Genesis Rescue Systems Provides Many Boron Capable Cutters

In an effort to meet tougher safety standards, today's automobile manufacturers have started using stronger, exotic materials in vehicle construction. The auto industry's increased use of High Strength Low Alloy and Ultra High Strength Steel has presented serious obstacles to rescue personnel. Auto makers are continually changing designs and strength of different steels as well as where it is used on the vehicle.

Ultra High Strength Steel has the properties similar to glass. It is extremely hard but very brittle. The enormous amount of pressure it takes to sever this type of material is where many hydraulic cutters fail. Typically the compressive force of the cutter will cause the boron to fracture rather than being cut. If enough compression force cannot be achieved, the cutter will stall and no amount of re-positioning of the cutter will prove to be successful.

These exotic metals in new car construction present a serious problem for most hydraulic cutters. Genesis Rescues Systems has recognized the urgent need for more powerful cutters. They have responded by producing some of the strongest cutters on the market and testing them on the most exotic material used by the auto manufacturers.

Boron Capable is a designation Genesis Rescue Systems gives to a cutter that has successfully cut some of the toughest boron steel. At Genesis Rescue Systems, they are continually testing their cutters and their ability to cut these exotic materials consistently, reliably and in real life situations.

Examples:

In order to provide more rollover protection, in 2004 Subaru began using steel rods in the roof posts in some of their vehicles. Of these, the WRX STi has proven to be the most difficult to cut. The roof posts in the WRX are constructed with two solid steel bars running through the roof post. Check out our video below where the following Genesis Rescue Boron Capable cutters cut through the 2004 Subaru B post: C231 Cutter, C270 Cutter, C165 Cutter, and the 16C Brute Vario.

(Note: Although it has been suggested that a sawzall could be used as an optional way to cut this post it will take about three to four minutes and some blade changes to get through one of these posts. Compare that to 4 to 5 seconds with a Genesis Boron Capable cutter.)

Volvo has been a leader in vehicle safety as well. Their vehicle construction utilizes more of these exotic metals than any other automobile manufacturer. Check out our video below where the following Genesisu Rescue Boron Capable cutters cut through the Volvo S60 steel side impact beam: C165 cutter, C270 cutter, C130 cutter, and C90 cutter.

The truth is there are cutters that can cut the toughest boron steels and Genesis Rescue Systems has plenty of them to choose from. Want more information these cutters? Check out our Genesis Rescue section on our website here, fill out our contact form for rescue tools here, or give us a call at 877-538-8220!