HAND-HELD NAIL GUN AND DRIVE

The invention relates to a drive comprising at least a first exciter coil; a first squirrel-cage rotor preferably arranged coaxially with the first exciter coil; an electrical energy store, more particularly a capacitor or a capacitor bank; one or more semiconductor switches and, in this case, preferably a thyristor; an electronic controller for activating the semiconductor switch(es); a spring having a progressive characteristic curve, more particularly a gas spring, and means for accelerating the first squirrel-cage rotor to initiate a setting process initially in the direction of the first exciter coil, wherein the first squirrel-cage rotor is connected or can be connected to the progressive spring in a mechanical or fluid-dynamic manner to reverse the direction of movement of the first squirrel-cage rotor, thus to reflect said rotor away from the first exciter coil by spring action, wherein it is possible to cause a discharge of the electrical energy store via the first exciter coil by means of the electronic controller, which discharge can be initiated to be synchronized with the movement and/or position of the squirrel-cage rotor relative to the first exciter coil, wherein the drive is preferably dimensioned such that the current in the first exciter coil reaches a maximum once the first squirrel-cage rotor has already changed its direction of movement, that is to say it is moving away from the first exciter coil again, but is not yet further away from the first exciter coil than the first exciter coil is long.