Gamelsa

Metal Manufacturing and Industrial Automation

Gamelsa is a metal-design and manufacturing company within Televés Corporation, a group of more than 20 companies that equip homes, buildings, and cities with telecommunications infrastructure. Gamelsa develops value-added products that combine mechanical and electronic components, with a focus on industrial automation and Industry 4.0 technologies.

Industries Served

• Rail: Works with European manufacturers and suppliers.
• Renewable energy: Collaborates with European manufacturers.
• Telecommunications: Supplies solutions to network operators.
• General industry: Serves areas such as construction and the production of equipment and machinery.
• Automotive.
• Mobility: Develops sustainable, custom solutions.
• Shipbuilding: Takes part in designing, developing, and manufacturing onboard accommodation components.
• Street furniture: Designs, adapts, and manufactures custom solutions.

Capabilities and Processes

The company’s shop is equipped for multiple stages of metal manufacturing:

• Laser cutting: Machining area up to 4,100 × 2,000 mm; cuts stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum up to 25 mm thick, galvanized steel up to 6 mm, copper up to 10 mm, and brass up to 10 mm.
• Tube laser cutting: Maximum length of 6,500 mm and maximum diameter of 254 mm; processes round and square tubes, U-channels, and L-angles.
• Combination punching and laser cutting: Supports countersinking, threading, extrusion, ribbing, deep drawing, rib forming, microperforation, pin insertion, and other operations.
• Bending: Five press brakes and one robotic press brake, with a maximum length of 4,000 mm and pressing force up to 230 metric tons.
• Tube bending: Three specialized machines for tubes up to 50 mm in diameter and 5 meters long.
• Welding: Qualified welding of steel, galvanized steel, stainless steel, and aluminum; robotic welding is also available for large, repetitive production runs.
• Electrostatic coating: A vertical line applies multi-metal lacquer, with a passivation process to improve adhesion.
• Liquid paint: Two paint booths and a curing oven with a plate heat exchanger.
• Industrial adhesives: Experience with adhesive bonding.

Logistics and Automation

Gamelsa applies Industry 4.0 developments to warehouse logistics to improve cutting efficiency and create synergies throughout the supply chain. Process automation is one of the main pillars of its production model.

Certifications

The company holds the following industry certifications:

• ISO 9001:2015 (quality management)
• ISO 14001:2015 (environmental management)
• ISO 45001:2018 (occupational health and safety)
• UNE-EN 15085-2 CL1 (welding of railway vehicles and components)
• UNE-EN 1090-2/3 EXC3 (execution of steel and aluminum structures)
• UNE-EN ISO 3834-2 (quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials)

Location and Contact

Address: Vía Edison, 16, Polígono Industrial del Tambre, 15890 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña. Phone: 981 563 010. Email: gamelsa@gamelsa.com. The company is on LinkedIn.