MARINE
Carbon dashboards and cockpits
CFRP dashboards and cockpits: visual-grade surfaces, stiffness and low weight in a marine environment.
CARBON-FIBER COMPOSITES
Carbon-fiber components: lighter, stiffer, designed and produced by us.
We design and make composite components following the whole journey: from the choice of layup to the molds, from production with dedicated partners to material characterization for certifications.
Some of the sectors we work in
Components developed from design through to production, across very different sectors.
SPORT
Sailing and windsurf components
Masts, beams and structural elements for sport catamarans, boats and windsurf boards.
INDUSTRY
Rollers and machine components
Carbon and aluminium-carbon hybrid rollers for printing, converting and automation: less moving mass, higher critical speeds.
BIOMEDICAL
Carbon prostheses and components
Energy-storing foot prostheses and biomedical carbon-fiber components, designed and validated in the lab.
Specific components and cases
Component types we design and produce in composite, alongside custom structural elements: plates, brackets, tubes and shells in carbon fiber, glass fiber or metal-composite hybrids.
AUTOMOTIVE · INDUSTRY
Drive shafts and tubes
Carbon-fiber shafts and tubes: less rotating mass, higher critical speeds.
CONVERTING
Expansion shafts
CFRP expansion shafts for winding and unwinding: light for reel changes, stiff in operation.
PRINTING
Aluminium-carbon hybrid rollers
Carbon and co-cured hybrid rollers for printing machines: lighter and stiffer, with a higher first natural frequency.
SPECIAL MACHINERY
Carbon ball joints
Carbon-fiber ball joints for applications where the weight and inertia of moving parts matter.
Some images are representative of the component types: customer projects remain confidential.
From design to the composite component
Four phases, from design to material characterization.
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Design
We design the component in CAD starting from your requirement or a sketch, defining geometry, constraints and expected performance.
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Layup optimization
Working in composite means designing the material too: we optimize the number of layers and fiber orientation with a design of experiment.
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Molds and production
We design the molds and produce the component in carbon or glass fiber with dedicated production partners, following the defined layup sequence and verifying the quality of the result.
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Material characterization
We characterize the materials with tensile, compression and flexural tests, supporting your product’s certifications.
FROM RESEARCH TO PRODUCTION
Expertise born in research
Our composite expertise comes from real research projects. We have designed carbon-fiber prostheses and high-damping laminates, and we bring that background to the components we make for you.
- MyFlex-γ energy-storage-and-return foot prosthesis (European MyLeg project, Horizon 2020)
- Laminates with electrospun nanofibers, up to 77% more vibration damping (Povolo et al., Composite Structures 272, 2021)
- Patented methodology for designing carbon-fiber prostheses (WO2023135510A1)
- Material characterization supporting certifications
Composite examples
Three real projects, documented by scientific publications.
ESR prosthesis
Real projectEnergy-storing foot
A carbon-fiber component designed to return energy at every step, with optimized layup and experimental validation (MyLeg project, patent WO2023135510A1).
Read the full case Hybrid tube
Real projectFiber and metal co-cured in one cycle
Aluminum-carbon rollers produced in a single curing cycle, with an elastomeric interface that prevents delamination: +30% first natural frequency versus the aluminum tube.
Read the full case
High-damping component
Real projectVibration under control
A laminate with nanofiber layers to cut vibration: +77% damping with only 1.5% more weight (Povolo et al., Composite Structures 272, 2021).
Read the full caseAll three cases come from our published research work: numbers and sources on the Projects page. Full confidentiality on client projects and data.
FAQ about carbon-fiber composites
Yes, both. We choose the material and layup sequence based on the required performance, weight and budget.
Yes. We design and make the molds needed to produce the component with the quality and repeatability you need.
Yes. We run tensile, compression and flexural tests and give you the data to support your product’s certifications.
Both. We can stop at the design and optimized layup, or follow molds, production with dedicated production partners and characterization, always with a single technical lead.
Yes. Absolute confidentiality on client projects, drawings and know-how, with dedicated non-disclosure agreements. For us it is a baseline condition.
Need mechanical design or FEM validation?
If you need mechanical design and finite element analysis for a component, in metal or composite, we handle that too.
Tell us about your composite project
Tell us about the component to lighten or develop in fiber. We’ll reply with the next steps.