Tweezers

Tweezers are used to grip small objects. You only need tweezers to carry out delicate work with millimetre precision. Tweezers are a kind of extension of the fingertips and therefore enable precise work.

Tweezers usually consist of two pieces of metal joined together. However, tweezers can also be made of other materials such as plastic or ceramic. If you apply pressure to these two parts with two fingers, it is possible to hold small particles and place them much more accurately and precisely than with bare fingers.

Tweezers are used in many applications and in a wide variety of industries, which is why there are many types of tweezers.

What types of tweezers are there?

There are different types of tweezers, each of which is suitable for different tasks. There are tweezers with pointed, round or square ends. A distinction is also made between straight, curved and angled tweezers. There are also cutting tweezers and cross tweezers (also known as holding tweezers).

Pointed tweezers
If there is a spike in the finger, the foreign body can be removed very easily with pointed tweezers. The foreign body is gripped precisely by the tips and is then simply pulled out. To be able to work accurately with pointed tweezers, you must ensure that the tips are not damaged.

Pick and place tweezers
You can carry out various precision tasks with assembly tweezers. The ends of these tweezers are slightly wider at the front so that the particles can be gripped better. Assembly tweezers are mainly used in jewellery production, microelectronics and watchmaking.

Cross tweezers
Unlike all other tweezers, cross tweezers are always closed. The user does not have to exert any pressure on the tweezers to hold a component. To release the component again, the cross tweezers must be squeezed together.

Cutting tweezers
Cutting tweezers are used to pinch off the finest copper wires. The cross tweezers consist of two solid, knife-like ends that are curved inwards. You can pinch off fine copper wires with light pressure and a small amount of force.

Angled tweezers
Angled tweezers allow precise work in laboratories and in the medical field. The special shape of the legs generates a particularly strong pressure that is up to three times stronger than with conventional tweezers.

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