The Schiebel company, world market leader in mine detection equipment and, with the CAMCOPTER® S-100, an internationally leading manufacturer of unmanned helicopter drones, advances into another high-tech area. Schiebel s carbon fiber department was set up in 2004 in the course of the S-100 development. Today, Schiebel Composites is ready to serve other firms with this technology. The introduction of this new division will take place at this year s Eurosatory in Paris.

Precision and quality at the highest level

In the first five years, the department has grown to a 40-man division with production sites in Wiener Neustadt, Austria and Abu Dhabi, UAE. With this experience, Schiebel Composites now offers its full services to the general public. We are reacting to the increasing demand. It was time to pass our expertise gained from the precise demands of the aviation industry on to other customers by supplying them with high-quality carbon fiber technology, says Hans Georg Schiebel, Chairman of the Schiebel Group.

State-of-the-art production equipment, from fully climate controlled clean rooms to automated cutters, autoclaves and annealing furnaces offer a nearly unlimited range of production technologies. Our core competencies include everything that composite materials such as carbon fiber, glass fiber, aramid fiber and various core materials like honeycombs, Rohacell, and other materials have to offer. From design to component layout and construction, tool crafting, prototyping, function test up to serial components, the customer is offered a wide range of services. Depending on the requirements, Schiebel Composites selects the material best suited with its associated technology. We continuously explore material application limits and seek ways to efficiently expand those limits, explains Carsten Gäbler, Head of Composite Development and Production.

Lightweight construction applications in extreme service environments, such as engine components and exhaust systems or conductivity applications such as antennas and wave guides or shielding for electromagnetic interference are just some of the many possibilities. Primary markets currently served are aviation, telecommunications and racing.