Electric motor saw blade emergency braking device (10) for stopping the running of the saw blade (50) of an
electric motor saw (1) incorporating a
cutting table (2) through which the saw blade (50) of the saw (1) runs during a
cutting operation, the device (10) comprising: - a first rotatably mounted saw blade
brake shoe (11), - a second rotatably mounted saw blade
brake shoe (12) spaced from the first saw blade
brake shoe (11) for receiving the saw blade (50) in a gap (13) formed therebetween, - a drive (20) having a
piston (21) arranged in a
piston cylinder (22) for driving the first and second saw blade brake shoes (11, 12) from a
rest position until contact with the side surfaces (51) of the saw blade (50) between the saw blade brake shoes (11, 12), - a pressure chamber (30) for maintaining a fluid (31) at a predetermined pressure, the pressure chamber (30) being arranged on the
piston cylinder (22), and - a valve member (40) arranged to regulate a flow of the pressurized fluid (31) along a flow path between the valve member (40) and the piston (21) from the pressure chamber (30), with a
discharge opening (41) for conducting pressurized fluid (31) from the pressure chamber (30) into the drive (20), characterized in that an
actuator (14) is arranged to jointly drive the first saw blade
brake shoe (11) and the second saw blade
brake shoe (12) from the
rest position until contact with the side surfaces (51) of the saw blade (50).