BUFFALO, New York – August 13, 2009 - Eastman Machine Company, a U.S. manufacturing company with over 120 years of experience in the cutting room, has released a new Heavy-Duty Roll Stand system with edge control for handling rolled material goods.

The Heavy Duty Roll Stand is engineered to introduce rolled material goods for spreading onto a fully automated, conveyor cutting system. The system can be used as a single unit or as part of a multiple unit configuration for several layers of material. The roll stand ensures precise alignment of each material ply, maintained by a Photo-Electric Edge control feature.

The system is capable of handling rolls up to 1000 pounds (450 kg) and roll widths up to 126” (320cm). The Heavy Duty Roll Stand is the latest addition to a full line of standard capacity models (300 lbs., and 500 lbs.); as well as a flat fold version. It is especially suited for high weight rolled material goods like fiberglass and other composites; material commonly associated with the wind, marine and aerospace industries.

The heavy duty roll stand complements Eastman’s line of automated technologies, including single- and-multi-ply cutting systems and spreading equipment.

Eastman has been manufacturing manually-operated cutting machines, automated CNC cutting systems, CAD/CAM software programs and material handling equipment in Buffalo, New York since 1888. For more information, visit www.eastmancuts.com.