Trumpf Intech 2023 in-house exhibition: More sustainability in manufacturing

At Intech 2023, for example, Trumpf presented the Eco Cooler, a new type of cooler that cools the manufacturer's laser cutting machines with pure water. This allows users to save 80 percent of the energy used to generate cooling and also completely eliminates the need for environmentally harmful refrigerants. The high-tech company also showed visitors its Highspeed Eco technology, which enables users to reduce gas consumption by up to 60 percent during laser cutting. One of the ways in which Trumpf demonstrates how material can be saved in production is with the Nanojoint process. Here, the laser fixes the component with tiny holding points instead of wide webs. In this way, the components can be nested directly next to each other on the sheet metal panel, resulting in less residual grid.

In the field of laser technology, Trumpf demonstrated at Intech how climate protection can be significantly improved in automotive production. The company showed short-pulse lasers that replace environmentally harmful chemical cleaning processes in the industry. The short-pulse lasers clean components only where it is actually necessary. Users save water and chemical cleaning agents compared to conventional methods. In addition, Trumpf has brought high-speed laser metal deposition (HS-LMD) to industrial maturity, a process that can help reduce brake disc abrasion and thus fine dust emissions. Even very low concentrations of particulate matter are harmful to health. Around half of particulate emissions in road traffic are due to wear on brakes, tires, clutches and the road surface, of which about half is brake dust. Brake discs coated by HS-LMD emit far less particulate matter than conventional brake discs. Trumpf also demonstrated the process to visitors at Intech.