Structural Strut

RO-RA develops and manufactures all different kinds of structural rods including metallic rods, engine mounting rods, engine rod assemblies, steering rods, turnbuckles and rotary/swaged rods. The development comprises of the conceptual design, 3D modeling, 2D engineering, stress calculation and verification, ultimate compression & tension load analysis & testing, fatigue cycling, windmilling analysis & testing, weight evaluation as well as environmental testing according to industry standards or unique customer requirements.
Our structural struts are manufactured by using aluminum, titanium or stainless steel and are swaged in a cold forming process (rotary swaging without changes to the microstructure). Comprehensive testing is made to qualify structural struts including dye penetrate inspection, electromagnetic particle examination, grain size and grain flow inspection, radiography or radioscopy inspection, allowable defects testing (on threads, transverse section, longitudinal section) and paint thickness inspection. Special processes such as insert threading and thread forming are in place. The milling of rod ends is done in-house.
Our modern production provides a comprehensive in-house production with full control of the critical manufacturing processes, including:
Tube swaging
Tube swaging with swaged-in inserts
Rod end and fork end milling
Top of the edge qualified bearing swaging equipment
Surface treatment
Final assembly