Can laser welding save time and money?
Conventional welding can require costly reworking. Laser welding offers a faster, higher-quality, cost-effective alternative, writes David Sandner
Conventional welding can require costly reworking. Laser welding offers a faster, higher-quality, cost-effective alternative, writes David Sandner
SMITHSTOWN LIGHT Engineering, based in Shannon, Ireland, has invested in a TRUMPF TruPrint 2000 3D printing system to further enhance its support for the country’s burgeoning medical device industry.
TRUMPF UK has received its biggest ever order for CNC press brakes. A total of nine TruBend Series 5000 press brakes have been ordered by KMF, a sheet metal subcontractor based at Newcastle-under-Lyme.
In partnership with TRUMPF, Gestamp has developed a laser welding process that overcomes one of the key challenges in joining large coated structural components: the need to remove the AlSi coating before welding
Visitors to MENE will be introduced to the new TruMatic 1000 fiber following its official launch in the UK, at the TRUMPF Open House event.
In its short life, the new TruBend Series 5000 has become the most successful press brake for TRUMPF worldwide.
Ernest Gill Manufacturing has followed its recent acquisition of a TruBend 5130X CNC press brake with an automated TruPunch 3000 CNC punch from TRUMPF, a machine that has cut cycle times up to six-fold in some instances. Both the TruPunch and TruBend feature TRUMPF Tooling and TruTops Software.
The renowned manufacturer of lasers, will be introducing new machines for 3D printing of metal parts at the Formnext trade fair.
Coventry-based has invested more than £2m in automated TRUMPF laser profiling technology. The equipment comprises two 5kW TRUMPF TruLaser 5040 fibre laser cutting machines (4 x 2m format) featuring BrightLine fibre technology and SortMaster part sorting automation.
Accurate Laser recently
opened its second subcontract
laser cutting company in the
UK. The success of its quick
turnaround, small batch
manufacturing facility in the
West Midlands has led to the
replicating of this bus
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