OROTIG Srl is the company that since 1993 takes care of the realization and commercialization of the products TITEC® by OROTIG, a complete system for casting and welding titanium for dentistry applications.

OROTIG has been founded with the objective of realizing the technologies needed for using the only metal that is considered to be compatible with the human body today. Titanium is a relative new material. It was only in 1795 that the mineral RUTILE was recognized by KLAPROTH as being the oxide of this element. Only recently, titanium is being processed as pure metal with a specific weight of 4,5 gr/cm³ and a melting point of about 1700°C.

Various alloys of titanium are being used in the aviation industry, for the construction of missiles, and in the chemical industry. Titanium is used in medicine since many years for its excellent characteristics.

Especially for dentistry applications the BIOLOGICAL COMPATIBILITY, and ANTI-CORROSION properties, its NEUTRAL TASTE, its LOW SPECIFIC WEIGHT and LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, its being GALVANICALLY NEUTRAL, and its TRANSPARENCE FOR X-RAYS are much appreciated.

The use of titanium in dentistry was limited so far by its high reactivity when working at very high temperatures. This means that in addition to the difficulties of obtaining compact casts without porosity, there is the extra problem of avoiding pollution of the material during casting, which would ruin the excellent properties of the titanium.

CHALLENGE AND RESEARCH

OROTIG was found in a little but functional workshop and it developed a unique world wide system able to rival without any fear with major industrial companies of the same working-area.

Orotig showed that enthusiasm, passion, and fantasy, can lead to overwhelm the results of huge companies: so after 5 years of experience and four prototypes the TITEC® by OROTIG system was born.

THE STRATEGY AND REALIZATION

OROTIG has kept a decisive role in the development of the complete system for casting and welding titanium.

After experiments on the technique, the methods, and the construction of various prototypes, OROTIG has taken care of the complete planning and design and the actual commercialization of the technique.

The construction of some parts is done in external workshops that are constantly supervised by OROTIG, and the parts which are selected for purchase, are subject to rigorous checks in order to assure the maximum performance of the complete product.

The development of the software and the complete cabling is done by technicians of OROTIG, who proceed step by step with the careful inspection of the most delicate phases.

An overall final inspection permits the highest level of reliability, which is completed by the final calibrations.

As result of OROTIG's continuous improvements of product quality, its management system has been certified according to
ISO 9001:2000, EN 46001 and EN 13485:1996 standards.

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