T-LINE™ The only fully automated production line in the world
for the continuous production of gold and silver ingots

Tera Automation was founded in 2010, when, as we first stepped into the world of industrial automation in the precious metals industry, we designed an induction tunnel furnace for the continuous production of ingots, called the T-Barmaster. Our goal was to obtain perfect ingots with mirror finishing surface. Our team took up the challenge successfully, obtaining not only excellent results, but also turning the company into a point of reference for refineries all over the world.

Our company is located near Arezzo, one of the most important goldsmith districts in Italy, so we were aware that in the precious metal industry - so deeply rooted in our territory industrial traditions - nobody was even contemplating applying industrial automation systems to produce metal grains, anodes and ingots.

How many companies would have been able to afford a fully-fledged installation, such as the T-Line? Very few, only the biggest ones. And their expectations were also going to be high, thereby pushing us to obtain the highest quality in every step of each automated process: that meant providing exemplary grains, as well as perfectly smooth and shiny ingots without any flaws.

However, although the T-Line was initially targeted to the industry top players, we felt that each company in this field, as well as the many medium-sized refineries scattered on our territory, needed to set the same high-quality standards for themselves. We had created a great technology, a great innovation that could solve many problems and optimize resources in many a company. Our big project needed to become accessible and be targeted to many different types of company.

That’s why each element of the T-Line became a product which could be installed as stand-alone or within a larger automated system. We reached for the stars and made them accessible to everyone, by making sure that each module could be fitted into any production line and integrated to any existing machine, even at a later time.