Mantis Composites uses 5-axis printing systems built and designed in-house to produce components for our customers.

These systems enable:

  • Printing of high-fiber-volume carbon fiber with high-temperature thermoplastic materials.

  • Z-axis reinforcement leveraging highly dexterous multi-axis fiber path capability.

  • Precise fiber steering utilizing an inverse-trunnion (non-robotic-arm) placement system.

  • Zero-radius corners that enable unparalleled fiber-level design.

Max Component Scale (cylindrical build volume):

  • 18in (400mm) diameter

  • 20in (500mm) height

The Mantis Advantage

Unprecedented Design Optionality

Unprecedented Feature Capabilities

Unprecedented Fiber Control

In-Situ Data Collection for QA

Mantis Composites printers collect data from hundreds of in-situ feeds and leverage a decade of data accumulation to understand the performance of every print at a sub-millimeter resolution.

Automated production, in-situ data collection, and automated analysis allow for high repeatability and enable aerospace-ready components.

In-House Machining

In-house specialization in difficult-to-machine carbon fiber components (including Carbon/Carbon and Silicon Carbide) with highly intricate geometries enables rapid component sourcing and delivery.

Advanced Application Engineering

Our customers work on hard problems, and these problems require boutique solutions.

Mantis Composites leverages the same mechanical, thermal, and integration engineering used to produce our printing systems to support customers in designing their end solution with Mantis Composites parts. A broad network of extended design and modeling firms provides engineering capability to support anything from a bracket to a vehicle control surface system.

In-house material analysis capabilities and deep connections with external testing providers allow for rapid material characterization for any customer application, from hypersonic vehicles to satellite optical benches.