Complete composite tube design and manufacturing solutions

Carbon fibre tubes in diameters from Ø 5mm to 500mm and lengths up to 5m Extensive range of tooling including parallels, ovals, and tapers Many different material types, moduli and surface finish options Sheet pressing capabilities to manufacture composite parts Post-machining and assembly of composite tube and parts including CNC milling & turning, precision grinding, painting/lacquering etc

Composite Tube Manufacture

We can manufacture custom carbon fibre tubes to supplied specifications or use in house composite tube design facilities to make tubing optimised for customers applications. Learn more about our manufacturing capabilities.

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Composite Part Manufacture

With our heated platen presses we manufacture composite sheet in-house and can mould parts with complex geometry using closed mould techniques.

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Standard Tubing

We make ranges of standard carbon fibre tubing available straight from stock to suit a whole range of applications. Have a look at our full standard tubing range here.

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Telescopic Tubing

Carbon Fibre Tubes Ltd are leaders in the design and manufacture of composite telescopic tubes. This is one of the most established areas of our business. Learn more about our depth of expertise producing both custom-made and standard carbon fibre telescopic tubing sets here.

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Machining and Assembly

Using state of the art CNC machinery we can perform post-machining operations on composite tubes and parts. We can manufacture and sub-source additional components to provide part or full assemblies.

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Industries we supply to

We work with a variety of industries and have a wealth of experience in the engineering, design and manufacture of composite product for a vast range of applications.

Aerospace
CFT work within the Aerospace industry, combining their depth of industry experience with a focus on composite innovation to meet customers exacting needs.
– Flexible Manufacturing Processes
– Familiarity with quality systems. ISO9001:2008 certified – currently undergoing quality system update to
ISO9001:2015
– Currently planning alignment with AS9100 Some examples of our work include the supply of composite tubing for: – Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
– Drones
– Fixed wing aircraft
– Research and development within the aerospace industry

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Defence
CFT have been designing, manufacturing and machining composite materials for the Defence industry for the last 15 years. Working directly and via Defence primes and subcontractors, we understand project security and integrity is paramount to our customers. As such, CFT have policies in place to maintain required levels of confidentiality and quality.
– Experience working with lightening-strike materials
– Highly specialised manufacturing techniques including incorporation of RF/EMC shielding within tubes
– Experience of complex post-machining and assembly of tubes including dimensional verification by CCM

Some examples of our work include supplying composite tubing:

– Bomb disposal robots
– Naval counter measure missiles
– Military antenna masts
– IED clearance equipment
– High entry tactical telescopic poles
– Remote inspection poles

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General Industry
The flexibility of our composite design and roll-wrapping manufacturing processes enables us to make tubing suitable for a high range of applications. This, combined with our complex machining and assembly capabilities means we can supply custom designed, manufactured and post-machined tubes.
Our work supplying composite tubing to General Industry is vast, and our customer base diverse. Some examples of our work are shown below:

– Roller tubes
– Civil engineering structures
– Stage and performing arts equipment
– Water-fed window and gutter cleaning equipment

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Automotive and Transport
Over the last 15yrs CFT have established a considerable presence within the automotive and transport industry. We are at the forefront of composite innovation supplying to companies ranging within the automotive, rail and transport infrastructure industries.
Our work in this sector includes (but is not limited to):

– Supply to hi-end automotive OEMs and motorsport organisations
– Exhaust sleeves for car and motorcycles
– Motorsport pit equipment
– Suspension struts and chassis members
– Cutting-edge rail infrastructure
– Working with fire-retardant materials specific to the rail industry including those that meet EN45545 standards

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Marine
Over the last 15yrs CFT have established a considerable presence within the automotive and transport industry. We are at the forefront of composite innovation supplying to companies ranging within the automotive, rail and transport infrastructure industries.
– Paddle shafts
– Tiller extensions
– Spars
– Masts
– Superyacht fixtures
– Make tapered tubing which is ideally suited for mast applications
– Make oval tubing often sought for masts or booms requiring differential properties in different axes
– Produce tubes with epoxy resin systems with virtually zero water absorption, making them better suited to marine application than
– Lower-quality tubing made with vinylester or polyester resin systems

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Telescopic Tubing
One of the most established areas of our business is the design and manufacture of telescopic tubing.
For applications that require working at a distance, minimising component weight is essential to improve manoeuvrability and ease of operation. At up to a 5th of the weight of steel, and many times stronger, composites are therefore ideally suited to this purpose.
– High-level water fed window cleaning poles
– Boarding and high-level access poles
– Microphone booms
– Camera tripods
– Military and broadcasting antenna masts (push up, wind up and pneumatic)
– IED and mine clearance poles
– Motor racing refuelling booms
– Tubes within range of 4mm-500mm
– Lengths up to 5m (collapsed) and 25m (extended)
– Tubes with anti-rotational features
– A variety of materials from lower cost glass fibre to special high modulus materials