EC3 Continuous Cutting Conveyor System (ETS-EC3)

Eastman's EC3 conveyor cutting system combines the speed and accuracy of computerized cutting with continuous material feed.

The EC3 offers several important benefits including:

• Spreading time is completely eliminated.
• Markers can be infinitely long, improving fabric utilization due to more efficient piece nesting.
• The fabric normally lost at each end of traditional multi-ply spreads is no longer wasted.
• Plaids, stripes and other relational fabrics can be matched and continuously cut in real time.

The system offers cutting speeds of up to 50 inches per second and linear throughput of up to 20-inches per second, depending on the pattern's shape and material being cut.

The unique microporous table surface ensures maximum vacuum hold-down across the entire cutting area.

To feed the material onto the conveyor belt, Eastman offers a wide variety of material handling options.

The EC3 features three tangentially controlled tool holders, which may be fitted with any combination of different sized rotary blades, different angles of straight knife blades, variously shaped notch punches and a wide range of drill diameters. There is also a pen for marking and piece identification and an optional non-contact ink jet printer for faster marking capability.

Eastman, 779 Washington Street, Buffalo, NY 14203-2396. Tel: 716-856-2200; Fax: 716-856-1140.