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A nail gun, nailgun or nailer is a form of hammer used to drive nails into wood or other materials. It is usually driven by compressed air ( pneumatic ), electromagnetism , highly flammable gases such as butane or propane , or, for powder-actuated tools , a small explosive charge .
A Paslode nail gun. Paslode Impulse is a trademarked name for a cordless nail gun manufactured by Paslode.Cordless nail guns do not need an air compressor.Instead, they use what Paslode calls a "fuel cell", but is actually a very small two stroke engine which fires one ignition stroke for each nail driven, and reloads itself from a small metal can filled with pressurized flammable gas (a ...
As with their air-actuated cousins, powder-actuated guns have a muzzle safety interlock. If the muzzle is not pressed against a surface with sufficient force, the firing pin is blocked and cannot reach the load to fire it. This helps ensure that the gun does not discharge in an unsafe manner, causing the nail to become an unrestrained projectile.
Drilling a blast hole with a pneumatic drill (jackhammer). A pneumatic tool, air tool, air-powered tool or pneumatic-powered tool is a type of power tool, driven by compressed air supplied by an air compressor. Pneumatic tools can also be driven by compressed carbon dioxide (CO 2) stored in small cylinders allowing for portability. [1]
In 1940, Paslode created the first Stapling Hammer. In 1959, the world's first Pneumatic nailer. By 1986, they had created the Impulse range of gas actuated nailing systems, commonly referred to as a nail gun. In 1986, ITW (Illinois Tool Works) acquired Paslode. The PASLODE brand joined the SPIT company in France in 2002.
Coil nail – nails designed for use in a pneumatic nail gun assembled in coils; Common nail – smooth shank, wire nail with a heavy, flat head. The typical nail for framing; Convex head (nipple head, springhead) roofing nail – an umbrella shaped head with a rubber gasket for fastening metal roofing, usually with a ring shank
Compressed air is the customary power source for nailers and paint sprayers. A few tools (called powder-actuated tools) are powered by explosive cartridges. Tools that run on gasoline or gasoline-oil mixes are made for outdoor use; typical examples include most chainsaws and string trimmers.
By World War II, rivet guns were used widely in U.S. aircraft factories both for riveting aluminum sheets, and for flow forming, the process of working aluminum sheet into and over wooden forms by the application of the pneumatic rivet gun. Post-war industry brought many new applications for the "air hammer" technology. Among these were: