Carbon fiber tubes manufacture, roll wrapped carbon tubes

Production

With specialized workers who boast several years of experience, Italtubes produces every single fiber tube according to a very high quality
standard and the machinery used is often the result of long fine-tuning and modifications to carry out a specific process in the best possible way.

In particular, all the processes below are carried out DIRECTLY within our factory:

Internal FEA (Finite Elements Analysis) design for optimized layering for your applications

Computerized cutting of carbon fiber and other composite materials for always precise cuts with optimization of waste using nesting software.

Processing on the fibers and polymerization controlled by PLC with reports of the various probes

Fiber tube grinding

CNC milling via dedicated machine

Automated cutting with decimal precision

3D printing, screen printing or plotter printing

High quality internal painting

As we said, these processes are carried out internally by our staff according to well-detailed procedures using worksheets.

All our tubes are made according to the wrapping technique, this means wrapping the pre-preg (pre-impregnated) carbon fiber on a mould, thus leading to significant advantages compared to other techniques. These advantages can be briefly summarized as follows:

• we can make tubes with different thicknesses, from 0.1mm to over 10mm, and the thickness can vary even several times on the same tube
• the tubes can be cylindrical or conical, and the taper can vary several times on the same tube
• we can precisely control the amount of resin present on the tube
• we can position the fibers exactly at 0° or 90° or at any angle
• the fibers can be positioned according to a precise pattern, and each layer can be easily interchanged
• it is possible to change/alternate the type of carbon fiber within the same tube to obtain different results
• carbon fiber tubes made with this technology can withstand very high temperatures and pressures
• it is possible to develop specific designs to create tubes capable of resisting or transmitting strong torsions or bendings along the axis
• each tube we produce can be designed/adapted for a specific purpose
• we don't need large quantities for production
• a carbon fiber tube has a pleasant external appearance that is unique in the world

All these features can only be obtained with Wrapping technology. Each composite fiber tube that we make is therefore the result of careful design supported by severe practical tests that always require several months of work.
This is why we always approach every project with the precise desire to create something innovative and long-lasting. We are not interested in proposing ephemeral products subject to constant variations.

Perhaps this is why our company is a leader in the production of carbon fiber tubes as well as in the production of fishing rods or flag-waving poles.
It is no coincidence that the rods owned by well-known groups of flag-wavers have won several Italian titles over the years, while in the fishing sector our rods currently hold 17 World Championships, 13 European Championships, more than 60 Italian Championships as well as numerous records and primates.
To maintain these standards, strict controls are necessary and periodically some carbon tubes are taken as samples for control and quality tests to guarantee our reliability and professionalism.

Below a small parts of our process.