Choosing the Proper Steel Tool
Extend the Life of your Hammer Tool Bits
Hammer tool bits, or steel alloys, are put through rigorous performance tests, but not all tools are the same. Choosing the correct steel tool bit for your breaking application is the #1 way to maximum productivity and ease of use.
Allied Pedestal Boom Systems offers an array of tool bits to meet a variety of breaking applications. In a typical working week, your hammer bit will be hit over 1.6 million times by the hammer piston. Incorrect tool properties can lead to increase wear of tool bushings, impact rings, thrust rings and cause pitting and chipping to the piston face. At Allied, we match you with the proper tool for each application.
Chisel:
Due to its versatility, the chisel is the most commonly used tool. The flat screwdriver type design allows users to focus percussive forces where needed. This type of tool lends itself to defining the direction of breakage and/or following the seam of the material to be broken.
Conical:
This cone shaped point is designed for making holes in material like concrete or asphalt with reduced collateral damage to the surrounding surfaces. The conical excels where the material being broken is in a defined area with no seam. It allows the user to effectively create a perforation around an area to be removed.
Moil:
Sharing all the features of the Conical, but with an inverted pyramid shaped tip. The moil's unique tip design lets any generated dust vent out on all sides during penetration. Its best used to create a defined perimeter.
Blunt:
Designed with a flat surface tip, the a blunt tool allows for breaking energy to travel in all directions with less penetration. This tool will effectively shatter the surface of the material being broken. A blunt is also very effective on boulders where the direction of a natural seam in the rock may not be obvious.