Thermal wire stripping is an age-old method of stripping the insulative jacket from your wire with 100% assurance that you are not nicking the conductor. American Beauty offers a complete array of thermal wire stripping systems, hand pieces and elements, sure to meet your specific need. - Lightweight, palm-sized wire stripping hand piece with comfort grip padding minimizes operator fatigue. Some elements mount at 90 °For efficient stripping of tough insulations such as teflon and other PTFE-based materials.