The locking pliers or becro pliers are a hand tool designed for gripping, tightening, loosening, or forcefully holding objects of different sizes, much like a clamp. Indeed, it easily fulfills these functions thanks to an adjustable joint that enlarges the gap between the jaws to the desired size, preventing the user from having to change tools each time.
Also called "grasshoppers" in Brittany, locking pliers are generally made of aluminum alloy and especially steel to ensure the tool's robustness for its users. Some locking pliers are equipped with a push button to stay in a given position. The great advantage of a becro plier is that it makes no distinction between the shapes of objects to be held, tightened, or loosened, whether round, square, or otherwise. Major manufacturers like Knipex offer easy-to-use and adjustable locking pliers. For example, they offer becro pliers with 5 different adjustment positions. You can also find automatic locking pliers on the market. As the name suggests, this type of plier automatically adapts to the piece you are working on with a simple squeeze of the handles, as many times as you want.
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