🔪 Stripping tool: variety, selection rules, names

Master electrician engaged in a professional manner, should have a toolkit that includes an essential tool for removing insulation from wires. One of the most common operations, which faces daily electrician - a wire stripping for subsequent connections. To cope with this case wizard to help special stripping tool.

For a proper choice tool, necessary to understand the specificity and their variants. Each such device and is designed for a purpose. The user should consider this factor.

Stripping: species

Mainly, tools are divided into 2 categories:

1. For home use.
2. For industrial use.

home appliances category suitable for smaller volume of work. Most often, these devices are purchased for personal tools in case required surgical intervention in the host local small-scale damage.

Tool industry (professional) category involves the use in large work volumes. For example, when laying an electrical cable system. In this case, the master is necessary to clean up the ends of the wire before mounting them. Professionals use for this purpose a device called a stripper (translated to English - puller).

Discharge of professional strippers

Previously, the wizard cope with wire stripper with a simple construction of the knife. The problem with this method is that, without a serious skill, electrician risked his life, because the blade unit does not imply any protection against electric current. Besides, the skill needed for accurate stripping, and the master does not possess it, could just dismantle poorly insulation.

It is equipped with protection against an electric current, the housing is configured so that in his hand he sat firmly and conveniently. The appeal stripper is simple, even a person with no experience to make certain the power of working with this versatile device. Stripper teeth are arranged in a special way to remove the insulation carefully without damaging the conductive wire strands.

The main thing to remember! Before carrying out any work related to electricity, it is important to make sure that the network is de-energized. Especially when outlines work to expose the wire. If we ignore this rule, the wizard runs the risk of life-threatening electric shock! Work on the conductors under voltage, is strictly prohibited!

Stripping manual type

The potential buyer of this device is worth considering that he often called mechanical among the people, rather than manually. His name is obliged to tool specific properties: Cable cleaning product necessary to act on the handle of a mechanical (physical) way.

The design of both tools is identical in many respects: steam handle and the teeth on the hinge. The difference is that the stripper is equipped with special notches located on the teeth. These recesses are necessary for gripping the cable.

The manufacturer indicates in the digital format indicators connectors diameter, which is certainly worth consult before buying, otherwise the user runs the risk of purchase device unsuitable for a particular wire. And also, it is necessary to correlate the cluster pattern with a specific instrument cable.

The main advantage of mechanical subtype is multitasking. Like cutters allowed snacking cables even small diameters. Furthermore, the use of mechanical cutters easily assemble several tips in one large cable. It may be used as pliers, although the instrument for such purposes not intended (it is worth considering).

Stripper semi-automatic type

Semiautomatic subtype is worth much more expensive mechanical colleague, but also a more extensive functionality. Firstly, the user can easily cope with the cleaning of several cables at the same time, and secondly, no efforts It does not have to use the semi-automatic version, because the tool is equipped with a special design that involves working in semi-automatic mode.

Procedure for dealing with a semi-automatic machine:

• fixing a desired connector (according to the diameter of the cable being cleaned);
• cable placement within the connector;
• slight depression on the handle and removal of the insulating material.

Other actions the user will not have to make. All work is done by the tool, but only serves as a master appliance operator. Performance of works by using a semiautomatic stripper markedly increased, which explains the popularity of this tool in professional circles. With all the advantages of semi-automatic, and there are better clippers that apply to automatic discharge.

Strippers automatic type

Most of the functionality is identical to the semi-automatic machine device, the difference lies in the universality of the nest.

The second difference lies in the accuracy of the work. When using automatic cable defects are excluded (apart from rare misfires tool). To conduct an effective removal of the protective coating of wire, enough to secure the cable to the device and click on the handle, the rest will be a stripper. Automatic start-subtype recommended electricians.

The third advantage is maximum flexibility - the machine is able to work with the smallest gauge section, while avoiding marriage. It's worth noting that different models are equipped with automatic subtype different factory settings matching the diameter range, so you should make sure that the desired product is able to work with the required values, or at risk of the buyer to buy an expensive tool, which is not handy.

Categories for cable strippers format

There are several formats isolation. Each involves its own specific properties and dimensions. Based on the characteristics of the cable, you must select only the appropriate tools under it.

Twisted pair

It resembles clamping mechanism with integrated knife. With this device produces the most accurate cleaning of insulating material.

Under the coaxial cable

Similar in many respects to the previous subtype, but is the only difference in the ability to work with different brands of wires through the nozzle.

The knives cut at the same time the outer and inner layer of insulating material.

under fiber

This device is intended for removing varnish from the fiber surface. Apparatus precision, adjustable mechanical part protects against deformation of the glass fiber coatings, however the cost of such a tool is high.

By removal of the outer insulating material

Reminiscent of a continuous clamping mechanism with a knife in the central part. The other end of the handle is an adjusting part which is responsible for the diameter control.

The cut is made both horizontally and vertically. Cleaning takes place along the entire length wire.

Under the clean power cables

Such a gauge is designed for thick layers of insulating material down to 1.5 cm. It copes with embroidered polyethylene coating.

Flexible adjustment of the cutting depth. This category includes professional and machines that are able not only to dismantle the insulation material, but also compress the cable.

Simple tools for removing the protective layer

Cleaned wire is allowed and improvised means such as blades or conventional knives. It's worth noting that such an approach, the master must have a wealth of experience and skill, otherwise it runs the risk of damage to the wiring.

simple knives

The knife will require an electrician very carefully. For competent dismantling necessary to place a cutting portion parallel to the cable stroke (so that the knife and wire were horizontally). First is cut along the longitudinal side of the cable. Then, after the final cut-off end, stroking dismantled.

With the help of pliers, side cutters

Ticks-cutting pliers - a device resembling pliers. Remove the protective cover through them easily, we need only take into account the properties of side cutters.

It permitted as a simple dismantling method (trim cover on opposite sides, and then pull his) or spiral type (transverse cuts are made, then the insulation is removed circular movements). Importantly, dismantle carefully, otherwise the wire is deformed.

Other devices for the stripping of cables

American engineers regularly release invention to simplify the life of repairmen. the market recently have new tools for working with the wires. In fact, they perform the functions already familiar to many strippers and professional knives for electricians, only carry a number of modifications to simplify the work. Use such devices is recommended that only experienced craftsmen, since specificity American engineering in Russia is not always clear to most artists.

Soldering iron for the dismantling of stroke

For thin wire (less than 2 mm) is recommended when dismantling a soldering iron, since mechanical action is fraught with destruction. There are 2 methods of stripping thin wires. In the first method must perform the following algorithm:

1. Place the cable in a plane. Lay insulation pad of vinyl chloride.
2. Hot tip of the soldering apparatus to produce movement of the cable area. Insulation is melted under the influence of thermal soldering.

Another method involves the use of aspirin.

This method provides not only high-quality disassembly braid, but also a strong connection cable in the future.

Masters preferred method of thermal effects on the stroke of thin wires, because only such a way to guarantee dismantling without deformation. Especially this method is good when working with wiring after its long life.

In addition to the thermal method, clear wiring of the insulation can be and with the help of sandpaper. Must first fold flap emery, so that the working surface was placed inside. The folded roll of nazhdachki placed cable and pull it gently squeezing the paper with your fingers. Stretching is repeated until a complete cleansing of the cable.

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