alligator shears

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alligator shears [′al·ə‚gād·ər ‚shirz]

(engineering)

A cutting tool with a fixed lower blade and a movable upper blade (shearing arm) that moves in an arc around a fulcrum pin; used mainly for shearing applications that do not require great accuracy.

alligator shears, lever shears

Wide-jawed shears, resembling the jaws of an alligator, used to cut sheets of metal; operated by a foot lever.

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No references found			31) Even in 1974, prices of scrap processing machinery were relatively high, with alligator shears costing between $8,000 to $35,000; guillotine shears between $60,000 and $1,600,000; and shredders, $400,000 to $4,000,000. Productivity in scrap and waste materials processing by Sieling, Mark Scott / Monthly Labor Review For example, Russia does not manufacture alligator shears and scrap shearing machines. Review of the Russian Scrap Metal Recycling Equipment Market - ... by Business Wire Torch-cutters and smaller alligator shears were commonly deployed at that time. Man of action: Sam Proler, now 90, was instrumental in experimenting ... by Taylor, Brian / Recycling Today			Allgäu Cattle Allia Anarov alliaceous alliance Alliance for Progress Alliance Israélite Universelle Alliance of the Working Class and Peasantry Alliance, Treaty of alliances Alliaria Allibone, Samuel Austin allicin allidochlor Allied Control Council Allied Council for Japan Allied Powers Allier Allies, the 1. alligator alligator clip alligator effect alligator hide alligator pear alligator pear oil Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge alligator shears alligator squeezer alligator wrench Alligatorinae alligatoring Alliluev, Sergei Alliluev, Sergei Iakovlevich Alliluyeva, Svetlana Allingham Allingham, Margery Allingham, William Allis State Park Allison, William B. Allison, William Boyd alliteration Alliterative Revival Allium allivalite Allmende Allmers, Mrs. allo- Alloa alloantibody alloantigen allobar Allobroges			Alligator clips Alligator clips Alligator clips Alligator clips alligator effect Alligator fish alligator forceps alligator forceps alligator forceps Alligator gar alligator grass alligator hide alligator lizard Alligator lizards Alligator Management Unit Alligator mississipiensis Alligator mississippiensis alligator pear alligator pear alligator pear alligator pear oil alligator pears alligator pears Alligator pepper alligator property Alligator Ridge-Bald Mountain Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Alligator Rivers Region Advisory Committee Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee alligator shears Alligator sinensis alligator skin alligator snapper alligator snappers alligator snapping turtle alligator snapping turtles Alligator spread Alligator Spreads alligator squeezer Alligator terrapin Alligator Turtle alligator weed Alligator wood alligator wrench alligator wrench alligatored alligatored alligatored alligatored alligatorfish Alligatorid Alligatoridae Alligatoridae Alligatoridae Alligatorinae Alligatorinae alligatoring alligatoring alligatoring Alligators

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