A demolition shear and a piercing tip insert and nose configuration for a demolition shear which resists nose wear and resists retract forces exerted on the piercing tip insert in jamming situations and in the event of snagging of the piercing tip insert. The piercing tip insert includes first and second piercing tip halves, each half having an outer planar sidewall, a curved front wall extending laterally inward, and a bottom leg extending laterally inward defining a shearing edge and a piercing edge.

A shear blade (2) is for a portable hydraulic cutting device, such as a rescue device having a blade body (9). The blade body (9) has an assembly region (18) and a cutting region (15), a cutting edge (16) in the cutting region (15), a contact surface (13), located on one side of the cutting edge (16), for an additional shear blade. An outer surface (14), located on the other side of the cutting edge (16), is provided to act on the object to be cut. The cutting region (15) has a recess (22) for receiving a cutting insert (21). The recess (22) is configured such that the cutting insert (21) is insertable into the recess (22) at an acute angle to the contact surface (13) of the shear blade (2).

A shear blade is for a portable hydraulic cutting device having a blade body. The blade body has assembly and cutting regions, with a cutting edge in the cutting region. A contact surface is on one side of the cutting edge for an additional shear blade. An outer surface on the other side of the cutting edge acts on the object to be cut. A first surface portion of the outer surface extends away from the cutting edge along an orthogonal, which meets the contact surface at the cutting edge, or at an acute angle relative to the orthogonal. A second surface portion connects to the first surface portion at an acute angle to the orthogonal. A third surface portion connects to the second surface portion at an acute angle to the orthogonal. Angle is smaller than angle , which is smaller than angle .

The present invention provides a method for shear processing whereby a sheared surface having a small residual stress and excellent surface properties is formed and the service life of a punch is prolonged in a shear processing for shearing, by a shear line that crosses a weld zone, a workpiece with a large thickness of level difference of a weld zone and/or obtained by welding together a steel sheet having a strength of 1000 MPa or more and another steel sheet. The shearing for shear processing method according to the present invention is a method for shearing a workpiece having a weld zone using a punch and a die, the method characterized in that two protrusions are provided to a cutting edge of the punch, all or part of the weld zone of the workpiece is flanked from the two sides by the two protrusions, and the workpiece is sheared by a shear line that crosses the weld zone.

In a first stage or operation, at least one shear initiation breakthrough opening is formed through the ultra-high strength material sheet at an interior location. A leading terminal end of each of at least two inclined shearing edges of an interior opening shearing tool is positioned in the at least one shear initiation breakthrough opening. The interior opening shearing tool is different from the breakthrough opening forming tool. In a second stage or operation, shearing of the material is initiated from the at least one shear initiation breakthrough opening by advancing the at least two inclined shearing edges of the interior opening shearing tool against the ultra-high strength material sheet and relative to a corresponding shearing tool.

A cutter includes a head with an upper jaw, a lower jaw and an upper handle and lower handle coupled to the head. The upper jaw includes a single cutting blade. The lower jaw includes a pair of cutting blades with a channel between the pair of cutting blades. When the head of the cutter is in a closed position, the cutting blade of the upper jaw is positioned in the channel of the lower jaw.

A replaceable tip for a demolition tool tip may include a first sidewall having a first contact side; a second sidewall having a second contact side; and a center wall connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The center wall may have a third contact side provided with a recess, the recess may have first and second abutment surfaces, and the third contact side may have a third abutment surface adjacent the recess. A channel may be defined by the first, second and third contact sides, and the channel may be configured to receive an adapter of the demolition tool.

An adjustable shimable indexable shear tip assembly for a distal end tang of a heavy duty demolition shear having a upper movable shear jaw with a tang that has side faces with apertures therethrough, a top seat, a rear seat and a bottom seat. The adjustable shimable shear tip assembly has a two-sided shear tip section with a sidewall and a bottom wall that is adapted to be seated on one of the side tang faces, the top seat, the rear seat and the bottom seat. The bottom wall is formed with the sidewall at a shear edge and is adapted to be seated on the tang bottom seat with a leading shear punching edge. A side plate is provided and adapted to be seated on the other tang side face, the top seat, the rear seat with another shear edge along the bottom wall. The side plate has apertures therethrough alignable with the sidewall apertures and the tang apertures to secure the sidewall, lower wall and access plate to the tang. An extending boss maybe on the lower inside face of the side plate as to index and interlock with a matching indexing slot on the distal face of the bottom wall. A shim may be used with the assembly.

An underwater tool (5; 205; 305) including a grabber arrangement (15; 215; 315) and a cutter arrangement (20; 220; 320) connected together. The grabber arrangement comprises a plurality of grabber elements (30; 230; 330) disposed on first and second sides (35a; 235a; 335a; 35b; 235b; 335b) of the tool. The cutter arrangement includes a cutter slot (75; 275; 375), an anvil (80; 280; 380) movable to close the slot comprises an anvil and a cutter blade (90; 290; 390). In use, a cable (10; 210; 310) is held by the grabber arrangement, and thereby moved into the slot which is then closed by the anvil so as to entrap the cable within the slot. The cutter blade is then driven against the anvil so as to cut the cable.

A pair of single-blade-double-edged steel wire rope shears, includes: a first cutting member and a second cutting member pivotally connected to each other. The first cutting member includes a first grip and a first blade, the first blade includes a first lateral cutting edge and a first bottom cutting edge; the second cutting member includes a second grip and a second blade, the second blade includes a second lateral cutting edge and a second bottom cutting edge; when the first and second grips pivot toward each other, the first and second lateral cutting edges cut a to-be-cut object inserted therebeween, meanwhile, the first and second bottom cutting edges also cut the to-be-cut object, so as to form at least three cutting points on the to-be-cut object, and as a result, the pair of single-blade-double-edged steel wire rope shears can improve cutting efficiency.