Diagonal pliers (or wire cutters or diagonal cutting pliers or diagonal cutters or side cutting pliers) are pliers intended for the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to grab or turn anything). The plane defined by the cutting edges of the jaws intersects the joint rivet at an angle or "on a diagonal", hence the name.
Technical Parameters:
| Length | 125 mm | B (see figure) | 9 mm | |
| Cutting capacity soft wire | Ø 0.2 ÷ 1 mm | Weight | 0.055 kg | |
| Cutting capacity medium hard wire | None | Style | 3 | |
| A (see figure) | 13.5 mm | Head | Polished | |
| D (see figure) | 7.5 mm | Handles | Multi-component grip |
Application:
- Precision pliers for ultra fine cutting work, e. g. in electronics and fine mechanics
- Ground, very sharp cutting edges without bevel
- Shear cut with controlled micro cutting edge misalignment for the most precise cutting of even the thinnest of wires and for a long service life
- Precision shaped tips cut wires resting on a board from 0.2 mm dia.
- Joint with stainless steel rivet
- Extremely smooth movement for minimum operator fatigue
- With opening spring and opening limiter
Model:
- With narrow head
- Cutting edges additionally induction-hardened, cutting edge hardness approx. 60 HRC
- Special tool steel, burnished
Wire Classification:
| Material example | Type of wire | Tensile strength | ||
| N/mm2 | kg/cm2 | |||
| 1 | Copper, plastics | soft | 220 | 2243 |
| 2 | Nail, wire pin | medium-hard | 750 | 7648 |
| 3 | Wire rope strand, steel wire | hard | 1800 | 18355 |
| 4 | Spring steel wire | piano wire | 2300 | 23454 |
