Background

The Hilti Rotary Hammer TE6C (2015) is a rotary hammer drill used for drilling and chiseling hard materials. This tool is a rotary hammer, which differs slightly from a hammer drill due to the inclusion of a special swivel-piston. This piston being internal and powered by electricity gives the rotary hammer more power compared to an external compressor. The swivel part of the piston also reduces recoil when coming into contact with a hard material, similar to pistons found in car engines. This comes in handy since the whole point of this tool is to function like a mini jackhammer.

The Hilti Rotary Hammer TE6C launched in 2015 and replaced its former version, the TE6-S. The Hilti Rotary Hammer TE6C kept the highly acclaimed dust-catcher attachment, which slots over the drill bit to catch debris flying from the drill hole or impact center. The TE6C features four modes. These modes include a drill mode, drill and hammer mode, chisel mode, and a chisel positioning mode. The chisel and chisel positioning mode are new to the TE6C (2015), but came at the cost of losing the previous version's hammer mode.

Thankfully, being a rotary hammer with this high torque and power, this model includes a slip clutch to stop the motor when the drill spins excessively, hopefully preventing personal injury like a hurt wrist from the aggressive spin action. For the piston to effectively transfer its pneumatic force to the impact site while rotating, a special shank had to be created. Another feature to Rotary hammers is the SDS, or slotted drive shaft. This is just a bit with ridges along the sides in the form of a spiral around itself. These ridges also help remove debris from the hole.

This product sold for $299.00 USD at the time of its release. Jams tend to occur when using worn drill bits, since the debris fills up the hole and gets packed in instead of being brought out of the hole by the ridges on the bit. The impact force of around 10 kgs makes this tool perfect for at home projects and construction work.

Identification

This device can be identified by its orange color and by, most notably, its model number listed on the side of the device. This model will also have 4 modes. These modes are drill, drill and hammer, chisel, and chisel positioning. This model also includes a depth gauge mounted to the top of the drill.

Technical Specifications

  • Weight according EPTA-Procedure 01/2003 without battery - 7.5 lb.
  • Working mode - Hammer drilling, Drilling, Chiseling, Chisel setting
  • Hammer drilling diameter range- 5/32 - 1-3/32 in
  • Optimum Hammer drilling range - 1/4 - 5/8 in
  • Single impact energy - 1.7 ft-lbs
  • Hammer drilling RPM - 960 rpm
  • Full hammering frequency - 4680 impacts/minute
  • Functionality - Chiseling, Depth gauge, Reverse mode, Removable chuck
  • Triaxial vibration value for hammer drilling into concrete (ah,HD) - 17.3 m/s² 1
  • Triaxial vibration for chiseling into concrete - 10.1 m/s² 2
  • A-weighted emission sound pressure level - 87.5 dB (A) 3
  • Rated input power - 890 W
  • Max. drilling capacity (in wood): 20 mm;
  • Max. drilling capacity (brick): 24 mm;
  • Max. drilling capacity (metal): 13 mm;
  • Max. drilling capacity (concrete): 20 mm;
  • Max. drilling capacity (hollow crown): 68 mm;

Source: Hilti TE6C (2015) technical specification source

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