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Carbon Fibre Tubes

C-Tech produces a range of parallel and tapered tubing manufactured from pre-preg carbon fibre, glass fibre or carbon and glass mix.

Carbon composites offer common benefits of strength, lightness, stiffness, resilience and chemical and corrosion resistance, making them ideal for many performance based applications. Shop from round, oval, square, rectangle, aerofoil and telescopic tubes or ask us about a custom solution.

Trusted as leaders in carbon fiber manufacturing & fabrication.

Bespoke Carbon Fibre Tubes

Our roll-wrapped prepreg carbon fibre composite tubes are ideal for applications that need the highest strength and stiffness along with lowest weight. Typical industries that use carbon composites are marine, robotics, space, automotive, medical and UAV/film.

Tube Table Options

Tube Options

Here, you can easily compare the features, specifications, and benefits of our C-tech tubes against those offered by other suppliers.

OTHER SUPPLIERS
STANDARD MANDRELS
CUSTOM FEMALE MOULD
Pultrusion
Filament winding
Rollwrapping
Female moulded
Resin application
Resin bath (wet) through extrusion mould
Resin bath (wet)
Tow prepreg
Tow prepreg - true zeros
Prepreg
Prepreg
Fibre layup
Unidirectional, pultruded
Machine automated
CNC cut, semi-automated
CNC cut, by hand
Resin content
Somewhat controlled
Uncontrolled
Controlled
Controlled
Controlled & optimised
Controlled & optimised
Standard surface finish
Dieformed
Inconsistent/lumpy due to filament crimping
Consistent
Mould surface
Final layer options
Different resin colours
Filament
Unidirectional/off axis/cloth
Unidirectional/off axis/cloth
Price
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$$$
$$$$
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Void content
Moderate
Variable
Low/moderate
Low
Low
Well suited to:
Small tube, low cost
Torsion tubes/pressure vessels
High customisable performance applications
Outside surface critical, non straight tubes
Local reinforcement/ patching
0° or 90° only
Laminate customisation
Sectional shapes
Solid/hollow round/square
Round, square, rectangular, oval, aerofoil, D-shape. Some concave (e.g. track) features possible.
Round, square, rectangular, oval, aerofoil, D-shape. Some concave (e.g. track) features possible.
Whatever moulds can produce
Cure options
Heated tooling
Oven or vacuum + autoclave
Oven or vacuum + autoclave
Vacuum + autoclave only

We design and manufacture world-class carbon fibre tubes for a huge range of industries.

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Surface Finishes

Designed to make your composites corrosion resistant, UV protection and aesthetically pleasing, C-Tech provides finishes sustaining the long-term appearance of composite products.

Standard

Unidirectional or Cloth Finish

Glossy, unidirectional (spiral wound effect), cloth (woven or twill-weave) effect.

Clearcoat

Unidirectional or Cloth Finish

Smooth, clear and glossy cloth or uni finish.

Sanded

Unidirectional or Cloth Finish

Sanded finish ready for painting or gluing, cloth or uni option.

Peel-ply

Unidirectional or Cloth Finish

Textured finish designed as a gluing surface. It can be used inside tubes to create a gluing surface in areas that are hard to sand. This finish also provides a good grip on tubes either cloth or uni.

Painted

Unidirectional or Cloth Finish (UV Resistant)

Sanded and painted, giving a high gloss and the best UV protective coating and a high quality finish. We can offer any colour that is commercially available for spray painting.

See why ambitious companies around the world
partner with C-Tech

"Coming from our One Design Sailing background, we know that C-Tech deliver both quality and precision and as passionate sailors themselves, you are going to get ideas and contribution to a better end product."

Andy Robertson,
Kaizen Owner
MARINE

The team came up with tapered hollow booms that fitted our brief perfectly, and we’ve now been using their manufacturing services for a number of years. The quality and service provided by C-Tech’s engineering staff are always of a high standard, and they are a great team to work with

Tony van Tiel
Oceania Aviation
MARINE

The team came up with tapered hollow booms that fitted our brief perfectly, and we’ve now been using their manufacturing services for a number of years. The quality and service provided by C-Tech’s engineering staff are always of a high standard, and they are a great team to work with

Tony van Tiel
Oceania Aviation
MARINE

The team came up with tapered hollow booms that fitted our brief perfectly, and we’ve now been using their manufacturing services for a number of years. The quality and service provided by C-Tech’s engineering staff are always of a high standard, and they are a great team to work with

Tony van Tiel
Oceania Aviation

We specialise in

Innovative carbon tubing solutions for businesses that need strength and light-weight with a premium finish.

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Pricing

Price will depend on laminate thickness and carbon fiber modulus or fiber type required. For more price information please enquire to find a product that suits your specifications.

Global Shipping & Delivery

C-Tech tube can be delivered worldwide, using Airfreight, Seafreight and Courier (DHL / FedEx; suitable for lengths under 3 metres). We offer excellent lead times and competitive prices on shipments to Australia.

Orders and Payment

Complete the Order/Enquiry form to receive a quote by email. Quotes can also be provided by phone. Paying is easy with pro-forma invoices which can be paid by credit card (Visa/MasterCard - download PDF form and complete CC details), by bank transfer, or by internet payment to a local bank (service available in some countries).

Terms of Delivery

The standard terms for delivery of C-Tech Carbon fiber tube internationally are:

  • F.O.B (Free On Board) i.e. delivery to a freight carrier at Auckland International Airport (TNT, UPS or other Airfreight carrier)
  • DDU (Delivery, Duties/Sales Tax Unpaid) i.e. standard DHL / FedEx terms

FAQs

Here are the answers to some common questions we get asked. If you have a question that is not covered on this page, get in touch.

Where can you ship to?
Are your tubes 100% carbon fiber?
Are your tubes filament wound?
Which is better, a filament-wound tube or roll-wrapped tube?
Do you have all tubes in stock?
Can I paint carbon tubes?

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