Mechtrix Blades
Mechtrix wire stripping and cutting blades are manufactured using specially alloyed tool steels and tungsten carbides to offer superior performance at lower costs than standard OEM blades. Mechtrix’s current blade selection includes 35,000+ different stripping and cutting blades for all the popular brands of automatic wire processing machines.
Custom Blades
Mechtrix also designs and manufactures custom blades for unique wire processing challenges. Utilizing our patented blade form geometries and years of industry expertise, our knowledgeable engineering support staff can provide you with an affordable custom solution to meet your wire processing needs.
If you have a custom or specialty application you would like our experts to evaluate or quote, Contact Mechtrix about your requirements for more information.
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If you are unable to find your exact model or brand of wire processing machine, Mechtrix can still provide you with tooling for your machine. Mechtrix specializes in custom stripping blades and can reverse-engineer a replacement or develop a custom application to suit your specific needs.
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Standard Blade Forms
Universal Stripping Form
Advantages
• Fastest set-up and changeover time
• Greatest range of adjustability
Typical Applications
• Easy to strip PVC and soft insulations
V-Style Stripping Form
Advantages
• Adjustability over a small range of wire
• Up to 60% circumferential cutting
Typical Applications
• PVC, Neoprene, & Silicon insulations
M-Series® Stripping Form
Advantages
• Patented design with limited adjustability for wire variation
• Up to 85% circumferential cutting
Typical Applications
• Thinwall PVC, X-Link, Hypalon, & Fiberglass insulations
Full Radius Stripping Form
Advantages
• By-passing cutting action
• 100% circumferential cutting
Typical Applications
• UltraThinwall, Teflon, Fiberglass, and Soft Jacketed Cables
Die-Type Stripping Form
Advantages
• Mechanical butting stripping action
• 100% circumferential cutting
Typical Applications
• UltraThinwall, Teflon, Crosslink, and Jacketed Cables
Cyclonic-V® Stripping Form
Advantages
• Patented wire specific design for the most difficult applications
• Blade form thickness is 50% of other blades
Typical Applications
• Very hard, very soft, and other difficult to process insulations
Special Blade Forms
Cut-Off Only Form
Advantages
• Form geometry design can strengthen or create sharper blades for more precise control of the cut-off action by adjusting the form incline and gather angles
Straight Cut-Off / Stripping From
Advantages
• These blades allow for a cleaner cut-off of flat material and/or stripping of PVC insulations of flat multi-conductor cables
Jacket Stripping Form
Advantages
• Specifically sized form geometry strips all four sides of flat multi-conductor jacketed cables, allowing for automatic processing
Slitting Blades
Advantages
• Mechtrix’s unique design geometry provides maximum blade life and precise slitting control for both round and flat multi-conductor cables
Steel-Cut Form
Advantages
• Special cut-off only shear blades with supports for stainless steel and other non-copper conductors or cable cores
Multi-Conductor Form
Advantages
• Multi-conductor stripping forms with specific center-to-center dimensions to exactly match the cable construction for superior insulation removal
Specialty Stripping Forms
Advantages
• Custom made to size and shape for specific wire configurations or unique stripping applications