Setting tool

The invention relates to a setting tool for driving fastening elements into an underlying surface， in particular to a handheld setting tool， having a receptacle， which is intended to accommodate a fastening element， a drive element， which is intended to deliver a fastening element accommodated in the receptacle into the underlying surface along a setting axis with a setting energy Ekin of at least 30 J and at most 600 J， a drive， which is intended to drive the driving element along the setting axis onto the fastening element， wherein the dreive has an electrical capacitor， a squirrel-cage rotor arranged on the driving element， and a field coil， through which current flows when the capacitor is discharged and which generates a magnetic field that accelerates the driving element towards the fastening element， wherein the driving element has a piston diameter d