Reliable Aluminium Air Terminal Rods for Efficient Lightning Protection
Conex’s Aluminium Air Terminal Rods offer exceptional durability and performance, providing reliable lightning protection and efficient electrical grounding for industrial and commercial applications.
High-quality Aluminium Air Terminal Rods by Conex, ensuring optimal lightning protection and long-lasting electrical grounding for various systems.
At Conex Aluminium Components, we manufacture **Aluminium Air Terminal Rods** that deliver effective lightning protection for a variety of industrial and utility systems. These rods are made from high-quality aluminium, providing excellent corrosion resistance, mechanical strength, and durability. Designed to handle high electrical loads, they ensure safe and efficient lightning dissipation, offering reliable protection for infrastructure. Available in various sizes and configurations, Conex also offers customized options to meet specific grounding and protection system requirements.
Air terminal rods, also called lightning rods or air rods, are solid aluminium rods installed at the highest points of a building or structure to intercept lightning strikes and conduct the current into the lightning protection system.
16 mm diameter is standard, in lengths from 300 mm to 2,000 mm. IEC 62561-2 specifies minimum cross-sections for aluminium air rods, and 16 mm solid rod comfortably exceeds these.
Air rods are made from 6063-T6 or 6082-T6 aluminium, giving good strength, stiffness and atmospheric corrosion resistance.
Yes. Rods are threaded at one or both ends, typically M16 or 5/8 in UNC, to screw into bases, couplers and multi-point adaptors.
Pointed, tapered, rounded or blunt tips can be supplied. Multi-point (crow's-foot) heads are also available for special designs.
Threaded aluminium couplers join rods to achieve greater heights. Long rods must be supported with brackets or stays to resist wind.
Air rods are designed to IEC/EN 62561-2 and used in systems designed to IEC/BS EN 62305 or UL 96 / NFPA 780.
Aluminium naturally forms a protective oxide film. Anodizing adds extra protection in coastal and industrial environments, and stainless fixings avoid galvanic problems.
Yes. Use appropriate rod length, heavy bases and bracing kits; rods above about 1 m typically need additional support in exposed locations.
Rods are checked for diameter, straightness and thread quality and tested for tensile and bending strength as required by IEC 62561-2.
Only with bi-metallic transition fittings. Direct contact between aluminium and copper outdoors causes galvanic corrosion.
Aluminium rods are about one third the weight of copper rods, lower in cost and less attractive to theft, while providing adequate conductivity for lightning currents.
Yes. Custom lengths, diameters, threads and tips are produced to your drawing or specification.
MOQ is 10 pieces. Samples are typically ready within 2–3 weeks and production within 4–6 weeks.
Please share diameter, length, thread size and position, tip style, finish and quantity.
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Send your drawing (STEP, IGES, DWG, DXF or PDF) with material grade, finish and quantity. Our engineers reply with a DFM review, price and lead time. MOQ 10 pcs • ISO 9001:2015 • Exports to USA, UK, Europe, Canada & Australia.
