BACKGROUND ON SABER SPREADING SYSTEMS
  • Eastman Machine Company acquired Saber Industries in March 2008
  • 120-year old manufacturer of cutting machines, material handling equipment and software solutions located in Buffalo, New York, USA
  • For more information visit www.eastmancuts.com
Saber Industries, LLC
  • Acquired by Eastman Machine Company in March 2008
  • Assembly, engineering and support staff dedicated to cloth spreading machines.
  • History of over 75 years manufacturing fabric spreading machines and other cutting room equipment.
  • Formerly located in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Over 1000 machines in operation.
Made In USA
Engineering
  • Serviceable spreading machines designed with "off-the-shelf" parts available from Eastman.
  • Rugged mechanical design for tough industrial applications
  • Dedicated single-board digital control system designed, assembled, and maintained in house. Patented.
  • In-house programming of all control software.
  • Custom mechanical and control modifications.
  • Full documentation with parts books and service manuals.
Service
  • Qualified technicians, engineers and installers available to keep you up and running.
  • Operator training, all shifts
  • References from an overwhelming number of customers. Ask for the list.
  • No charge tech line.
  • Maintenance training classes in-plant or at the Buffalo factory.
Digital Control
  • Operation of each element of the spreading machine (motors, sensors, knives, etc.) through a single chip running under a control program with inputs entered through a keypad or automated through a PC.
Touch Screen Control
  • Real time control of all spreading machine elements through an industrial PC with touch-screen running under Windows® 95/98/98se/NT/2000/XPpro .
  • Manual inputs of settings and actions through the touch-screen or,Automatic inputs of setting and actions through files.
  • Marker files and management reports.
  • Automated routines to assist with flaw removal.
  • Save and load functions
  • The communication powers of Windows®.
Plug and Play
  • Upgrade from keypad to PC involves no wiring changes. Simply unplug the keypad and plug in the PC.
  • Conversion back to keypad is just as simple.