Trumpf to showcase upgraded TruPrint 3000 at Formnext 2024
November 13, 2024
Trumpf, based in Ditzingen, Germany, will showcase its updated TruPrint 3000 at this year’s Formnext 2024. The company has equipped the TruPrint 3000 with an integrated cooling system for the build platform and increased the power of the two fibre lasers to 700 watts.
“The TruPrint 3000 is designed for volume production of high-quality parts. Users from all industries, such as the automotive and aerospace industries, will benefit from it,” said Roland Spiegelhalder, Product Manager for Additive Manufacturing at Trumpf.
The TruPrint 3000 has a new system to monitor the process area and maintain a constant temperature. This allows the Additive Manufacturing machine to use the full 700 watts of laser power without overheating the material during the build process. This is especially important for aluminium alloys, for example.
The integrated cooling also allows the material to cool more quickly. As a result, components are more durable and there is a high level of reproducibility, meaning that the machine can build the same part repeatedly with the same quality standard. This benefits industries such as automotive, where the TruPrint 3000 can be used to mass-produce crash-resistant parts.
Due to the increased laser power of 700 watts, Trumpf was able to increase the size of the machine’s two laser spots from 80 to 200 µm using special optics. This allows the lasers to process a larger area on the build plate. “This increases the productivity of the system while maintaining the same high part quality,” Spiegelhalder stated.
Trumpf can be found in Hall 12, D99 at Formnext.
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