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Team on 02 October 2001
7000 CO2 lasers installed world wide
With about 7,000 TLF CO2 lasers in the field and around 1200 delivered during the current fiscal year alone Trumpf is the world market leader for high-performance CO2 lasers by a wide margin.
With about 7,000 TLF CO2 lasers in the field and around 1200 delivered during the current fiscal year (ending 30th June) alone Trumpf is the world market leader for high-performance CO2 lasers by a wide margin At the recent LASER trade fair, Trumpf presented path-breaking new developments providing users with more flexibility potential, even greater reliability and operating comfort
TRUMPF is thereby proving its technological supremacy yet again in the high-performance CO2 laser sector.
Trumpf TLF lasers are now equipped with maintenance-free turboblowers.
Unlike the usual high-speed bearings, these have no wearing parts at all.
Together with RF excitation technology, which Trumpf TLF lasers have featured from the very start, the units are now completely free of any potential internal pollution sources.
Reliability has therefore been improved even further, and the laser device can now be operated in any position.
This year Trumpf gave another impressive demonstration on its EMO stand of the 'head-over go-ahead' of TLF lasers.
Another highlight was the new TLF 4000 turbo Adaptive Mode, with the capability to switch between different power distributions.
The variable change from Gauss mode to Doughnut mode - within a matter of seconds - gives users even more flexibility and room for process optimization.
For some time now, Trumpf has been offering HQ version lasers with especially high beam quality.
The new TLF 3000 turbo HQ, with a guaranteed beam quality of k = 0.9, also featured at LASER 2001.
In this performance range, Trumpf has now reached the limits of technical feasibility.
The TLF 4000 turbo Adaptive Mode, in contrast, is a variant that enables the user to switch between different power distributions within seconds.
With 4kW each time, users can change from Gauss to doughnut mode as often as they like.
This provides them with more flexibility, as well as more room for process optimisation.
For instance, using beam management, a laser unit can be switched between two different stations, and have the beam characteristics optimised for each different task.
Another breakthrough has been in the nonmetal fabrication sector.
The absorption of some important plastics and nonmetals is considerably better for laser light with a slightly smaller wavelength than the 10.6m usual with CO2 lasers.
For the machining of these materials - many of which plan an important role in electronics - new TLF lasers up to 3kW with a reduced wavelength of 9.3microns offer considerable advantages.
In addition to introducing new laser technologies, Trumpf Lasertechnik is also offering new process technologies.
These include the welding of pipes with very thin wall thickness using SpeedLas, the welding of aluminium up to 8 mm thick, and also the Trumpf concept of Tailored Profiles.
Typical Characteristics of Trumpf TLF Lasers: * Maximum laser light output power from 700 Watt to 20 Kilowatt.
* Radio-frequency excitation technology without wear and tear on electrodes or soiling of resonator.
* High efficiency, stability and reliability plus precise adjustment of laser output that can be controlled in microseconds.
* State-of-the-art, maintenance free turboblower technology with oil- and grease free magnetic bearing for quiet, vibration-free and reliable operation.
* Highest compactness and sturdiness for simple integration into production installations.
Run in any position possible.
* Progressive and standardized control technology with automated operating sequences and graphic user interface, simplifying operation and handling.
* Connection to an external machine control takes place via a standardized laser interface.
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