DMG Mori, the world's largest machine manufacturer for machining processes, now also offers its customers machine and process solutions based on additive manufacturing. It bundles the necessary expertise in a strategic Expert Center. In addition to its own know-how in machining and tool processing, its subsidiary Realizer contributes its expertise as a manufacturer of 3D printers. TechniaTranscat acts as a link here, implementing software-based solutions that enable customers to control the complex process from planning and management through to production processes.

Smooth implementation through software

Karlsruhe-based PLM specialist TechniaTranscat has been a Dassault Systèmes reseller for more than three decades and offers its customers the entire range of software, from Catia to Delmia and 3Dexperience, compressed into an individually tailored solution package. "We basically deliver a complete solution. You design the component with Catia, manage the product data and collaboration with Enovia, cover the necessary preliminary simulations with Simulia and have the virtual production facility with Delmia," says Ralf Kirchheim, responsible for technology and solution strategies at TechniaTranscat. "This means bundling workflows, coordination processes and planning procedures. And that in turn means that there are fewer transmission errors and the entire project can be implemented more efficiently, faster and therefore more economically."

Simulation plays a particularly important role in the three-dimensional printing of metal components. The heat input of the component during 3D production can be planned in advance with Simulia. Ultimately, this makes it possible to print a good part immediately by taking these parameters into account.

Collaborative work via the cloud

The collaboration with the solution provider TechniaTranscat promised DMG Mori comprehensive and efficient coverage of all requirements and flexible applicability in the various areas. "Together with DMG Mori, we support customers worldwide in setting up their individual, economical production process," says Kirchheim. "From the initial idea to the first simulation models to the series-printed and field-tested product." In overarching groups of experts, data and models are worked on together in real time via a cloud, enabling the set goal to be achieved efficiently.

DMG Mori is underpinning its development expertise with the advancement of additive manufacturing and the collaboration with TechniaTranscat and is leading the production of metal components into a new future. am