Dismantling forceps
The stripping pliers are a tool used in sheet metal processing that is used to shape pieces of sheet metal at a connection point.
When gluing , soldering or welding two pieces of sheet metal, in order to increase the strength, it is often desirable to place one piece on top of the other without creating a shoulder. By the crimping of the sheet edge, the sheets can height flush against one another, so that after filling, grinding and coating (painting) of the butt weld ultimately the attachment site is no longer perceptible.
To do this, the edge of one sheet is set back in the overlap area by approximately the thickness of the other sheet metal piece. Then the second piece of sheet metal can be placed flat on the first without it protruding to the front.
A dismantling tong has the appropriate shoulder in the active surfaces, i. H. one half of the active surfaces is designed to be offset parallel to the other half. When the pliers are placed on the edge of the sheet and operated, a piece of the edge is pushed backwards through the shoulder in the active surfaces.
A typical application is, for example, the repair of a car body when a defective area is to be separated out and replaced with a repair sheet.
Dismantling forceps
Characteristic shape of the active surfaces
Placing a sheet edge
