Carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) also have a raison d’être in mechanical engineering. Components that are operated in large temperature ranges can be realised with dimensional stability, for example, and thus allow higher precision. The lower mass allows smaller, cost-effcient and energy-saving actuation.

The challenge is to implement the higher performance in existing structures or under non-variable boundary conditions. The transfer of metallic designs to CFRP without adaption to the material specific properties is usually not reasonable (“black metal design”).

From concept to design and prototypes to series production, INVENT is your one-stop contact for the fibre composite compatible realisation of your components.

Fibre composite technologies show their strengths in the use phase, in which the high energy and material costs are compensated in many scenarios. INVENT develops strategies to make the use of fibre composites more sustainable, starting with design, through manufacturing processes and technologies to life cycle analysis and recycling.

In addition to the use of biomaterials, we develop processes that are less energy-intensive and have solutions in our portfolio that address the entire life cycle.

Innovative manufacturing processes allow us to reduce energy requirements in production. In product development, we examine which component scenarios are suitable for recycled materials. Innovative joining processes allow adhesive bonds to be released and components to be reused without impairing their mechanical properties.

Technological expertise in lightweight design is the foundation of INVENT’s quality. That is why we have been focusing intensely on research and development since our founding in 1996, in order to stay fit for the future in all business areas through the further development of new technologies. In doing so, we work closely with research institutes, universities and the development departments of renowned companies, thus driving industrial lightweight construction into ever new areas of application.

The focus is on both current and promising topics in the field of functional materials, process development, innovative sensors and actuators, functional integration and, of course, novel components that have never been realised before. New technologies are made commercially viable and open up the best perspectives for the potential of lightweight design in all business fields of INVENT.

From aerospace to automotive and rail applications as well as machine components – we demonstrate our expertise in the initiation, planning and implementation of federal, national and EU-wide collaborative projects with our own competence team.