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Carbon ThreeSixty delivers bespoke specification composite wheels, runflats and related products for the defence, automotive and aerospace industries.

It is currently developing the world’s first commercially viable, low cost, lightweight, all-composite wheel for electric and niche vehicles, such as driverless cars, last mile delivery vehicles, road sweepers and next generation agricultural vehicles.

The company has also patented one of its technologies that makes use of a novel and disruptive architecture for lightweight bolt-less runflat and beadlock wheels.

The design provides lightweight fighting and support vehicles with runflat and beadlock functionality whilst also enabling a reduction in gross vehicle weight.  By incorporating a runflat element, it is also possible to remove the need for the vehicle to carry a spare wheel assembly.

“The Carbon ThreeSixty range of composite wheels covers multiple industries and applications, from ultra-lightweight, performance automotive wheels to heavy duty defence applications with any size or design.”

Ed Allnutt CEng
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CO-FOUNDER

Composite Wheels

Carbon ThreeSixty partners with with vehicle manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket distributors. The Company designs, develops and tests carbon fibre composite wheels and the associated manufacturing processes; including tooling design and resin transfer moulding protocols, all of which are suitable for manufacturing process transfer if required.

​The Carbon ThreeSixty range of composite wheels covers multiple industries and applications, from ultra lightweight, performance automotive wheels to heavy duty defence applications with any size or design.

Within defence, our partners seek to reduce unsprung weight – while increasing durability and impact tolerance – to improve economy, vehicle performance, and attain greater flexibility in total weight distribution.

Performance automotive wheel manufacturers are seeking lighter wheels to gain greater performance from engines and brakes, and the associated responsiveness from tyres, suspension, and steering attainable through carbon composite wheels.

Carbon ThreeSixty develops hybrid wheels with a metallic centre bonded to a carbon composite barrel. This allows significant weight reductions and performance gains, avoiding the high cost and complexity of manufacture with full composite wheels.

Run-Flats

Carbon ThreeSixty partners with leading run-flat system manufacturers to harness the advantages of advanced carbon composite materials. The Company designs, develops and tests carbon run-flats and the associated manufacturing processes; including tooling design and resin transfer moulding protocols, all of which are suitable for manufacturing process transfer if required.

The Carbon ThreeSixty range of run-flats can be adapted for use across multiple industries and applications, from public transport to heavy duty defence all-terrain vehicles.

Carbon ThreeSixty’s “in wheel” run-flat systems enable vehicles to continue operation in the case of an of unexpected tyre deflation. For public transport, this would enable the vehicle to return to a depot for repair, and in defence scenarios allow the vehicle to escape hostile actions or danger.

The challenge with existing “in wheel” run-flat technologies is that they are extremely heavy and impair the vehicle’s performance when not in use. When in motion, a traditional run-flat can create a wheel load as high as 6,000kg.

Carbon ThreeSixty’s lighter, stronger carbon composite run-flats can deliver a weight saving of 50kg per wheel, or 400kg on an eight wheeled vehicle. Most critically, this weight saving is in unsprung mass.

Heavy duty vehicles manufacturers adopting Carbon ThreeSixty’s run-flat technology are seeking to improve vehicle performance, extend fuel range, and reduce weight or allow significant weight redistribution.