Hilti DX 6 Manual page 36

Safety-related instructions for use
Illustration showing
example
6.1 Loading cartridge strips
▶ Push the cartridge strip, narrow end first, into the grip of the fastening tool from below until the full length
of the cartridge strip is inside the fastening tool.
To use a cartridge strip in which some cartridges have already been used:
Pull the fully inserted cartridge strip by hand up and out of the fastening tool until the first unused
cartridge is in position in the cartridge chamber
6.2 Loading the single-fastener tool
▶ Push the fastener into the fastener guide from the front until the washer of the fastener is held in place in
the fastener guide.
6.3 Loading the magazine tool
Fasteners can be driven until the magazine is completely empty. When there are no fasteners in the
magazine, the magazine fastening tool can no longer be fully pressed against the work surface.
• When there are three or fewer fasteners left in the magazine → Another ten-fastener strip of
fasteners can be loaded.
• When there are two or fewer fasteners left in the magazine → The reload indicator (red) appears in
the nail detector.
1. Open the magazine by pressing the release button (magazine shutter).
2. Insert the strip of ten fasteners into the magazine.
6.4 Setting driving energy
Select the energy setting that suits the application. If no empirical values are available, always start with the
minimum driving energy.
1. Press and hold down the release button for the selector ring for driving energy.
2. Turn the selector ring for driving energy to the desired energy level.
Energy levels:
• 1 = lowest energy
• 8 = highest energy
3. Check whether the fastener was correctly driven in accordance with the operating instructions of the
fastener.
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Description
Do not press the nosepiece of the fastening tool against any part of the
body!
Pressing the nosepiece against a part of the body (a hand, for example) can
make the fastening tool ready to fire. As a result, there would be the risk of a
fastener being fired into a part of the body.
Do not pull back the magazine or other fastener guides by hand!
Pulling the magazine back by hand can make the fastening tool ready to fire. As
a result, there would be the risk of a fastener being fired into a part of the body.
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