drill with the high torque and extreme durability needed for fastening on steel
  • Easier precision drilling – Drill Assist feature gives feedback to user when the tapered drill bit has reached the intended depth for S-BT studs
  • No calibration needed – the tool stops automatically once the preset embedment depth has been reached, making correct stud installation quicker and easier
  • Powerful brushless motor – delivering enough torque for all steps of fastening on steel, from drilling the pilot holes to tightening the grating discs or nuts
  • On the Nuron battery platform – cordless tools without compromise thanks to longer-lasting batteries and a range of services to keep you productive, today and tomorrow
Applications
  • All-in-one metal drill for installing S-BT fasteners – from drilling highly accurate pilot holes to tightening the fastener
  • Fastening to steel using S-BT screw-in studs – including multipurpose fasteners, grating discs, cable trays and struts
  • Drilling with high torque and speed in diameters up to 13 mm in metal
  • Also suitable for drilling with auger and spade bits up to 32 mm diameter in wood, and cutting with hole saws up to 125 mm diameter
  • Screw-in stud system available in various corrosion resistance levels available, including stainless steel

Technical Data

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Hilti’s Fastening on steel technology

Making fastening on steel easier, faster and safer

Challenges associated with traditional methods

Welding

  • Damage to paint work
  • Preparation & rework of coated steel
  • Certified welders & fire watch needed
  • External power source needed
  • Time consuming & Weather dependent
  • Permanent method

Clamping

  • Access from 2 sides needed
  • Limits regarding fastening directions: Allows horizontal fastening only
  • Limited vibration resistance: More maintenance required
  • Clamping scratches surface: Rework of coated steel required

Through-bolting

  • Through-penetration of steel flange: affects steel load capacity
  • Access from 2 sides needed
  • Rework of coated steel required: Longer fastening process
  • Long and tedious process: high waste of drill bits
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Hilti’s Fastening on Steel

Hilti’s Fastening on Steel (FOS) products are designed and engineered solutions to cater to all your secondary and tertiary connections need where the base materials are Steel / Aluminum. Some of the common industrial applications wherein our customers are fast moving to FOS are grating fixings, fastening of channels / junction boxes / equipment fixing etc., fastening on PFP coated steels and electrical connections.

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Can a Hilti stud lift a pickup truck?

Watch as the Hilti crew prepares a pickup truck to be lifted with one X-BT-MR threaded stud. When it comes to strength, there is nothing tiny about the X-BT-MR threaded stud.

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