Mark Light manufactures carbon hybrid hydraulic cylinders that are up to 70 percent lighter than conventional steel cylinders on the market.
Mark Light
GermanyNew on Amplifa
About Mark Light
Mark Light has been part of the MARK Group, founded in 1920 by Rudolf MARK Senior, since 2008 and has expanded the product portfolio with its own division: extremely lightweight, compact and powerful carbon hybrid hydraulic cylinders. The cylinders combine classic, high-strength metallic materials such as aluminium and steel with carbon fibres (CFRP), which serve as a structural joining element in the carbon winding technology – entirely without welding, bonding or threads. Precision-manufactured components such as pistons, rod guides and cylinder bases are made from aluminium or steel, while the liner is extremely thin-walled with wall thicknesses down to 0.4 mm. Customers can choose between serviceable, dismountable cylinders and maintenance-free variants; modular production from proven modules enables customer-specific designs tailored to load collectives without long development times. The group delivers thousands of cylinders annually, with the MARK Group providing backing for quality and safety. The carbon cylinders are used among other things in lift platforms, transport and agricultural machinery, in maritime applications, in e-mobility, in rescue cylinders for fire brigades and police, and in micro cylinders for exoskeletons.
- Site
- Germany
- Processes
- Manufacturing of carbon hybrid hydraulic cylinders (carbon winding technology combined with, Carbon winding of fully assembled cylinder parts (fibre orientation & resin matrix, Modular production of cylinders from proven modules (customer-specific design), Precision manufacturing of cylinder components (pistons, rod guides, cylinder bases), Manufacturing of thin-walled liners (e.g. 0.4 mm wall thickness for micro cylinders), Customer-specific design/engineering of cylinders for load collectives (e.g. 100,000 load cycles), Customer-specific design (tailored to load collective / operating conditions), Modular production / fast design without long development times
- Materials
- Carbon fibres (CFRP), Aluminium, Steel (coated cylinder tubes), High-performance steels, Carbon fibres
- Certificates
- Zero-defect tolerance
- Founded
- 1920 (foun
- Industries
- Lift platforms / work platforms, Transport industry, Agricultural machinery, Maritime, Medical technology / exoskeletons (micro cylinders), E-mobility
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Engineering
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Precision manufacturing of cylinder components
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Carbon winding
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Assembly
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Testing
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Shipping
Materials & Processes
Carbon fibres
Structural joining element of the carbon casing; fibre orientation and resin matrix are selected according to the application.
Aluminium
Material for precision-manufactured components such as pistons, rod guides and cylinder bases.
Steel (coated cylinder tubes)
Depending on the area of application, coated steel cylinder tubes are usually used.
High-performance steels
High-strength steel materials for robust cylinder components.
Sites
Site Germany
DEManufacturing and development of carbon hybrid hydraulic cylinders
- Materials
- Carbon fibres (CFRP), aluminium, steel, high-performance steels
- Carbon winding machine
- Test bench
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing of carbon hybrid hydraulic cylinders (carbon winding technology combined withJoining | – | – | – | – | Carbon fibres (CFRP), Aluminium, Steel, High-performance steels |
| Carbon winding of fully assembled cylinder parts (fibre orientation & resin matrixJoining | – | – | – | – | Carbon fibres (CFRP) |
| Modular production of cylinders from proven modules (customer-specific design)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Steel, High-performance steels, Carbon fibres (CFRP) |
| Precision manufacturing of cylinder components (pistons, rod guides, cylinder bases)Machining | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Steel |
| Manufacturing of thin-walled liners (e.g. 0.4 mm wall thickness for micro cylinders)Machining | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Customer-specific design/engineering of cylinders for load collectives (e.g. 100,000 load cycles)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
The MARK Group delivers more than three billion high-precision small parts annually in consistently high quality with zero-defect tolerance; thanks to the close ties to the automotive-focused group, the quality and safety of the cylinders have been paramount from the very beginning.
| Evidence | Site Germany |
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| Zero-defect tolerance |
History
- 1920
Rudolf MARK Senior founds the company MARK; the founder's dachshund ("first employee and first sensor") becomes the company logo.
- 2008
Mark Light becomes part of the MARK Group and, with the vision of revolutionising the hydraulic cylinder industry, establishes the carbon hybrid cylinder division.