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Application
The KNIPEX StepCut XL Cable Shears are designed for any technician who needs to use/cut battery cable.
Selling points
- Efficiency: Quickly and precisely cut large cables
- Accessibility: Slim head allows easier work in confined spaces
- Power: Cuts large cables "like a hot knife through butter"
- Built to last: High-grade special tool steel, forged, and oil hardened
Features and benefits
- Cuts solid copper or aluminum cables up to 2 AWG, stranded cables up to 2/0 AWG, and fine-stranded cables up to 4/0 AWG.
- Dual cutting edges position cables close to the joint, and the front cutting edge is used for the gradual cutting ("nibbling") of larger cables.
- Adjustable, high-leverage bolted joint and long handles provide precise and smooth cutting.
Origin
The smaller, original StepCut was released in 2020 and was wildly popular due to the ease in which it cut battery cables. Being only 6-1/4" in length, it couldn't handle some of the larger cables found in automotive work. KNIPEX quickly got to work creating a larger style that can be used on heavy duty, larger-diameter cables with just as much ease.
Manufacturing/engineering specifications
Manufactured in Wuppertal, Germany. Made of high-grade special tool steel, forged, and oil-hardened. It is 9" in length and weighs .806 lbs. It can cut through CU and Al conductors 29/32", wire size up to 2/0 AWG solid stranded, and up to 4/0 AWG fine stranded cables.
Storage and display
Sold per unit in one-piece boxes.
Demonstration
To view a demonstration, visit VehicleServicePros.com/55244084.
Suggested retail price
Various based on handle type.
For more information
For more information, email [email protected].
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