Oerlikon expands Trumpf Additive Manufacturing partnership
Oerlikon, headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, has strengthened its collaboration with the newly carved-out Trumpf Additive Manufacturing by establishing a strategic partnership and expanding its Additive Manufacturing capabilities with the installation of three TruPrint 5000 Laser Beam Power Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) machines at its Huntersville, North Carolina, USA, location.
“Our goal is to advance AM capabilities toward the reliability and production readiness of traditional manufacturing technologies, while fully leveraging the advantages that metal 3D printing offers,” stated Mike Tobin, Oerlikon’s General Manager.
With the addition of the new TruPrint 5000 Additive Manufacturing machines, Oerlikon now operates six TruPrint 5000 machines and twenty-six metal Additive Manufacturing machines in total. According to the company, its Trumpf machines are well-suited to demanding applications in the defence, aerospace, and semiconductor industries, including suppressors, heat exchangers, and cold plates.
