ROOT RIB

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Product Manufacturer
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
Designing/Manufacturing agency
FOUNDRY AND FORGE DIVISION, HAL(BC)
Product Description

Root Rib made of aluminium alloy is the main load bearing member of the wing and is designed to carry wing to fuselage and elevon actuator attachment. The size of the forging is 1.2 meter in length making it complex closed die forging. 

Features/Roles/Variants of the product
F&F Division, HAL (BC), has successfully developed methods and processes, including complex set of tooling, for manufacturing of these complex forging with stringent qualification and airworthiness requirements.
Large sized forging.
Complex geometry.
Intricate webs & ribs projections.
Complex grain flow requirement.
Uniform in micro structure.
Product Specification
Basic Information
Length - 1233 mm
Width - 248 mm
Height - 172 mm
Weight - 58.5 Kilograms
Tolerance on Aero foil profile - ±2 mm
Surface Finish (As Forged) - 3.2 Ra (Max)
Raw Material - Aluminium alloy
Range of Operating temperature - -300C to 800C
Mr. Rajiv Dutt , CM(Marketing)
Foundry and Forge Division, HAL(BC), Bangalore
Contact : 080 2231 4337 , 080 2231 5801 , export[dot]fnf[at]hal-india[dot]com
Deployments and orders received for the product
Used as structural part of LCA Mk2 aircraft. Supplied to ARDC of HAL.