TRUMPF TechDay ultra high power lasers 12.11.2026

TRUMPF TechDay ultra high power lasers 12.11.2026

08:00 Get together

08:15 Greetings:

Marc Hummel – TRUMPF I Global Business Development

08:20 Keynote:

Scaling Laser Power for Future Industrial Applications: From kW to the MW-Horizon

Richard Bannmueller – TRUMPF I Managing Director Research + Development LT

 08:45 Keynote UHP Laser Applications:

Unlimited Laser Power: Business Opportunities, Limits and Challenges​

Klaus Löffler – Precitec​

 09:15 Live Session:

Laser Application Center und Customer Center

Laser and optical components for the UHP sector.  Live demonstrations on TRUMPF machines with up to 50 kW laser power

10:15 Kaffeepause

11:00 Laser Only:

Ultra-High-Power-Laser: The Next Step Torwards Ultra High Performance​

Oliver Bocksrocker -TRUMPF​

11:20 Heavy-gauge sheet metal:

Welding Big Chunks, Star Wars-Style. On the Way to Single-Pass Welding up to 40mm by Levitating Seams and Ultra-Highpower Laser​

Christian Brunner-Schwer – WeldNova GmbH​

11:40 Vacuum / Negative-Pressure Welding:

High Power Lasers: How Deep Can We Go?​​

Simon Olschok – Institut für Schweißtechnik- und Fügetechnik der RWTH Aachen​

12:00 Lunch im Blautopf

13:30 Laser Hybrid Welding:

Solutions for Automated Laser-Hybrid Applications: From Standard to Heavy-Gauge Applications​

Thomas Spieß – SKS Welding Systems 

13:50 Shipbuilding | Offshore:

Laser Welding of Thick-Walled Large Components in Shipbuilding and the Maritime Industry: Applications and Prospects​

Rigo Peters – SLV Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH & LWI GmbH​

14:10 Laser Cutting:

Ultra High Power Laser in Sheet Metal Industry – New Regimes in 2D Laser Cutting​

Christian Keller – TRUMPF​

14:30 Live Session:

Laser Application Center und Customer Center

Laser and optical components for the UHP sector.  Live demonstrations on TRUMPF machines with up to 50 kW laser power

15:30 Kaffeepause

16:00 Mining:

Ultra-Highpower Lasers for Processing Hard Rock​

Olaf Steinmeier – Fraunhofer IAPT​

16:20 Laser Metal Deposition:

From Prototypes to Mass Production: High-Speed Technology for Euro 7 Brake Discs​

Claus-Ulrich Lott – Nagel Technologies GmbH

16:40 Conclusion and Outlook

Marc Hummel – TRUMPF I Global Business Development

17:00 End