CTE booth visits captured on video during SME's Eastec 2023 event in Springfield, Massachussetts.

Allied Machine & Engineering

Allied Machine & Engineering's Kevin Vanderbeck, field sales engineer for the New England territory, discussed the company's T-A Pro drilling line for stainless steel geometries along with a variety of other products on display during Eastec 2023.

ANCA CNC Machines

ANCA CNC Machines displayed its MX7 Ultra tool and cutter grinder as well as the AutoMarkX automatic laser marking station at its booth during Eastec 2023.

BIG DAISHOWA

Jack Burley, president and COO of BIG DAISHOWA Inc., took time during Eastec 2023 to highlight a number of the company's products, including tooling technology focused on trochoidal milling, high-precision fine boring heads with digital readouts, and the BIG-PLUS spindle system that is designed so the shank contacts the spindle taper and the spindle face at the same time.

CERATIZIT USA

CERATIZIT USA's Chuck Somerville, sales engineer for cutting tools, provides a table by table overview of the company's cutting tools displayed at its booth during Eastec 2023.

GF Machining Solutions

In addition to featuring its Cut F 600 wire EDMing machine and Mill S 200 U five-axis linear drive machine, GF Machining Solutions highlighted the micromachining capabilities of its Microlution product line.

Greenleaf Corp.

The Greenleaf Corp. ran a demonstration at its booth during Eastec 2023 showcasing the capabilities of a range of tool, including indexable and solid options. Included in the demo were Greenleaf's Ring Max tool and its XSYTIN-1 phase-toughened ceramic insert grade.

GROB Systems

Dante Payva, regional sales manager for universal machines for GROB Systems Inc., detailed the features and benefits of the company's G550 horizontal, five-axis milling center along with a 10-position pallet changer that were on display during Eastec 2023.

Guhring Inc.

Guhring Inc., which featured several product lines at its booth during Eastec 2023, reviewed the company's newest offerings for drills, endmills, thread mills, taps, grooving tools, and a tool management vending solution.

GWS Tool Group

From the GWS Tool Group booth at Eastec 2023, Product Support Specialist Johnny Freeze highlights a variety of the company's cutting tools, including endmills, micro drills, micro reamers, and custom turning solutions.

Horn USA

Horn USA's Adrian Noonan, technical specialist, tours kiosk after kiosk at the Horn booth during Eastec 2023, highlighting the newest innovations for broaching, narrow width slot milling cutters, form boring and internal grooving.

JM Performance Products

Craig Fischer, plant manager for JM Performance Products Inc., highlighted some of the company's newer products, including BT30 retention knobs, that were on display at the company's booth during Eastec 2023.

KOMA Precision

KOMA Precision Inc. Vice President of Sales Andrew Esposito graciously took a few minutes during Eastec 2023 to provide an overview of the products available through KOMA, including Tsudakoma rotary tables, Alberti angle heads and live tools, as well as KOMAls own line of presetters.

LANG Technovation

LANG Technovation General Manager Jon Dobosenski highlighted the HAUBEX automation solution for small batches along with a number of other products on display at the company's booth during Eastec 2023.

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Sales Engineer James Sabatino took a few minutes at Eastec 2023 to showcase the Cincom L32 XII Swiss-type CNC automatic lathe that features nine cutting axes and an toolchanger/" data-glossary-id="142091" data-glossary-teaser="Mechanism typically included in a machining center that, on the appropriate command, removes one cutting tool from the spindle nose and replaces it with another. The changer restor…" title="Mechanism typically included in a machining center that, on the appropriate command, removes one cutting tool from the spindle nose and replaces it with another. The changer restor…" aria-label="Glossary: automatic toolchanger">automatic toolchanger.

Mate Precision Technologies

Workholding Global Product Manager Austin Heisick introduced Mate Precision Technologies' 52/96 zero-point workholding system at the company's booth during Eastec 2023. On display were Mate's DynoGrip Vises, DnyoLock Bases and DynoMount mounting accessories.

MIKRON Tool

CTE Publisher Dennis Spaeth asks MIKRON Tool's Clive Komlenic, sales director, East, about the company's new micro milling tool, the CrazyMill Cool Micro. The new cutter is said to answer their customer's desire for a micro tool that displayed a lot of the same characteristics as MIKRON's larger mills that start at 1 mm.

Platinum Tooling Technologies

Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. President Preben Hansen introduced the company's new line of Rineck Shrink-Fit toolholders on display at its booth during Eastec 2023. Hansen said the line includes a broad range of tools capable of high-precision quality at "an excellent price level."

REGO-FIX USA

REGO-FIX USA Engineering & Technical Manager David McHenry demonstrated the company's powRgrip toolholding system during Eastec 2023. Said to be capable of tool changeouts in less than 10 seconds and less than 3 µm TIR, the powRgrip is suitable for high-speed milling and drilling.

Rollomatic Inc.

Rollomatic Inc.'s Brian Twohey, national sales manager, highlighted a couple of machines while at Eastec: the GrindSmart 660XW, a six-axis tool and cutter grinder, and the Strausak ONE linear CNC tool grinder.

Rush Machinery

Rush Machinery Sales Manager Doug Lewis highlighted the features of the CH-CM0206 Auto-Cut machine at the Rush booth during Eastec 2023, and noted that the machine is ideal for tool manufacturers and carbide rod processors.

SMW-Autoblok

SMW-Autoblok Corp. President Larry Robbins provided a tour of the company's booth at Eastec 2023, highlighting an array of its products for stationary workholding as well as measuring the grip force of a part.

Starrett Metrology Solutions

Starrett Metrology Solutions, a division of The L.S. Starrett Co., demonstrated its HDV 300 Horizontal Benchtop Digital Comparator at its booth during Eastec 2023. The system was designed to eliminate operator-to-operator variability in the utilization of an optical comparator.

SW North America

SW North America Inc. showcased its BA 322i that features 300 mm between two spindles as well as two worktables, with one being loaded and unloaded while the other resides in the work envelope.

UNISIG

Tom Bruders, regional sales manager for UNISIG deep hole drilling systems, discussed the company's UNE6 2i gundrilling machines that feature automation options and two independent spindles, and are aimed at the medical manufacturing market.

VEKTEK

During Eastec 2023, Kevin Swint, territory sales representative for VEKTEK, highlighted the company's new Auto-Coupler device for automating the hydraulic connection from the power supply to a workholding fixture, as well as VEKTEK's Advanced Automation Workholding Pump.

Vollmer of America

George Brown, Northeast and Southeast regional manager for Vollmer of America Corp., took a few minutes during Eastec 2023 to discuss some of the features of the company's new VGrind argon machine.

Walter USA

Walter USA's Bryan Curley, district sales manager of the East North Atlantic, and Timothy Lacey, field service engineer, discuss some of the cutting tool maker's new endmills and other products on display at the company's booth during Eastec 2023.

ZOLLER Inc.

Sales Engineer Emily Brunnschweiler provides an overview of the products featured at the ZOLLER Inc. booth during Eastec 2023. On display were the »pomBasic« inspection solution, the »genius« universal measuring system, the »smile 420« tool presetter, the »toolBalancer 550«, the »powerShrink 600«, the »redomatic 400« heat-shrink presetter, as well as a variety of toolholders and tool management solutions.