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T RACE SpA

Has been founded in 2004 thanks to long experiences of the founders in the field of linear motion.

The winning idea was to develop an high performances range of linear rails for the medium precision field of application using an innovative production process, providing :
Increased load/moment capacities
Much increased corrosion resistances
Easy assembly
Lower cost

 

The HQ and the production facility is located in Ronco Briantino-Milan-Italy, with a 1200 m2 facility.

  The German branch T RACE GmbH was established in January 2006 and it is located in Burscheid (Düsseldorf). The facility of 500m2 with good stock and a small local production, assure good service to direct OEM customers, along with German distributors.


 
 
       
  T RACE SpA Italy - produces a wide range of linear bearings, with unique design and highly innovative featurers. The company is organized with :
- R&D Department: The fundamental part of TRACE, with more than 20 years exprience in developing Linear Bearings, based on a C-shaped cold-drawn profile.
- Our Designers operate CAD 3D Solid Work – Certified “Solid Work Professional”
- Production: The main manufacturing steps inside our company are : Rail cutting, honing, drilling and assembling of finished products as sliders and telescopics.
The special hardening and corrosion treatments are outsourced to specific sub suppliers, according to patented specifications by T-RACE.
The roller-bearings and some other mechanical parts are produced in China, by our more than 10 years old reliable suppliers, according to T RACE’s design and standards of quality.
Our cold-drawn profiles are supplied by a close world-wide leader of precision profiles.
The production concept allows for a very flessible and efficient structure and with a relative small own organization, to assure competitive production costs and low share of investments.
- Highly modular products: offer the possibilty to have local production/assembling in main international markets, with relatively small investment, to assure fast local deliveries and eventual minor customization of the products locally.

Internally the company’s IT-system operates on E.R.P. 2, to assure an integrated processing from R&D to actual sales.

Since 2006 certified: UNI EU ISO 9001-2000 dal 2006.
 
 
       
  Manufacturing processes: Internal production is mainly related to the rail making and assembling of the final product, based on modular products.

Main equipment used :
  1. Rail cutting, with abrasive disk
  2. Vertical CNC machines
  3. Machine for finishing of internal raceways, - own design.
  4. Automatic rail straightning equipment
  5. Assembling desks
  6. Instruments for preloading of various products
  7. Ink-marking equipment
 
       
  Quality assurance system: Based on certified instruments for mechanical dimensional, controls are made. For inspection of roughness, hardening etc. a nearby company is involved to assure highly qualified support .
  1. Profile control
  2. Hardness
  3. Roughness control
 
       
  R&D testing of new products: New products are internally validated, after dimensional calculation in own testing rigs. Both static and life-tim tests are made, for loads within 5000Kg and continous cycles.
  1. Testing rig for Life-time tests
  2. Testing rig for static loads/moments
  3. Testing rig for Telescopic slides

 

 
       
  Catalogues: has during the years made/updated a range of catalogues, flyers and technical documentation in several languages :
English, German, Italian.

WEB-site: complete presentation of products in various languages with direct down-load of relative product CAD-files and product descriptions in PDF.
Animated presentation of our unique Self-alignment is availablle for fast understanding of the constructional concept of self-alighning with only 1 rail and 2 types of rollers.

 
       
  Marketing activities: Since 2006 T RACE is yearly participating at the international Hannover and Motek exhibitions in Germany. Along with our distributors, T RACE is participating in many other exhibitions in Europe, USA and far East.
Products and company presentation are exposed in main magazines for the automation component business.