A breakdown of the industry-specific process recipes, qualification protocols and machine configurations that TRUMPF applications engineers have built and validated with customers across the demanding end of manufacturing.
AS9100-aligned work instructions, titanium and Inconel cutting parameter sheets, AS9102 first-article packets that survive a customer audit. Heat-affected zone control and edge-metallurgy data for safety-critical components.
Hot-stamped boron steel cutting with fiber, laser welding for battery trays, copper busbar joining with green-wavelength TruDisk Pulse, and PPAP-ready capability studies (Cpk > 1.67) for high-volume OEM programs.
Mixed-material workflows on a single TruLaser 3030, BrightLine Fiber edge class improvements, TruTops Boost nesting that trims raw-material usage 8–14% on representative job mixes.
30 kW fiber cutting qualified on 50 mm mild steel, 40 mm stainless and 30 mm aluminum plate. Hardened gantries, fume-extraction integration and 40,000 kg bed payloads for yellow-goods fabrication.
UDI-compliant laser marking for Class II and III devices per FDA 21 CFR Part 801. Cleanroom-integrated TruMark 5020 stations; cytotoxicity-tested marking inks and metals validated per ISO 10993.
Copper busbar welding with green TruDisk Pulse lasers, prismatic cell can seam welding, and battery-tab laser trimming. Atmosphere-controlled chambers for hygroscopic cathode substrate handling.
Thin-foil cutting for leadframes and EMI shielding. UV laser marking on polymer device housings. Micro-cutting recipes down to 25 μm kerf on stainless shim stock.
TruPrint LMF for conformal cooling channels in injection molds — documented 12–28% cycle-time reductions at customer sites — plus post-process hardened-steel laser marking for cavity IDs.
An engineering view, not a sales pitch.
Fiber lasers deliver 30–42% wall-plug efficiency versus 10–15% for CO2, cut thin and medium steel 3–5× faster, and have no mirrors or laser gas to replace. For metal-only work, these advantages cut 5-year total cost of ownership by roughly 30–50%.
CO2's 10.6 μm wavelength still delivers cleaner edges on acrylic, wood and thick non-metals. Fiber's 1064 nm reflects off many plastics. For sign shops and job shops cutting mixed substrates, CO2 remains the safer single-machine choice — a trade-off we help customers size honestly.
Submit a sample part. Our applications lab will return a cut sample, a parameter sheet and a throughput projection for your specific material-and-shift profile.