Trumpf TruBend Cell 5000 Lean

The Trumpf TruBend Cell 5000 Lean (officially the Lean Edition) is a more compact, more affordable version of Trumpf's flagship automated bending cell. Built around a TruBend 5085 press brake at 850 kN (85 metric tons) with a 2,210 mm bending length, paired with a BendMaster 60 robot on a 6-meter track, it delivers automated bending capability in a smaller footprint and at a lower price point than the full Cell 5000. For shops that want to step into automated bending without the six-figure-plus jump to a full-size cell, the Lean Edition makes the economics work.

The press brake core is the TruBend 5085 -- the smallest model in the Series 5000 lineup but still packing all the platform's core technology. You get the On-Demand Servo Drive for energy-efficient operation, 6-axis backgauge, CNC-controlled crowning, and the Touchpoint TruBend control. Rapid approach speed hits 200 mm/s with a maximum bending speed of 25 mm/s. The 615 mm usable open height and 420 mm throat depth handle standard tooling configurations for light-to-medium gauge sheet metal work.

The BendMaster 60 robot is the smaller of Trumpf's two bending robot options, with a 60 kg carrying capacity and the ability to handle parts up to 2,000 x 1,000 mm. Maximum part weight for bending is 40 kg. The robot travels on a 6-meter floor-mounted track alongside the press brake, picking blanks from a loading station, presenting them for bending, and placing finished parts in an unloading area. Sheet stack height for loading goes up to 700 mm, and finished part storage accommodates stacks up to 1,000 mm.

The Lean Edition handles minimum sheet thickness of 0.7 mm and processes profile lengths up to 2,000 mm. That covers the vast majority of small-to-medium part bending work in contract fabrication -- brackets, enclosures, channels, mounting plates, and similar components that make up the bread and butter of most sheet metal shops.

What makes the Lean Edition "lean" compared to the full Cell 5000 is primarily the smaller press brake (85 tons vs. up to 320 tons), the shorter robot track, and a simplified material handling configuration. You trade maximum part size and tonnage capacity for a smaller footprint and significantly lower entry cost. The Lean Edition doesn't typically include the ToolMaster automatic tool changer that comes with the full Cell 5000, so tool changes between different part families still require operator intervention.

New TruBend Cell 5000 Lean configurations typically run $400,000 to $700,000 depending on options, tooling packages, and conveyor configurations. That's a meaningful savings over the $600,000 to $1,200,000+ range of the full Cell 5000. The basic machine weight is 7,800 kg plus 595 kg for the BendMaster and 310 kg per 2,000 mm floor track element.