Table saw with contact-detection braking (SawStop)
Sierra de mesa con frenado por contacto (SawStop)
- Date
- 1999-2004 · confidence high
- Place
- Wilsonville, Oregon, United States
- Credited to
- Stephen Gass (SawStop)
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A table saw that detects the electrical conductivity of skin and stops the blade within milliseconds on contact with the hand, with an aluminium brake that blocks it. Stephen Gass patented it in 1999 and marketed it in 2004.
What it led to
- fewer finger amputations in workshops and joineries
- safety regulation of table saws
- rapid braking systems in cutting tools
Built on
- Circular saw