Italian engineering since 1947 · Built for North America

Cut it once.Cut it right.

Automatic, high-speed industrial bandsaws for bar, plate, slab, block, coil and ring — manufactured start to finish in our plant in Italy. Engineered for customers that need production and durability.

1947founded in Italy
10"–138"capacity range  ·  250–3500 mm
Friggi GANTRY band saw

Machines

The Cutting Portfolio

Filter by what you cut, how you cut it, and how big it is. Every machine has its own page with full capacity tables and a downloadable spec sheet.

Why Friggi

Four Things Worth Checking

Four claims you can check yourself.

01

Heavier by design

Vibration costs accuracy, speed and blade life. Our machines are engineered to eliminate cutting vibration, which optimizes blade life against speed and accuracy.

GANTRY 3500: 61,000 kg / 134,482 lb. Compare the weight column against your other quote.

02

Made in Italy, including the machining

Designed, machined, assembled and tested in one plant. Nothing subcontracted.

It is why tolerance holds in year three, not just at commissioning.

03

Built to your material

When the job falls outside the standard sizes, we build the machine around it.

5100 mm / 201 in for nuclear. 14,000 mm / 551 in for plate. Both documented.

04

Cut without repositioning

Rotating blade guides take vertical, horizontal, angle and radius cuts in one setup.

Took 60% out of one aerospace customer's milling time.

Cold Cutting

Why Cold Cut?

Need to cut cold due to energy restrictions or avoid heat affected zones? A bandsaw removes material without adding heat. This could be a customer requirement, a decision based on energy consumption, or simply a preference when cutting high-value materials.

  • Material properties preserved. No heat-affected zone and no change to the crystalline structure — the mechanical performance you specified is the mechanical performance you get.
  • Lower energy per cut than the thermal process when you need it.
  • Better edge finish is very typical and can help reduce downstream machining, or remove it altogether.
  • Safe in sensitive environments. No heat generation, when cold cutting is the only acceptable method — in nuclear work, for example.
  • Dry cutting available, leaving no oil residue on the cut face to carry into the next operation.

See it in production

A steel producer replaced thermal cutting on 14,000 mm / 551 in special steel plate. No thermal alteration, lower energy cost, better edge finish and less post-processing.

Read the case study →

Customers

What Our Customers Are Saying

Friggi sales and support have been great to work with. Understanding of the machine and what we do makes getting answers very simple. They work with us on every issue we have ever had regardless of the reason why it happened. We are very happy with the support we receive and thus is the reason why we currently have another Friggi machine on order.

Kapital Steel · IndianaJerome Kusbel, President
Steel service

Between pricing, lead time and general communication, Vista Metals was satisfied with the whole package — they really back their product.

Vista Metals Corp. · CaliforniaCharles Shepherd, Plant Manager
Aluminum billets to 42 in / 1067 mm diameter and rectangular slabs to 42 in / 1067 mm thick

We needed a saw in a short amount of time. We were faced with 6–9 month delivery with another saw manufacturer but Friggi had the piece of equipment we wanted ready to go.

Progressive Alloy SteelsBruce Olson, President
Hardening grades 15-5, 13-8 and 17-4, from 48 in to 24 ft length and up to 18 in / 457 mm thick

Our Friggi saw is probably the most profitable machine tool in our company. The Friggi has helped us gain competitive edge but the key thing the machine does is significantly reduce our roughing hours.

Active Industrial SolutionsGary Hottot, VP Sales & Marketing
Molds, dies and components for automotive, consumer products, oil and gas, and aerospace

Pre-manufacturing questions answered fast and customizations were easy, tailored to our exact needs. The service technician is the best field service tech we have ever dealt with across all our machines. Set up and modifications have been flawless. Responsiveness from your whole team is unmatched.

Niagara Specialty Metals · New YorkAndy Sharp
Specialty steel — stainless, titanium and tool steel
Why they chose Friggi: faster cutting, better blade life, easier control, better tolerance and cut quality
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