Apparatus for and method of forming a metal strut

A rolling machine for forming a metal strut mount for use on an assembly line, comprising:

• a support being stationary for holding a metal sheet in place within the rolling machine;
• a pair of rollers each extending along and rotatable about a roller axis and coupled to and movable relative to the support;
• a mandrel being stationary and affixed to the support in a spaced relationship with the support and adjacent to the pair of rollers, the mandrel extending along a mandrel axis extending in parallel to the roller axis of each of the pair of rollers and having a generally circular cross-section for molding the metal sheet into a metal strut mount using the pair of rollers;
• each of the pair of rollers being movable in opposite facing arc-shaped paths each originating from the support and about the mandrel axis between a plurality of positions;
• and
• wherein the metal sheet is fed into the rolling machine such that the support and pair of rollers engage one side of the metal sheet and such that the mandrel engages an opposite side of the metal sheet, and wherein the pair of rollers are configured to move between the plurality of positions and press the metal sheet against the mandrel to form the metal strut mount.