Fast Fibres Ltd is a New Zealand registered company based in Tauranga (Bay Of Plenty) The company is focused on delivering high quality composite parts. Fast Fibres owner and director Bruce Beca has more than 2o years experience in marine and automotive racing industries. Bruce is a N.Z. Qualified Boat Builder and holds a certificate in Computer Integrated Manufacture and Computer Aided Design (or C.I.M./C.A.D.) Fast Fibres was incorporated in May 2013, prior to this Bruce owned/managed “Beca Composites” from July 2006. Bruce’s years of relative experience includes projects at home in New Zealand as well as in Europe, England, Africa, The Caribbean and Canada. Projects include Volvo Ocean Race, Americas Cup, Kenwood Cup, TP 52, Open 60/Vendee Globe, numerous Farrier Trimarans and other small craft. Race car part fabrications are many and diverse, ranging from N.Z. Rally car to Bonneville Streamliner – which called for a complete aerodynamic design/evaluation and full composite body fabrication.
Design
When Dale Thomas of Kiwi Klimbers imagined a new range of safe, lighter weight and efficient climbing equipment for the arbor care industry, Fast Fibres were able to turn those ideas and early concepts into reality. Fast Fibres completed initial R&D and rapid prototyping quickly and in-expensively. Later following up with detailed design solutions for production assemblies which, were extensively refined to deliver class leading products for Kiwi Klimbers.
Fast Fibres chief designer Bruce Beca has been designing with solid and surface modelling software since 2009. Understanding of what C.N.C. machines are capable of, and knowing the limitation is the difference between whats design-able and what can actually be produced. Fast Fibres can show you the way forward.
Contact Fast Fibres today to discuss what they can do for you!
Composite Fabrication
Fast Fibres key projects include high performance yachts/multi-hulls and race cars. Always striking a balance between design time and workshop based activity F.F. employ the latest composite construction techniques and industry leading building materials. Fast Fibres will deliver the results your looking for. For larger projects, our pool of subcontractors are industry respected and their workmanship is second to none.
Take for example the two sister ships designed by Farrier Marine and built by Fast Fibres. These two identical F-32 s.r.x.c. racing trimarans were build to a fixed budget, before being sea trialed in Tauranga and later prepared for and exported to Australia.
In order to win this contract, Fast Fibres had to demonstrate a competitive price point, ensure highest build quality and use superior building materials. This project was completed using talented trade persons who are regularly contracted by Fast Fibres for such projects. Our contractors are chosen because of their many years relative experience, building the likes of A.C., Open 60, Volvo Ocean Race, and other such performance yachts.
Fast Fibres recently completed the fabrication of this custom aerodynamic aid to suit an international Time Attack car. This one piece infused carbon attachment is designed to marry up with the cars existing front body panels, in-spite its mere 18 Kg weight, it produces over 1000 Kg of down force at peak speeds. The owner chose Fast Fibres not only because we understand composites very well but also aerodynamic principals. F.F. has been working on race cars and with owner to go faster since 2006.
Servicing
Ever broken your expensive carbon fibre mountain or road bike frame, maybe smashed your river kayak, or broke the rudder of your sailing yacht? Don’t worry Fast Fibres can help with our parts service because, in most cases carbon fibre parts are repairable. There’s a misconception that once carbon’s broken nothing can be done however Fast Fibres can repair
80% of all damaged composite components. Often your insurance company will cover the repair and most of the time it is easy for fast Fibres. With your broken bike frame or whatever, we can usually match the paint and decal, but sometimes this can cost more than the repair of the carbon itself! In any case call us before you contact your insurance company, we’ll be happy to quote the repair work for your insurance company.