Pincers are a hand tool used in many situations where a mechanical advantage is required to pinch, cut or pull an object. Pincers are first-class levers, but differ from pliers in that the concentration of force is either to a point, or to an edge perpendicular to the length of the tool. This allows pincers to be brought close to a surface, which is often required when working with nails.
Pincers are primarily used for removing objects (typically nails) out of a material that they have been previously applied to. Carpenter's pincers are particularly suited to these tasks.
If the pincers have perpendicular cutting edges, the pincers are often called end-nippers or end-cutters.
Pincers, often red-hot, have also been used as an instrument of torture since ancient Roman times or earlier.
Description:
- To twist and cut wire in one operation: fast, reliable and economical
- Unobtained precision and long service life make these the most widely purchased concreters’ nippers in the world
- Cutting edges additionally hardened; cutting edge hardness approx. 61 HRC
- High-grade special tool steel, forged, multi stage oil-hardened
Technical Parameters:
Length | 280 mm | Weight | 0.457 kg | |
Cutting capacity medium hard wire | Ø 2.8 mm | Pliers | Bright zinc plated | |
Cutting capacity hard wire | Ø 1.8 mm | Product code | 99 04 280 |
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 |
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