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Meet  (Valencia, Spain) experts and learn more about the company’s specialization in formulating fiber cable technologies for highly specific performance characteristics and tailoring to demanding environments.

Future Fibres is ISO9001 and AS9100 accredited. The company delivers a flagship composite cable range targeting weight savings, strength, flexibility, low fatigue and high performance in extreme temperatures with no corrosion — from wind and tidal energy to lifting equipment, civil engineering, aerospace and beyond.

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One offering featured is syntheticS, dry-wound and synethetic fiber cables. They are manufactured using a continuous winding process of synthetic unidirectional (UD) fibers around two spools that range between aramid, DM20 and PBO. Future Fibres’ flagship dry-wound cables, for instance, anchor Minesto’s Dragon 4 subsea kites to the seabed as they produce energy from tidal streams and ocean currents. Future Fibres is also increasing capacity and upscaling with new equipment to meet the growing demands of offshore applications. 

MonolithiC is manufactured via continuous winding of UD carbon fiber prepreg around two spools. These solid industrial cables can be optimized for the smallest and lightest characteristics, according to the company. Tailored to specific applications, monolithiC cables are currently in use in a wide range of settings — from a barn storage structure for a private client, to uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) for AeroVironment Inc.

MultiC is Future Fibres’ patented multistrand technology combining bundles of pultruded carbon fiber rods inside a textile cover. MultiC is reported to deliver high flexibility, enabling the cables to resist fractures from bending, compression and impact. MultiC flight control system cables are used on the Stratolaunch Roc plane, designed to air-launch hypersonic test vehicles.

The company also highlights flexC, a highly versatile, flexible belt combining high-performance fibers such as carbon fiber with a flexible thermoset resin matrix. Used in civil engineering to strengthen concrete and steel structures, it can also be quickly deployed in emergency situations to shore up compromised structures. It reliably delivers accurate repetition within high-fatigue environments, such as PTO systems in wave energy.

Beyond its cable range, Future Fibres Components has become a major division of the company, specializing in large-scale composites manufacturing. The division produces highly loaded composite structures via its large ovens, autoclaves, filament winding and precision machining equipment and capabilities.The Components Division is exhibiting a low-profile composite bracket, designed for mounting a flat high-performance antenna.

Visit Future Fibres at Booth E99 in Hall 6.