An armored cable cutter is provided for cutting the armor of an armored cable and includes an upper grip housing, a lower grip housing, a folding crank handle assembly, and a cutting blade 22 mounted for rotation about a drive axis in response to a user operating the crank handle assemble. The crank handle assembly is mounted to the cable cutter so that it can be pivoted between a stored position, shown and an operating position. With the crank handle assembly in the stored position, the cable cutter has a reduced overall size and an improved form factor for storage and transport in comparison to the size and form factor of the cable cutter with the crank handle assembly in the operating position.

An apparatus (10) for selectively opening up a portion of a cable (12) is provided. The apparatus (10) includes a first guide (14) arranged to receive a core (16) of the cable (12). A second guide (18, 20) is spaced laterally apart from the first guide (14) and is arranged to receive one or more outer wires (22, 24) of the cable (12). The second guide (18, 20) is also arranged to draw a portion of the one or more outer wires (22, 24) of the cable (12) away from the core (16) of the cable (12) as the cable (12) is passed through the apparatus (10) when in use.

A stripper, which can serve as a wrench, includes a body, an exchangeable tool holder, a blade, a fixing member and an elastic element. The body includes a hole and a notch used for accommodating a coaxial terminal. The exchangeable tool holder is disposed in the hole, and the exchangeable tool holder has a first side comprising a recess. The blade is connected with the exchangeable tool holder, and at least one portion of the blade protrudes out of the recess. The fixing member is movably connected with the body and includes a concave located in the hole to correspond to the recess and to form an opening along with the recess. The opening is used for accommodating a wire. The elastic element is connected with the fixing member to provide an elastic force to the fixing member.

A cable stripping tool for preparing a coaxial cable for insertion into a coaxial cable connector includes a receptacle, a cartridge, and a biasing member. The receptacle defines an opening for receiving an end of the coaxial cable, and the opening defines an axis along which an elongate of the coaxial cable extends into the receptacle. The cartridge is disposed in the receptacle and is slidable in a back-and-forth direction substantially orthogonal to the axis of the opening. The cartridge holds at least one cutting blade, which has a blade edge extending substantially orthogonal to the axis of the opening. The biasing member is configured to bias the cartridge toward a first stop surface of the receptacle disposed at an opposite side of the opening relative to the cartridge.

The present invention is related to a stripping tool for a cable, the stripping tool including a cutting unit with at least one blade, a cable seat, and a kinematic structure. The kinematic structure is operatively coupled with the cutting unit to move a cable that is received by the cable seat and a cutting edge of the at least one blade with respect to each other radially to and rotationally around a tool axis. The invention is further related to a method for stripping a cable and a cable having a stripped cable end section.

An insulation stripping tool can be used to precisely remove a section of insulation located away from the edges of an insulated wire. The insulation stripping tool includes two transverse cutting elements which can be spaced a predefined and precise distance apart, and upper and lower longitudinally-extending cutting elements extending between the transverse cutting elements. Hinged lever arms can be gripped to move the cutting elements towards one another and cut into the insulation sheathing an insulated wire. A depth guide may be included to control the depth of the insulation cut to minimize or avoid scoring or otherwise affecting the conductive core of the insulated wire.

One embodiment is directed to a tool to cut and strip a radiating coaxial cable. The tool comprises first and second jaws, a linkage that couples the first jaw to the second jaw, a cutting blade, and a stripping blade. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the cutting blade to cut and sever the cable at a first point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the stripping blade to cut the jacket of the cable, without severing the cable, at a second point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A stripping tool includes and body portion and a clamping arm. The stripping tool further includes a stripping blade having a blade edge. The stripping blade extends from the body portion, and the blade edge is offset from the clamping arm at a distance d such that the blade edge enters the insulator layer of the coaxial cable when the coaxial cable is positioned between the clamping arm and the body portion. The stripping tool further includes a retention element disposed at the body portion at a position after the stripping blade along a cable insertion direction. The retention element is positioned to contact the outer layer of an end portion of the coaxial cable when the coaxial cable is positioned between the clamping arm and the body portion and the stripping tool is in the closed position.

Techniques, systems and articles are described for preparing electrical cables for connections to a power grid. In one example, a cable-cross-section-measurement tool includes a housing defining a cavity, wherein the housing is configured to position an end-face of an electrical cable within the cavity; a camera disclosed within the cavity of the housing, wherein the camera is configured to capture an image of the end-face of the electrical cable; and a telecentric lens optically coupled to the camera, wherein the telecentric lens comprises a non-angular field of view configured to reduce, in the image, distortion from parallax associated with at least one portion of the end-face of the electrical cable that is oriented at an oblique angle relative to an optical axis of the telecentric lens.

A stripper which can serve as a wrench is disclosed. The stripper comprises a body, an exchangeable tool holder, a blade, a fixing member and an elastic element. The body includes a hole and a notch used for accommodating a coaxial terminal. The exchangeable tool holder is disposed in the hole; the exchangeable tool holder has a first side comprising a recess. The blade is connected with the exchangeable tool holder; at least one portion of the blade protrudes out of the recess. The fixing member is movably connected with the body and comprises a concave located in the hole to correspond to the recess and to form an opening along with the recess, wherein the opening is used for accommodating a wire. The elastic element is connected with the fixing member to provide an elastic force to the fixing member.