What these machines are for
An alligator shear cuts with a pivoting arm rather than a straight guillotine blade. It costs less and takes less floor space than a guillotine, and for light to medium scrap in a smaller yard it often does everything you need.
What to weigh up when choosing
- Pivoting-arm machines lose force toward the end of the stroke; check the capacity at the tip, not at the hinge.
- If you will regularly cut heavy structural steel, this is the wrong machine — go to a guillotine.
- Blade configuration (straight or profiling) should match what you cut most often.
- Guarding and hold-down matter more on this machine than on a guillotine because of the open cutting action.
Detailed specifications are available on request. Tell us your material and expected throughput, and we will send the model data that fits.
What we need from you to quote
- What you cut and the thickest piece
- How often you need the full capacity versus light work
- Floor space available
- Power supply