People use wire cutters in many different businesses and industries, such as construction, manufacturing, gardening, electrical and plumbing. There are many types of wire cutters, including specialized industrial wire cutters, such as pneumatic and laser wire cutters, and typical wire cutters, such as electric wire cutters, steel wire cutters, copper wire cutters and foam wire cutters. Each wire cutter has many uses for many different businesses.

For businesses and industries that do a lot of cutting everyday, such as plumbing, electrical work, construction, vehicle manufacturing and repair services, the best choice will be either an automatic wire cutter or a hydraulic wire cutter. These businesses also want to use a wire stripper cutter, for cutting and stripping wires in one easy step. Consider these options when shopping for wire cutters for your business:

1. Complete your wire-cutting needs with automatic wire cutters.

2. Use hydraulic wire cutters for hard wire applications.

3. Purchase the all-in-one wire stripper cutter.

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Find automatic wire cutters

You can complete many wire-cutting needs using automatic wire cutters. These programmable cutters can cut and strip wires for many types of applications. They make wire cutting and stripping fast, safe and complete.

I recommend: The PowerStrip 9500 from Schleuniger is fully programmable and it can cut a wide range of wires, from standard cable to multi-conductor and flat ribbon cable. The Automatic CUTTER II from CUTTER Industries is an all-in-one bench-top unit that cuts-to-length and processes many types of wires and tubing.

Find hydraulic wire cutters

Hard wire application, such as chains, piano wires and spring wire, need hydraulic wire cutters. These cutters will be able to easily cut through the harder materials without damaging them or the users' hands.

I recommend: Use Tensor hydraulic cutting tools, designed for all of your hard wire cutting needs. Holmatro offers cable cutters that are compact, lightweight, safe and reliable, usable in a wide range of positions, and they have a hardened blade that customers can re-sharpen.

Find a wire stripper cutter

Wire strippers/cutters are an all-in-one, easy-to-use tool that can cut and strip wires. They are convenient, cost-effective, easy on the hands and small enough to fit in any toolbox.

I recommend: Klein Tools' wire strippers/cutters can cut, strip, loop and gauge stranded and solid wires, plus cleanly shear screws. The Irwin wire stripper/cutter has an adjustable dial for stripping wires of various gauges and a textured grip to prevent slipping.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  A pneumatic wire cutter will be your best bet when you need to do repetitive work due to their interchangeable cutter heads. They are ergonomically designed, have built-in safety levers and can accommodate left-handed and right-handed users.