RALEIGH, NC – JUNE 2003 -- Xcelite®, a Cooper Hand Tools brand, has introduced the CJS100 Cable Jacket Stripper and replacement blade.

Product Line – CJS100 Cable Jacket Stripper (0.43” maximum diameter) and CJS100B replacement stripping blade encased in a plastic cassette.

Applications – A precision stripping tool for removing the jacket from signal, telephone, audiovisual, instrumentation and data transmission copper and fiber optic cables.

Features and benefits – The tool features a nine-position indexed blade height adjustment wheel ensuring accurate and repeatable stripping results. A further “X” position on the wheel allows the tool to be closed together to eject a worn blade cassette for quick and safe replacement. Simply squeezing the CJS100 together opens the stripping cavity; insert the cable, rotate once, remove from the cable and pull off the scrap insulation jacket. Smooth, rounded, pocketable lightweight design. Strips the jacket from most multiconductor and fiber optic cables up to 0.43” (11mm) in diameter. Manufactured from a new impact-resistant nylon and tested to over 50,000 cycles. Replacement blade cassettes available. Length 3.6” (90.5 mm) – Height 1.6” (39.5 mm) – Weight 0.9 oz. (28 g) – Stripping dimensions up to 1.0 mm thick insulation. Strip range 2.5 mm – 11 mm diameter.

Available through – Electrical and industrial distributors and catalog houses.
Pricing – Suggested user price is $21.80.

Contacts – Consumers may call Cooper Hand Tools Customer Service at 919/362-1670. Distributor or retailer inquiries should be directed to Customer Service at 919 781-7200.

For more information on company products visit www.cooperhandtools.com.

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Media Contact: Doug Colafella – Burson-Marsteller
One Gateway Center, Twentieth Floor – Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1433
Phone – 412.394.6618
Fax – 412.394.6610
Email – doug_colafella@marsteller.com

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