Different rod ends can fulfil a wide range of performance needs when those needs are clearly understood. ASKUBAL is a 70-year old supplier of high quality ball bearing and rod end bearing parts to many industries including agricultural, car race teams and aircraft industry. This breadth of experience helps this family owned business and its representatives worldwide provide a focused depth of service that brings appropriate product to the customer, be it high performance or high economy.
Rod ends go by a plethora of other names, some of which give insight to their usage -such as rod end ball, track rod ends, or tie rod ends (which refer to components in a steering system). Additionally, names like rod end bearings suggest that they are fundamentally a type of bearing which allows for free movement between the rod and component it joins to it. In a steering system, the amount of force on such a joint depends on the type of vehicle of piece of machinery. Extensive technology is invested in rod ends to increase performance of these parameters as well as to extend its lifetime.
ASKUBAL at times calls on the expertise of such companies as Porsche Consulting to find new technology and thus continue improvement of design and manufacture. As part of their dedication to quality ASKUBAL has ISO9001 certification. With the complexity that rod ends can have, it is very useful to have a information resource in a supplier like ASKUBAL.