The HLK-33100 soft line cutter is a light duty guillotine type cutter designed to cut soft ropes of diameters up to 19mm (3/4”) and hard ropes of diameters up to 6mm (1/4”) with a maximum tensile strength of 1760N/mm2.
One side of the cutting head is open to allow the cutter body to be placed over a rope to be cut. When the cylinder is extended, the blade acts as a guillotine, severing the rope between the blades. The cylinder is then retracted to allow for the next cut.
This product is also available in a modified version of the HLK-43000 manipulator which is commonly found on underslung skids used on the Saab Seaeye observation class Falcon ROV.