Do you recognise this phenomenon? Your, at first sight, fine carbon parts or components loose their colour within two years! They can also fit badly, begin to fade or even worse, start cracking! This is the consequence of inferior materials and production methods
Febur proves that this can change. This is because, the carbon parts for all sport bikes from Ducati, MV, Cagiva, as well as all Japanese brands and Triumph have been made using a high-tech autoclave.

An autoclave is a pressurised oven within which both the pressure and the temperature can be regulated. The product is placed or layed-up in or on a single-sided mould, enclosed in a vacuum-foil, a vacuum applied around the component in the mould and then placed inside the autoclave. The increased pressure inside the autoclave and the regulated temperature make it possible to obtain a high fibre-volume content, not in the least due to the possibility to work with pre-impregnated fibres – so called pre-pregs. Also, the chance of air inclusions is far less compared with, for instance, hand lay-ups

Through the application of so-called uni-directional ‘pre-pregs’ or plies, the fibres can be placed or layed-up in the most optimum direction. As a result of this stronger products are created, which, in addition, are lighter and more precise in shape. This high-tech process makes it possible to use heat-curable epoxy-resins. This type of resin allows, in the case of Febur, the addition of UV-stabilizer additives which reduces colour loss dramatically.

The most autoclave products find their way in to the motor-sport (car and motorbike) and into the Aerospace sectors. Is your precious Motorbike the next in line…?