Griggio Unica Slider

[Peter Kelly]

Interestingly, the blade isn't destroyed when the system is triggered. Saw is ready to be used again in 2 minutes.

[Larry Edgerton]

Two minute recharge? Large capacitor and a electromagnet?

Thanks, I'll have to look into that out of curiosity.

[Jim Becker]

Clearly, it would also be hard to "lose" this saw in your shop with that color! Nice to see even additional safety function on what is already a relatively "safe" saw format...which is one reason I have a slider.

[peter gagliardi]

Impressive for a large blade format saw!

[Peter Aeschliman]

finally a true slider with flesh sensing tech. Very cool!! Probably also way out of my price range!

[Phil Thien]

That is a pretty slick machine, thanks for posting.

[Rick Fisher]

Awesome technology .. Nice to see it on a slider.

[Erik Loza]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing, Peter. Wonder if that machine will be in Vegas?

Erik

[Mike Wilkins]

Nice concept, nice color, nice machine. The reason for my purchase of a sliding table saw is safety, ease of use, straight-line ripping on the slider. And I got mine long after the hot dog machine was on the market. Interesting if it will make it to the North American market.

[Peter Kelly]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing, Peter. Wonder if that machine will be in Vegas?


Erik

I don't see Griggio S.p.a on the AWFS exhibitor list so I'd imagine probably not. They probably just rolled the saw out at the Ligna show and that was it.

Other than the handful of machines machine carried by Laguna and Andreou, does Griggio have any US representation at all?

[Erik Loza]

I don't see Griggio S.p.a on the AWFS exhibitor list so I'd imagine probably not. They probably just rolled the saw out at the Ligna show and that was it.

Other than the handful of machines machine carried by Laguna and Andreou, does Griggio have any US representation at all?

From the Griggio machines I have seen at IWF in the past, it was always a dealer's booth rather than Griggio itself. Perhaps Andreou? I don't remember. I'll definitely look around when I am there. They generally group the various vendors by type of machine sold, so I assume whoever might be selling something like this would be in our same hall.

Erik

[Peter Kelly]

I see that J&G Machinery has a 20x30 at the back end of the show by Door 5. Maybe there?

It should also be noted that there's an excellent taco truck that usually parks across the boneyard past the freight doors during most show days. Certainly better than the food options inside LVCC.

[Peter Kelly]

*salsiccia

[Frank Martin]

In that second video, I can clearly hear the blade spinning down, albeit much shorter than normal, so I assume there is some type of magnetic or DC brake at work. Also, this is my question: Why is Griggio doing this? Not a knock against them (they make fine machinery) but they aren't a major player when it comes to slider mfg. Europe doesn't (to the best of my knowledge) have any safety requirements along these lines so this is an interesting play by Griggio to invest this much into such a platform. I'm definitely going to ask the Italians about this next week.

Erik

Erik, why not? I personally think it is great that a major slider manufacturer is investing in this technology. This is the type of machine I would be very interested in purchasing, although needs to come on a CU300 or CU410 type of combo. Accidents can and do happen, technology to save is always welcome.

[David Kumm]

It will be very interesting to see how the system works mechanically. To retract and stop a 14-16" blade is a whole different deal than the 10" max used until now. The stress on the arbor assembly and bearings must be much higher. Seeing how the build is beefed up to deal with that stress interests me more than the politics of the discussion. Dave