BRAND-NEW
Three Generations of Innovations and Technology in the Manufacturing of Premium Quality Overhead Conveyor Chains Orbita, a well-established company in the sector of components for overhead and floor conveyors celebrates 60 years of activity.
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stablished in 1962 for the production
in 1966 by three partners and specialising
manufacture overhead conveyor chains:
of small metal parts mainly intended
in drawing stainless steel tubes. Nazzareno
this is a small niche in which we are the
for the automotive industry, as early as
Roda made their business take off, importing
European leader with our products of
the mid-’60s Orbita expanded its production
the cold plastic deformation technique to
excellence. We work for the world’s major
range with the design and construction
Italy. This important innovation gradually
manufacturers of conveyor systems and our
of chains and bearings for conveyors, the
turned Trafilerie San Paolo’s customers from
chains are basically the ‘core’ of the whole
products that currently account for almost all
turners (with 60% waste and non-constant
mechanism,” say Matteo and Giacomo Roda,
of its turnover. The continuous investment
quality levels) to moulders.
who represent the third generation working
in technology made since the beginning has
In addition to the parent company Trafilerie
in the company. “By observing these plants,
enabled the company to establish itself in the
San Paolo, the Group includes two other
our grandfather realised that the chains used
coating plant market and be fully repaid by
drawing mills, Gerosa and Meal, each with
were extremely heavy, thus adding a further
the trust of its loyal customers.
a different specialisation; Raptor, for the
burden to those structures. Thanks to his
The entrepreneurial path of Nazzareno Roda,
development of application software; Tramev,
experience with the highest quality steels, he
the President of TSPGROUP, belonging to
with its tools intended for the main drawing
invented a much lighter chain combined with
Trafilerie San Paolo, is the emblem of that
machines; and Orbita. The latter is located
a new full-complement bearing also invented
of an entire generation. In the mid-1960s,
in Cesana Brianza (Lecco, Italy) and it is the
by him, which featured no ring nuts to
Nazzareno Roda crossed destinies with
pride of the Roda family.
withstand high temperatures. It was not easy
Trafilerie San Paolo, a company established
“The company was established in 1962 to
to fight against the ‘battleships’ of the great British and US manufacturers, but in the end
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Orbita got the upper hand. It now produces tens of thousands of meters of chain per year.” Today, the company’s activity is carried out in a modern plant of about 2,000 square meters. Its highly qualified staff uses sophisticated automatic machines, as well as assembly robots able to complete the production process of an entire component autonomously and in absolute safety. Technical skills and innovation are still the forte and the distinctive feature of the entire Group. For further information www.orbita.it
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