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News Release from: Tru Corporation | Subject: Trumatic L 3050 CNC flatbed laser profiler
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 October 2001
Linear technology doubles CNC laser
speeds
The new flatbed laser cutting machine Trumatic L 3050 uses lineat drive technology to double the tracking and fast traverse rates when compared with conventional laser profilers.
The new flatbed laser cutting machine Trumatic L 3050 is innovation in its purest form It features the strategic use of linear drive technology
As far as its speed and acceleration values are concerned, this machine is literally double as fast as comparable laser cutting centers, and brings its users huge productivity increases.
Cutting speed and machinable material thickness have both been sharply increased thanks to a laser power of 5kW.
This new CO2 laser cutting center has increased productivity sharply, regardless of whether the sheet metal is thin or thick: mild steel up to 25mm, stainless steel to 20mm and aluminum to 12mm.
It works according to the "flying optics" principle: all the movement takes place in the tool itself, the laser cutting head, while the workpiece remains immobile.
This proven concept results in high dynamics and high processing speeds -regardless of workpiece weight.
In general, the lower the masses that require moving, the higher the machining speed attainable.
Minimizing these "masses" while keeping the construction as rigid as possible was thus an important engineering objective behind the new L 3050.
Consistent and intelligent lightweight design, in the form of multifunctional components and high-quality materials, finally made it sensible to use high-dynamic drives.
This compact, lightweight design enables both axes to operate with linear direct drives.
In contrast, the long gantry X axis travels on both sides via a rack and pinion drive.
The strange thing is that despite the differing drive concepts, the traversing axes have the same speed at 200m/min - so as a result they move simultaneously at around 300m/min.
This combination of alternative drives, together with the lightweight design of the machine, has resulted in higher dynamics, higher speed - and therefore higher productivity.
The price-performance ratio is also very favorable.
The available laser output is also decisive as far as the productivity of a machine like this is concerned.
The Trumatic L 3050 is equipped with Trumpf's new 5kW CO2 laser.
Together with its incredibly fast laser power control, the TLF 5000 not only masters the high-speed cutting of thin sheet but also thick mild steel without a problem.
It goes without saying that the high cutting quality at Trumpf is process-safe.
Contributing significantly toward this is the capacitive height regulation, which guarantees optimal cutting results in uneven sheets, and also the newly-developed laser power control, which ensures constant and optimal cut quality at corners and small contours.
The Trumatic L 3050 is not only suited to 2D laser cutting however: it can be quickly refitted for the flexible machining of tubes and profiles, together with complex penetrations.
Another plus point of the L 3050 is that it comes as standard with an automatic pallet changer, enabling loading and unloading parallel to production.
Naturally all further proven components can be adapted for automation too - all the way to connection with a compact or system store for fully-automatic sheet metal fabrication.
As usual, the pre-series machines have to undergo a tough range of tests in the field at pilot customers'.
This guarantees that the very first Trumatic L 3050 that goes into mass production features the top availability that Trumpf customers expect.
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