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Since 1962 Manufacturers of Premium Quality Overhead Conveyor Chains path of Nazzareno Roda, the President
of TSPGROUP, belonging to Trafilerie San Paolo, is the emblem of that of an entire generation. In the mid-1960s, Nazzareno Roda crossed destinies with Trafilerie San Paolo, a company established in 1966 by three partners and specialising in drawing stainless steel tubes. Nazzareno Roda made their business take off, importing the cold plastic deformation technique to Italy. This important innovation gradually turned Trafilerie San Paolo’s customers from
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turners (with 60% waste and non-constant quality levels) to moulders.
Figure 1: Orbita, established in 1962, is specialized in the manufacturing of overhead conveyor chains.
In addition to the parent company Trafilerie San Paolo, the
of conveyor systems and our chains
got the upper hand. It now produces
Group includes two other drawing
are basically the ‘core’ of the whole
tens of thousands of meters of chain per
mills, Gerosa and Meal, each with a
mechanism,” say Andrea and Massimo
year.”
different specialisation; Raptor, for the
Roda. “By observing these plants, my
Today, the company’s activity is carried
development of application software;
father realised that the chains used
out in a modern plant of about 2,000
Tramev; EME, with its tools intended
were extremely heavy, thus adding a
square meters. Its highly qualified staff
for the main drawing machines; and
further burden to those structures.
uses sophisticated automatic machines,
Orbita. The latter is located in Cesana
Thanks to his experience with the
as well as assembly robots able to
Brianza (Lecco, Italy) and it is the pride
highest quality steels, he invented a
complete the production process of an
of the Roda family (Fig. 1).
much lighter chain combined with
entire component autonomously and
“The company was established in 1962
a new full-complement bearing also
in absolute safety. Technical skills and
to manufacture overhead conveyor
invented by him, which featured no ring
innovation are still the forte and the
chains: this is a small niche in which
nuts to withstand high temperatures.
distinctive feature of the entire Group.
we are the European leader with
It was not easy to fight against the
our products of excellence. We work
‘battleships’ of the great British and US
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