These cutters are becoming more and more popular, especially with engineers who appreciate the ability to trim off wire ropes in hard to access places.

For instance, it is easy to cut through the excess of a large diameter wire rope from a counterweight cradle by squeezing just one hand between obstructing beams.It would be impossible to achieve this with large traditional wire-rope cutters.

Using the ratchet principle these cutters can cut through fine stranded flexible wire ropes up to 13 mm diameter.

Very little effort is required and as the tool is operated single-handed it is a great safety feature when working at height.

• One-handed operation
• Will cut wires where other cutters cannot reach