Core Drilling Concrete With Rebar

Bits come in 12 lengths with drilling diameter from 3 8 to 1 1 2.

Core drilling concrete with rebar.

United rentals offers sturdy yet comfortable handheld core drills that can remove cores with up to 4 in. Our heavy duty core drills can drill up to 10 in. Drilling through plain concrete is relatively different from that of reinforced concrete. They pound and grind through brick and cement based materials.

These bits cannot be used with sds max drive rotary hammers. Drilling through concrete is tough to begin with but when your masonry drill bit encounters a piece of rebar the project comes to a screeching halt. They then use the rebar cutter to cut through the rebar until contacting concrete. Designed to cut through rebar or plate steel after a diamond core bit has drilled through the concrete.

Match the demands of your base materials with core drills that can adapt gearing and speed to the job at hand. The sds plus shank has two deep slots and two shallow slots for use with sds plus drive rotary hammers set to rotary only mode. Satisfy dry or wet core drilling applications with core drills that can be handheld or rig mounted. We are fully equipped and ready to support your concrete core drilling gpr concrete scanning and sawing needs throughout the washington metropolitan region.

These core drills can easily cut through rebar or other obstructions within concrete slabs or walls. Carbide rebar plate cutter. Users simply drill with a carbide bit until making contact with rebar. When drilling through the reinforced bar the drilling surface of the diamond bit encounters a very tough and relatively ductile material.

Once rebar is cut just switch back to the carbide bit to complete the hole. Here the concrete material is removed or drilled through the process of crack propagation. 10 standard core length. Api concrete core drilling is focused on responsiveness safety affordability and quality service.

However the core drilling method can also be used in cutting holes of any diameter through non reinforced concrete surfaces. Carbide inserts are brazed into the core barrel. Masonry drill bits are coated with mineral grit. Drilling non reinforced concrete surface.

Applying my 45 years of experience in core drilling gpr concrete scanning and all types of concrete sawing api ccd will efficiently. Although abrasive bits are capable of grinding through steel rebar sharp edged drill bits are faster and more effective. Concrete core drills will remove cylinders from concrete walls or slabs for jobs such as plumbing mechanical or electrical work. Drilling reinforced concrete puts a very high strain of diamond core bit cutting surface.

Minimize diamond core bit jams with core drills that can detect and compensate for embedded rebar.