Telescopic Carbon Fibre Tubes

One of the most established areas of our business is the design and manufacture of telescopic carbon fibre tubes.

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.

Some examples of carbon fibre telescopic tubing applications include:

  • 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

a telescopic carbon fibre tube

Telescopic Carbon Tubes Manufacturing:

Our telescopic carbon fibre tubes manufacturing capabilities mean we can offer customers:

  • 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

FEA analysis of composite tube
CAD drawing of composite tube

Check out our telescopic tubing in use

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