Laser Cutting Reaches New Heights with One World Trade Center Spire

Recently, the spire for the One World Trade Center was permanently installed in New York City and with it, the building secured its place in Western Hemisphere history – along with the laser cutting system that made it.

Kammetal (Brooklyn, NY), an architectural and ornamental metal fabricator, built the top 40 ft of the spire and pinnacle of the One World Trade Center building in downtown New York City. At 1,776 ft, the height pays tribute to the year the United States declared its independence and establishes One World Trade Center as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

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The spire’s glass and stainless steel structure, which features a rotating beacon to illuminate the Manhattan skyline at night, was laser cut on a TruLaser 1030 from TRUMPF Inc. (Farmington, CT).

Shortly after production for the spire began in October, the shop was flooded by Hurricane Sandy. The storm severely damaged its facility and fabricating equipment, including the TruLaser 1030. As the company recovered, TRUMPF temporarily provided a new machine to assist Kammetal in maintaining daily production. This allowed the shop to finish fabrication for the project while its damaged TruLaser 1030 was repaired at the Farmington headquarters.

For other job shops, contract manufacturers or metal service centers that are competing to reach new heights by offering 2D laser cutting while maintaining a low cost of operation, this machine, designed and built in the U.S., serves as a cost effective and productive, energy-efficient solution in a small footprint.

Kammetal, 29 Imlay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231, 718-722-7400, Fax: 718-722-9997, info@kammetal.com, www.kammetal.com.

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington Industrial Park Farmington, CT 06032, 860-255-6104, info@us.trumpf.com, www.us.trumpf.com.