Carbon fiber & composites
Material-led development for lighter, stronger components, tooling and application-specific structures.
↗Research-led manufacturing
Research engineered
into production.
Carbovant Innovations develops manufacturing systems at the edge of materials, machine vision and adaptive tooling - with carbon fiber and composites at the center of our roadmap.
FIELD TEST / THERMAL VISION
CF / 01Lightweight systems.
Industrial intent.
Industrial intent.
360°inspection concept
150-300 gtested grip envelope
4vision outputs explored
Core capabilities
Built where materials,
machines and data meet.
We investigate hard manufacturing problems, prove the operating principle and shape the result into a system that can move toward deployment.
Manufacturing R&D
First-principles research translated into fixtures, prototypes and systems that can be tested on the floor.
↗Machine vision
Optics, illumination, industrial cameras and image analysis designed around difficult operating conditions.
↗Adaptive automation
Pneumatic end-of-arm tools and control concepts for variable parts, surfaces and handling paths.
↗Selected development work
PROJECT FILES / 2024-2601 / MACHINE VISIONHot Billet
Hot Billet
Surface Inspection
A 360-degree inspection concept for finding cracks, voids and surface anomalies while steel billets are still red hot.
The investigation combines coherent illumination, bandpass filtering, industrial cameras and machine-learning-assisted image analysis to make defects more visible in a high-radiation environment.
OpticsIndustrial imagingML analysis
01
Illuminate
Coherent light isolates useful surface information from the billet's thermal radiation.
02
Capture
Industrial cameras and bandpass optics acquire views around the hot billet.
03
Analyse
Edge detection, error pointing and contour mapping surface regions of interest.
04
Report
Inspection output is presented to an operator for fast review and action.
Concept study
Inspection around the full section.
A compact system study visualising camera, illumination and billet movement around an inspection cell.
02 / END-OF-ARM TOOLINGUniversal
Universal
Pneumatic Gripper
One adaptable tool for components with different geometries, finishes and weight distribution.
The pneumatic prototype was tested across mild steel, chrome-coated and aluminium parts. It comfortably lifted 150-300 gram specimens, including non-magnetic and uneven shapes, while retaining the flexibility to regrip and realign a misplaced component.
PneumaticsVariable geometryRobot integration
PROTOTYPE IN ACTION
TEST SPECIMENSDesigned for variation.One pneumatic architecture. Multiple materials, surfaces and part geometries.
Payload tested150-300 g
Material rangeMS / chrome / aluminium
Operational valuePick, reject, regrip, realign
03 / AIRSPACE PROTECTION R&DAegis
Aegis
Spin
A centrifugal tether-deployment concept for compact, non-RF counter-drone interception.
Aegis Spin explores how a carrier platform, a balanced rotating hub and controlled dual-line deployment could work together as a low-cost physical interception system. The current Rev-0 is a contained bench demonstrator used to validate the hub mechanics, balance, payout and retraction sequence—it is not flight hardware.
Counter-drone researchRotating systemsRapid prototyping
01
Task
A carrier platform is directed toward the identified airspace event.
02
Approach
The system closes distance while the hub remains in its safe travel state.
03
Deploy
The balanced hub spins up and meters two opposed tethers in a controlled sequence.
04
Recover
Bench testing evaluates repeatable retraction, docking and safe spin-down.
Early motion study for carrier release, stabilisation and approach.
Concept visualisation of the interception geometry in motion.
Rev-0 validation rig
Prove the rotating mechanism before flight integration.
The test rig was developed as a 20-part printable mechanical assembly. Its first validation envelope is deliberately conservative: low-speed rotation, matched covered test masses and operation inside closed impact-resistant containment.
Bench validation active
Rotor format160 mm / dual line
Rev-0 speed envelope10-50 RPM
Bench sweep diameterApprox. 0.78 m
Current maturityContained bench demonstrator
Our approach
From question
to working proof.
01
Investigate
Understand the physics, operating constraints and real failure mode.
02
Prototype
Build the smallest credible system that proves the principle.
03
Test
Use real materials, geometries and conditions to expose the weak points.
04
Industrialise
Refine integration, repeatability and manufacturing readiness.
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