DMG MORI acquires 50.1% shares in Realizer SLM 3D

Christian Thönes (right), chairman of the executive board of DMG MORI Aktiengesellschaft, and Dr. Matthias Fockele, managing director of Realizer GmbH, look forward to the future cooperation between the two companies.

Germany – At the Deckel Maho open house in Pfronten, Germany, DMG MORI showed a range of innovations to the 9,000 international trade visitors. The display area featured more than 80 high-tech exhibits – including 3 world premieres – and major sector highlights from the fields of automation, digitization, additive manufacturing, and technology excellence.

Also announced was DMG MORI’s purchase of 50.1% shares in Realizer GmbH, highlighting the company’s plans to strengthen its future technologies in additive manufacturing.

With selective laser melting DMG MORI is bundling the most important generative production processes for metallic materials under one roof. DMG MORI already has extensive know-how in the field of laser deposit welding with powder nozzles through Sauer GmbH. By integrating the Realizer products, DMG MORI is gaining access to selective laser melting (SLM). In this process, the material is applied in powder form in very thin layers and melted by laser.

“This is the perfect complement to our high-tech machines in the field of Advanced Technologies. Selective laser melting in the powder bed opens up completely new areas of application for our customers,” says Christian Thönes, chairman of the executive board of DMG MORI Aktiengesellschaft.

Realizer has consistently developed SLM technology, elevating it to the level of mass production and now has more than 20 years’ experience in its application. Development and assembly will take place in Borchen and at DMG MORI in Bielefeld. The two leading production technologies enable complex, metallic components to be produced from powder, using a wide variety of weldable materials up to and including multi-material applications.

Source: Realizer