High capital cost
Industrial autoclaves and specialized infrastructure take large upfront capital, which slows how fast production can scale.
Made in Fort Collins, Colorado
Carbon fiber parts.
Composite tooling.
On demand.
Curable eliminates the autoclave. Robotic layup and local heat cure parts in 3 to 5 minutes instead of 6 to 10 hours. Compatible with carbon fiber, fiberglass, and aramid.
Our stats
Curable by the numbers.
Each figure names its source. Company-reported values describe qualification-stage material and processes.
3–5 minRobotic layup cure, compared with 6–10 hour autoclave cycles.Company-reported
>10,000×Less cure energy than conventional oven or autoclave curing.US 2022/0032563 A1
>99%Degree of cure, demonstrated in printed carbon fiber composite.US 11,993,018 B2
4Patents and applications, exclusively licensed to Curable worldwide.CSU STRATA license
The problem
Composites today are expensive, slow, and inflexible.
Autoclave curing sets the pace, the cost, and the location of most composite production.
Slow cure cycles
Conventional prepreg needs 6–10 hour thermal cycles, which caps daily throughput.
Rigid tooling
Machined metal molds cost tens of thousands of dollars and take weeks to make, so design changes are expensive.
Labor intensive
Skilled manual layup drives cost, adds quality variation, and limits production scale.
Long validation
New parts take weeks to months to validate, so designs freeze early.
Centralized risk
Production concentrated in a few locations creates supply risk for critical programs.
Manufacturing
From raw material to finished part.
Cure takes minutes, not hours. Curable makes custom tools in days and can scale to production in a few weeks if you need it.
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The manufacturing stack
Four manufacturing processes.
The TRL beside each process shows its development stage. Ask Curable which processes fit your project.
01TRL 8+
Printed thermoset tooling
CTE-matched molds use layered thermoset and a lattice backing. Curable reports lead times of days rather than weeks.
02TRL 8+
Robotic lamination and cure
A robot places structural skins and stiffened panels. A local emitter follows, with a reported 3–5 minute cure.
03TRL 6
Prepreg tapes and fabrics
Carbon and glass rolls can cure with a heat gun, IR source, or laser. Room-temperature storage is a ROP-2 target for 2027.
04TRL 5-6
Continuous extrusion
Continuous fiber passes through a cure die to form spars, rails, and booms. About one foot per minute is a development target.
How Curable works
See the process in motion.
Timelapse videos of robotic layup and local cure. Share your email and we will send them.
How we stack up
Curable against conventional aerospace epoxy.
Time, process, and material performance, side by side.
| Parameter | Conventional autoclave epoxy prepreg | Curable |
|---|---|---|
| Time and process | ||
| Cure cycle | 6–10 hours | 3–5 minutes |
| Cure equipment | Autoclave or oven | Local heat gun, IR, or laser |
| Cure energy | Heats a full pressure vessel for the whole cycle | Heats the laminate locally; more than 10,000× less energy reported in US 2022/0032563 A1 |
| Post-cure | Typically required | None reported |
| Tooling | Machined metal; weeks | Printed, CTE-matched thermoset; days |
| Consolidation | Autoclave pressure | Vacuum bag |
| Roll storage | Refrigerated; out-life tracked | Ambient target for ROP-2 (2027) |
| Material performance | ||
| Fracture toughness | Baseline epoxy | 3× baseline |
| Glass transition (Tg) | System dependent | 160 °C |
| Fiber volume | System dependent | 50–70% |
| Cure conversion | Post-cure typically required | 95%+ without post-processing |
| Fiber orientation | Layup dependent | Aligned across three axes |
Curable figures are company-reported for qualification-stage material and processes, not a specification. Request the baseline material and test methods for your configuration. ROP-2 targets 2027.
Discuss your performance requirementsWhy Curable
What your team gains.
Made in the U.S.
Domestic production can avoid some cross-border shipping delays.
Production at your site
Discuss a Curable system inside your facility for repeat or distributed production.
Fast cure
Local heat starts cure, shortening the time between layup and finished part.
Design confidentiality
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Reported fiber content
Curable reports 50–70% fiber volume. Request data for your configuration.
Local heating
A local emitter heats the laminate instead of a full pressure vessel.
Capabilities and products
Fast-cure thermosets across three fibers.
The same chemistry and process reach well beyond airframes, from lightweight structure to impact protection.
High performance
Carbon fiber
Lightweight structure.
- Drones (UAV and VTOL)
- Boats and race cars
- Recreation equipment
- Hydrogen tanks
Industrial utility
Fiberglass
Durable and cost-effective.
- Covers and access doors
- Trucks and utility sheds
- Boats and RV components
- Fuel and storage tanks
Ballistic protection
Aramid (Kevlar®)
Impact and blast resistance.
- Military vehicles
- Body armor and vests
- Explosion protection
- Motorcycle clothing
Carbon fiber photo: Lawless Capture / Unsplash. Kevlar® is a registered trademark of DuPont.
Applications and material supply
Parts built from one resin system.
Airframe structures
Monocoque skins can pair with wound or pultruded spars.
Hydrofoils and hulls
Foils, struts, and control surfaces can use carbon or glass hybrid laminates.
Prepreg rolls
Carbon and glass reinforcement is available as plain weave or unidirectional tape.
Industries
Where Curable's technology can change your game.
Share your part, CAD, required loads, quantity, and operating conditions, and our team will assess the best material and process for you.
Land
Pipes, tanks, and vehicle parts.
Enter your requirements, including installation constraints, manufacturing requirements, chemical compatibility, and inspection criteria. Curable turns around quotes, molds, and parts quickly.
- FRP pipes and fittings for your media, temperature, and pressure
- Lighter, stiffer vehicle and wind energy components
- Printed tooling that turns molds around in days
Sea
Foils, hulls, and marine structure.
Composites bring lighter weight, greater stiffness, and corrosion resistance in salt water, and printed tooling turns hull and foil molds around quickly.
- Hydrofoils, struts, and control surfaces
- Hulls and decks in carbon or glass hybrid laminates
- Research into dockside and in-water repair
Air
Lightweight UAV structures.
Move from dozens of parts per month to hundreds with rapid manufacturing. Curable describes parts for Group 1–2 UAVs and custom work for larger platforms.
- Compare structural mass against payload and range targets
- Prototype aerodynamic geometry with printed tooling
- Validate strength under expected flight loads
Space
Extreme environments.
Because the reaction drives the cure rather than an oven, the process can work where ovens cannot. Research explores fabrication and repair under vacuum, underwater, and in foams.
- Research stage, TRL 4
- Cure driven by the reaction, not the surroundings
- Repair and fabrication where resupply is hardest
Working together
Custom parts fast, or set up your own facility.
Custom parts
Parts shipped from Colorado, quickly.
Send a drawing and requirements. Curable handles tooling, layup, cure, and inspection in Fort Collins and ships finished parts.
Start a part quoteYour own facility
Build your own manufacturing capability.
Set up production in your facility. Curable provides the expertise and the raw material, with training and ongoing supply.
Discuss a facilityAbout
From PhDs to production.
Curable Composites is an advanced materials and manufacturing company in Fort Collins, Colorado. Its fast-curing thermoset resin works with printed tooling and robotic placement, so a local heat source can cure a composite part in minutes instead of hours in an autoclave. The platform builds on more than a decade of research in rapid polymerization and automated composite manufacturing. The company formed through CSU STRATA's Lab to Life Venture Studio and holds an exclusive, worldwide license to the underlying patents. Curable makes carbon and glass fiber parts and tooling, and develops prepreg materials, for unmanned aircraft, marine, automotive, and industrial applications.
Dr. Mostafa Yourdkhani and Dr. Blake Teipel bring decades of innovation to composites. Jim Poss and Hadi Abbasi bring decades of manufacturing experience. The team is dedicated to innovation and to excellent customer service.
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Blake Teipel
Blake became Curable's chief executive in September 2026. He co-founded Essentium from his doctoral research at Texas A&M University and led it as CEO through its acquisition by Nexa3D in 2024. Essentium built high-speed extrusion 3D printers and engineering materials for industrial production. Across his career, Blake has raised or arranged more than $500 million in venture, angel, and debt capital.
- Education
- PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
- Previously
- Co-founder and CEO, Essentium
- Capital
- More than $500 million raised or arranged
ExperienceNASAJohn DeereCaterpillarEssentium
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
Dr. Mostafa Yourdkhani
Mostafa leads Curable's materials science. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks at Arizona State University, where his research group works on frontal polymerization, fiber-reinforced composites, additive manufacturing, and robotic automation. He co-authored the 2018 Nature paper that demonstrated rapid, energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers and composites by frontal polymerization, and he is an inventor on the patents Curable holds under exclusive license.
- Appointment
- Associate Professor, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, Arizona State University
- Honors
- NSF CAREER Award; ASME Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering; ACS PMSE Early Investigator Award
- Education
- PhD, McGill University
ExperienceArizona State UniversityColorado State University
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
Jim Poss
Jim invented the Bigbelly solar-powered waste compactor and founded the company behind it. Bigbelly produced four patents and more than $200 million in worldwide sales. He later co-founded Insurate, which uses data science to underwrite workers' compensation insurance for high-hazard industries. Jim has led venture creation at CSU STRATA's Lab to Life Venture Studio, taught entrepreneurship at Babson College, and served as Curable's interim CEO.
- Founded
- Bigbelly; Insurate (co-founder)
- Recognition
- World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer; BusinessWeek Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs
- Education
- Duke University; MBA, Babson College
ExperienceBigbellyInsurateCSU STRATABabson College
Chief Operating Officer
Hadi Abbasi
Hadi leads operations and production. He owned and operated a composites manufacturing company for more than ten years. His expertise spans fiberglass and carbon composites, engineered plastics, and industrial rubber and sealing products. He holds a master's degree in Polymer Engineering and an MBA.
- Experience
- More than ten years owning and operating a composites manufacturing company
- Materials
- Fiberglass and carbon composites, engineered plastics, rubber and sealing
- Education
- Master's, Polymer Engineering; MBA
ExperienceCSU STRATA
What guides Curable.
Our mission
Accelerating the future of composites through high-speed manufacturing excellence.
Our vision
The future of composites, on demand.
Research and patents
Protected by patents. Built on published science.
Curable holds an exclusive, worldwide license from CSU STRATA to patents invented by Dr. Mostafa Yourdkhani and colleagues. His research group at Arizona State University publishes the underlying science.
Selected patents exclusively licensed to Curable
Issued 2024
Method and device for printing and curing thermoset resin
A laser or infrared source cures resin as it leaves the nozzle, enabling freeform, support-free printing at up to 2 m/min with more than 99% cure.
US 11,993,018 B2. Yourdkhani, Ziaee, Smith, Dojan. Issued May 28, 2024.
Issued 2025
Self-heating tooling device for curing of composites
A printed conductive skin heats the tool itself, curing parts without an oven or autoclave.
US 12,220,864 B2. Yourdkhani. Issued February 11, 2025.
Selected papers
2018
Rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers and composites via frontal polymerization
Showed that a self-propagating reaction front can cure thermoset polymers and fiber-reinforced composites without an oven or autoclave.
Robertson, Yourdkhani, et al. Nature 557.
2021
Rapid synchronized fabrication of vascularized thermosets and composites
Formed vascular channels in the same step as cure, producing multifunctional thermosets and composites.
Garg et al. Nature Communications 12.
2025
Additive manufacturing of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoset composites via in-situ thermal curing
Printed carbon fiber thermoset composites with cure triggered in place during deposition.
Dojan et al. Nature Communications 16.
2025
Rapid thermally assisted frontal curing of composites in filament winding process
Cured filament-wound composite structures with a thermally assisted reaction front.
Dashtizad et al. Composites Communications.
Careers
Curable is building its team in Fort Collins, Colorado. Introduce yourself at connect@curablecomposite.com.
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