TRACK3D
Berlin-based TU Berlin spinout developing industrial granulate FDM printers (TrueFormer™ 600) with proprietary closed-loop 3D in-situ monitoring (SituGuard™) that scans and corrects every deposited layer, enabling series-production quality assurance for material extrusion 3D printing.
- CEO / Founder
- Bent Braden
- Team Size
- 1-10
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- Undisclosed
- Latest Round
- Grant
- Key Investors
- Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) — Pro FIT Projektfinanzierung
Technology & Products
Key Products
TrueFormer™ 600 (RP-600) industrial granulate-based FDM 3D printer; SituGuard™ 3D in-situ layer monitoring and closed-loop correction software
Technological Advantage
CLAIMED: Closed-loop 3D in-situ monitoring enables series-production FDM; granulate print head reduces material cost vs filament. VERIFIED: Patent filed (German/EP application: process parameter and component data analysis during AM); recognized as finalist/winner at Innovationspreis Berlin Brandenburg (competitive selection from 100+ applications); IBB Pro FIT grant approval validates technological novelty; featured in WISTA Potenzial magazine. DEFENSIBILITY: Patent-protected monitoring process (defensible); SituGuard™ algorithmic correction (trade secret, partially replicable with R&D investment); TU Berlin academic research base provides continued IP pipeline.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Closes the quality control gap that has blocked FDM from series production: SituGuard™ high-resolution 3D-scans each layer, detects geometric deviations, and automatically computes and deposits corrective complements in real-time — combined with a granulate print head that bypasses filament cost premiums (~5–10× cheaper raw material). Enables manufacturers to run FDM at production-grade consistency without manual inspection.
How They Differentiate
TrueFormer™ 600 is the only industrial FDM system combining granulate direct processing (eliminating filament cost overhead, enabling wider material range) with full 3D layer-by-layer scanning and closed-loop correction via SituGuard™. Arburg Freeformer uses granulates but has no equivalent in-situ monitoring or automated error correction. BigRep offers large-format FDM but uses filament and has no closed-loop quality system. TRACK3D is the only FDM platform addressing the root cause of FDM's exclusion from series production: undetected layer-level defects.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Industrial manufacturers requiring series-production quality assurance from FDM/material extrusion 3D printing, particularly those blocked by current lack of in-process quality control in FDM
Industry Verticals
Industrial Manufacturing; Automotive; Aerospace/Defense
Competitors
Arburg Freeformer (granulate/pellet-based FDM for industrial series production — most direct process competitor, lacks closed-loop layer monitoring); BigRep (industrial large-format FDM from Germany, no granulate head or in-situ monitoring)
Growth & Milestones
Major Milestones
Founded as TU Berlin spinout (c/o TU Berlin Sekr. W 1, Berlin); IBB Pro FIT Projektfinanzierung grant approved (€134,784); Innovationspreis Berlin Brandenburg recognition (selected from 100+ applicants); Featured in WISTA Potenzial magazine; 2025: TrueFormer™ 600 powered by SituGuard™ presented at Formnext 2025; Jan 2026: 'TrueFormer' and 'SituGuard' wordmarks registered; Additional patent filed for method determining mechanical characteristics of AM components.