Rába Axle Ltd.

F o r g e
Main data
Year of establishment: 1896
Area installed: 20,000m 2
Annual total capacity: 40,000 tons/year
Basic material used:
• alloyed and unalloyed steels
• micro-alloyed steels
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Rába Forging Plant was established in 1896, so we have
more than a hundred-years of experience in making forged
products. Continuous developments allowed constant
increase in production capacity. As a result, the Forging
Plant – together with the integrated heat treatment
workshop of appropriate capacity and high quality level –
has became one of the largest and most up-to-date forges
in Hungary. The main profile of the forging plant includes
the forgings of components for the automotive industry
(trucks, buses, specialty vehicles), which are installed either
into Rába designed front and rear axles, head assemblies or
are delivered for axle and transmission manufacturers
worldwide.
Production means available in the Forging Plant are
applicable to produce the following specific products:
• Conventional and integral knuckles
• Shafts (axle beams, axle shafts, camshafts)
• Round, symmetrical forgings (ring gears, drive pinions,
planetary ring gears, planet gears, gears, planetary carriers,
wheel hubs, spindles, flanged differential case halves)
• Arm-like parts (tie rod arms, steering arms, slack
adjusters, cardan yokes, differential spiders)
• Brackets and stubs (brake spiders)
Beyond the forging operation, there are isothermal
annealing, normalizing as well as quenching and
tempering equipment used for heat treatment the
forgings, with additional straightening, crack detecting,
shot blasting, hardness measuring equipment.
Engineering activities
Advanced engineering expertise is available for the
Forging Plant. Forgings are designed with 3D PRO/E
software; MSC Autoforge is used to simulate the
deformation and material flow of the part in the die.
Rába Axle Ltd.