What began four decades ago as a rudimentary bus repair workshop beneath a corrugated iron roof has grown into one of Indonesia’s largest coachbuilding enterprises. Based in Malang, Tentrem Sejahtera built its early success on manual craftsmanship. Now, under managing director Yohan Wahyudi, the company is targeting mass-market scalability – and leveraging Trumpf technologies to take production to new heights.

The vehicle-body manufacturer specialises in crafting custom bus bodies on chassis from renowned brands like Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Scania, while also producing intercity buses that serve routes across Java, Bali and other islands in Indonesia.

Wahyudi aims to turn Tentrem into Indonesia’s premier bus manufacturer. His vision hinges on getting the right balance between two seemingly contradictory goals: customisation and standardisation. He is determined to optimise production efficiency, but customers must still be able to access unique, tailored products.

“By providing our employees with new machinery and suitable software, we help them instil creativity and innovation in their work,” he says. “We want to match the standards of established OEMs. To do that, we need a proper production line, efficient schedules and clear daily targets.”

Today, Tentrem takes a single sheet of metal, cuts it with the company’s Trumpf TruLaser 5030 and shapes it with a TruBend Center 5030. This new approach eliminates welding entirely, much to the amazement of the company’s customers. The consistent quality offered by Trumpf machines has a wide array of benefits.

“It allows us to oversee the entire production process, so we can prioritise which parts are needed most urgently and which can wait,” explains Wahyudi. “We can also optimise the design of each part by using innovative design formats and manufacturing technologies.”

More information www.trumpf.com

Amada has introduced the EGBe series, a fully electric, intelligent, functional and high-performance bending machine that aims to transform manual bending. Cited as the easiest machine to operate on the market, the EGB-ATCe evolves upon the existing automated tool changer employed by the HG-ATC and HRB-ATC. According to Amada, the machine is extremely productive with high part output, even by less experienced operators.

The EGB-ATCe is packed with the latest technology to aid operators, ensure accuracy and protect the environment. This includes a new servo-drive and electric crowning system, a new triple back-gauge with AR technology, voice control, and an evolution of Amada’s bending indicator technology.

Amada’s latest AMNC 4ie numerical control centralises and integrates the management of all the new features to achieve high productivity and the highest performance available on the market, reports the company. Additionally, services such as tablet HMI and fully automatic offline programming are all integrated, reducing unproductive times and supporting the operator, who just has to manipulate the part to bend.

Amada developed the VPSS 4ie BEND offline programming suite to create the bending program automatically based on the correct unfolded part. This capability allows the operator to process it without the need for any manual adjustment, which is autonomously managed by the machine itself through the new and faster Bi-SII bending indicator.

The bending indicator takes care to compensate for the position of the upper and lower beams, achieving high bending linearity. The resulting angle is displayed on the tablet HMI, which is always positioned in front of the operator, enabling them to immediately confirm the accuracy of the part without wasting time with the manual inspection.

More information www.amada.eu

RAS Reinhardt Maschinenbau says visitors toBlechexpo 2025 in Stuttgart next month (21-24 October) will be among the first to experience the new XLTbend-2, which the company describes as the next level in automated bending. The machine is available as a stand-alone high-performance machine or fully integrated with intelligent robot automation.

Key highlights of the new XLTbend-2 include extended manipulator capabilities for production flexibility, modern safety features to ensure secure operation, energy-efficient IE5 servo drives, increased bending stroke, and seamless integration into existing production environments thanks to clearly defined interfaces and the RAS LUNA automation solution.

According to RAS, the XLTbend-2 sets new benchmarks when producing production parts like boxes, panels and complex precision components. Visitors to Blechexpo 2025 will find the machine on Booth 1604 in Hall 1.

In other developments from RAS, the company says its established TURBO2plus now has a compact successor. The new TURBO2plus Compact replaces the previous standard model. It offers the same technical performance in a significantly smaller footprint, making suitable for use by small businesses, sheet metal shops and space-constrained workshops.

Whether for roof and façade profiles, advertising panels or enclosures, RAS says the new machine takes bending to the next level. The intelligent Bendex software automatically programs parts, evaluates alternative bending strategies and visualises the entire bending sequence in 3D.

Thanks to its reduced overall height, the TURBO2plus Compact can be integrated flexibly into a wide range of production environments. It is especially suited to workshops that need to operate efficiently and powerfully despite limited space.

More information www.ras-online.de/en