Fabheads: Building Advanced Composites for the World’s Most Demanding Industries | Decoding Manufacturing

Every metal behaves predictably, but carbon fiber doesn’t. Its strength depends on how every fiber is laid, making it one of the hardest materials to automate. That’s where Dhinesh Kanagaraj, Founder & CEO, Fabheads, comes in. Their breakthrough “adaptive tow placement” technology lets machines think like craftsmen, achieving fiber-level control at industrial speed. With software-driven automation and smarter material handling, Fabheads is achieving 3-10X productivity, up to 40% fewer rejections, and reduced waste. Watch this episode of Decoding Manufacturing to see how Fabheads is transforming carbon fiber manufacturing. Chapters: 0:24 - Intro 0:28 - Revolutionizing the carbon fiber industry 1:05 - Misconception about automating carbon fiber manufacturing 1:32 - The single most important breakthrough in tech stack 2:07 - Brief explanation of what Fabheds does 2:50 - Misconception about automating carbon fiber manufacturing 3:27 - The single most important breakthrough in tech stack 4:00 - Solving the gap in India’s composite manufacturing ecosystem 5:15 - Carbon fiber 3D printing for aerospace 7:41 - Demand for robotic composite system in a manual manufacturing led industry 8:21 - Elaborate on the tech stack 9:33 - The hardest technical milestone 10:17 - Comparison of robotic automation to traditional manual work 11:05 - The best yet underappreciated tech stack 12:13 - Reasons behind building end-to-end approach 13:52 - What keeps high profile clients engaged to Fabheads 10:39 - The economic structure of Fabheads 15:21 - Biggest growth challenge 16:43 - Operational challenges with expansion 17:58 - Building talent in a niche ecosystem 19:10 - Failures and early lessons 20:36 - Vertical vs horizontal Industries 22:17 - One belief that needed unlearning 23:22 - Success for Fabheads in 5 years down the line 24:06 - Outro Follow SeedToScale on LinkedIn for more insights: https://in.linkedin.com/company/seedt... Follow Dhinesh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhineshrk/?originalSubdomain=in #DecodingManufacturing #CarbonFiber #Automation #Engineering #Innovation #DeepTech #Composites #SeedToScale