A machine forms a whip from a length of cable. The machine includes a clamping assembly, a notching assembly, and a cutting assembly. The clamping assembly includes a pad which can be move into and out of a cable travel space. The notching assembly includes a notching saw which cuts an outer jacket of the cable in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. Movement of the pad also causes movement of the notching saw to move into the cable travel space or into a raised position. The cutting assembly includes a cutting tool which transversely cuts the conductors of the cable.

A powered shearing mechanism or cutter is disclosed that comprises an asynchronous double class 1 lever and a linear actuator that uses two ganged wheels to pry the effort portion of both levers open and close the jaws. The wheels move linearly—with the distance between them kept constant—and roll along—and exert force against—parts of the levers called “bearing surfaces.” The bearing surfaces are non-planar and reflectively symmetric and their profile is customized to provide any desired ideal mechanical advantage for the cutter. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the profile of the bearing surfaces is a circular arc, which provides a bearing surface which is easy to precisely fabricate and that provides a fairly constant ideal mechanical advantage at each point as the cutter's blades cut through the material.

Tools for crimping or cutting of an object such as a wire, cable, or connector. The tool includes a first member and a second member configured to come together through a gap to crimp or cut a wire, cable or connector and a laser positioned to visually indicate a region where at least one member traverses as the first and second member come together through the gap. This visual indication aids in alignment of the object for the crimping or cutting operation.

Electric scissors includes: at least one movable blade having a blade portion configured to cut a to-be-cut object; a drive unit configured to open and close the at least one movable blade; a holding part configured to hold the to-be-cut object that is cut by the at least one movable blade; and a support part configured to support the to-be-cut object, which is cut by the at least one movable blade, while regulating a direction of the to-be-cut object.

A device is used to sever an electrical power cable for the transmission of high voltage. The device includes a frame having first movable cutting blade carried thereon and second stationary cutting blades carried thereon. The blades can sever the electrical power cable upon movement of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. A sensor is provided and is configured to register a position of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. An evaluation and/or transmission controller is configured to receive information from the sensor and interrupt severing of the electrical power cable by the blades in response to the information.

A blade housing includes: a rotary blade and an opening, in which the blade housing is configured to be affixed to a blade housing connector, and in which when a motor rotates the blade housing connector, the rotary blade rotates to cut a post-tension (PT) tendon tail inside a stressing pocket, in which the blade housing is sized to fit within the stressing pocket, in which the opening of the blade housing is sized to allow the PT tendon tail to be extended through the blade housing.

An in-line portable, hand held hydraulic cutting tool having a handle assembly and a working head assembly is provided. The handle assembly has a tool frame portion and a neck portion. The working head assembly has a pair of jaw members joined so that they are movable relative to each other and held in place by a locking pin. Each jaw member has a cutting blade secured to or directly formed into the jaw member. A stabilizer can be secured to or directly formed into one or both jaw members. The one or more stabilizers are aligned with a respective cutting blade such that during a cutting operation at least an edge of the stabilizer engages an object being cut to limit rotation of the object during the cutting operation.

A powered threaded rod cutter configured to perform a cutting operation on a threaded rod includes a first cutting die and a second cutting die. At least the first cutting die includes a recess in which a first portion of the threaded rod is at least partly receivable, an electric motor, and a planetary transmission positioned downstream of the electric motor. The powered threaded rod cutter additionally includes a drivetrain for converting a rotational output of the planetary transmission to a pivoting movement of the second cutting die, and a guide against which a second portion of the threaded rod may contact to support the threaded rod to be perpendicular relative to the second cutting die prior to the cutting operation.

A hydraulic tool includes a tool head and a moveable piston coupled to the tool head. The hydraulic tool head includes a plurality of jaws, which are operable to open and close for performing work on a workpiece. The hydraulic tool also includes a motor operable to drive the moveable piston to close the plurality of jaws to a closed position at which the work on the workpiece is completed. The hydraulic tool further includes a position sensor configured to detect when the plurality of jaws are at the closed position and responsively generate a sensor signal indicating that the plurality of jaws are at the closed position. Additionally, the hydraulic tool includes a controller configured to receive the sensor signal from the position sensor. The controller is configured to operate the motor based on the sensor signal that the controller receives from the position sensor.