Clamp definition

Clamp  is a term that comes from the French language ( pince ) and is used to name the tool that, thanks to its design, allows to grab or hold a thing between its ends .

The operation of the clamp obeys the logic of the simple levers : when doing force on the handles of the tool, its tips are closed, being able to catch something and, in this way, move it, turn it, etc.The tweezers are usually hand tools, although there are also machines in which the pressure is exerted through electric energy or hydraulic energy .

For example: “Can I borrow a clamp? I need to remove a nail from the wall ”, “ To adjust the pieces, you will need a clamp ”, “ The installer cuts the wires with a clamp ”.

According to the characteristics of their tips, the clamps have different functionalities.The pressure clamps are those with somewhat flattened ends, which also have a bolt to establish different levels of separation according to what you want to adjust.The cutting tongs , meanwhile, have sharp points for cutting things.

The hair removal tweezers , as the name implies, have been designed to take a hair between their tips and thus be able to extract it.In this way, it is possible to depilate various body regions.

Swimmers often use tweezers to keep their noses closed and prevent the water from getting into the body through the nostrils.They are simply called nasal tweezers and They are also used for boating.Since the pool water contains certain chemicals such as chlorine, if it enters the body it can cause irritation.On the other hand, this practical accessory is very useful in the first swimming classes, so that students can focus on the technique.

In the kitchen there is more than one type of clamp, such as the salad clamp (which allows serving the salad easily and in generous portions, preventing chunks of vegetables come off the road) and the pincer breaker (known simply as breakers , ideal for breaking the nutshell, among which are nuts, hazelnuts and chestnuts).

Ammeters are instruments used to measure the current intensity that circulates at a given time by a electric circuit .The ammeter clamp is a kind of ammeter that serves to prevent opening of the circuit in which it is desired to perform said measurement, something otherwise necessary.

This clamp works based on the indirect measurement of the current flowing through a conductor starting from the field or the magnetic fields generated by it.The name of this tool is due to the fact that it has a clamp (in which the sensor is located) that opens and grabs the cable on which the measurement is to be made.p>

In addition to the convenience of not needing to open the circuit, another advantage of the clamp meter is that it avoids voltage drops that can occur with a traditional ammeter.In addition, it offers greater safety to who operates it since it must not make an electrical contact with the low circuit (even when working with insulated wires, it does not require the opening of the insulator).

In another sense, the leg terminations of some arthropod animals are known as tweezers. lobsters are an example of animal which has tweezers.

A clamp, finally, can be a seam that is made on a fabric to fold it in a specific way: “The dressmaker told me that, with a clamp on the bottom end, the dress will fit me perfectly ”.