MADI Introduces the BrushBlade, a Knife for Linemen

October 19, 2012 -- BrushBlade™ combines 2 tools into one and helps linemen decrease outages, minimize open neutrals and bad connections, and create significant savings by brushing conductors properly! The two tools are a knife and an integrated wire ...

Amy Fischbach

Oct. 20, 2012

a knife and an integrated wire brush. The wire brush helps clean conductors to make better connections and covers conductors up to 1000 MCM. This covers most conductors and the wire brush is easily replaceable. Other key features that make this product unique are the reversible thumb stud for quick one-handed opening from the left or the right and the built-in nonconductive snap ring for easy storage.

Not only is it more efficient but it is significantly safer than knives currently available. BrushBlade™ is safer because the blade can be closed when not in use, locks in the open position preventing accidental closing, has a blunt tip, and a blade back design which discourages scraping the aluminum conductors.

CONTACT:

Wayne Morris

MADI, LLC

2131 Woodruff Road, Suite 2100 #158

Greenville, SC 29607

Phone: 678-642-8637

[email protected]

About the Author

Amy Fischbach

Field Editor

Amy Fischbach is the field editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission & Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].