SOBEN YOUR PARTNER FOR INNOVATIVE SHOCK ABSORBERS AND LANDING GEAR
Shock absorber expertise to meet your most complex requirements.
Soben designs and manufactures tailor-made shock absorbers and complete landing gear to meet the most demanding requirements in terms of anti-vibration, shock management and vehicle dynamics.
More than just a supplier, we support our customers in the complete definition of their suspension : from the choice of technologies to the final tuning.
Our dampers, whether linear or rotary, are renowned for their robustness, reliability and performance. We place no technological limits on ourselves.
That’s why our solutions are fitted as original equipment on many military, automotive and aerospace vehicles, meeting the most stringent requirements.
Manufactured at our plant in Cahors (France), our products benefit from exceptional responsiveness and industrial flexibility for small production runs of 10 to 200 parts.
Our processes are ISO 9001 : 2015 and EN 9100 : 2016 certified, a guarantee of our high-quality standards. Every damper is traced, tested and validated for uncompromising reliability.
Know-how
Innovative shock absorbers and landing gear, delivering tailored performance and reliability in the toughest environments
Responsiveness
Fully integrated and highly responsive, we offer customizable standard solutions for demanding damping and landing systems
Flexibility
Flexible and adaptive, we excel without clear specifications, thriving in uncertainty and sharing project risks
Innovation
Highly innovative in hydraulic systems and suspension architectures, delivering breakthrough solutions for extreme performance needs
OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Automotive
Development of customized shock absorbers
- Mac Pherson and between bushings
- Passive, adjustable, controlled, semi-active, active
- Coil spring, gas spring
- Hydraulic variable preload of spring
- Hydraulic bump stop
Production, from prototypes to small series with batches of 500 parts/month
Military
Development of specific suspensions for armored vehicles
- Wheeled vehicles up to 40 tons
- Tracked vehicles
Suspension with shock absorbers, rotary shock absorbers, combined oleo-pneumatic, load and attitude corrector
Production, from prototypes to small series, with batches of 200 parts/month
Aerospace
Development of aircraft landing gear and shock absorbers
- Landing gear complete with retraction, steering and brake system
- Anti-vibration, drag and ground or air antiresonance dampers, end-of-stroke dampers, door dampers, etc.
Production, from prototypes to small series, with batches of 100 parts/month
And even more
Soben offers linear and rotary dampers for a wide range of applications
- Cable cars for stabilization
- Civil engineering for cable-stayed bridges
- Agricultural machinery
- Industrial applications
- Cargo bike and cart
WHAT SETS US APART
Soben’s research engineers can offer you innovative solutions for your damping or anti-vibration problems by carrying out :
- Design study from 3D drawing to set of plans
- Static and fatigue mechanical dimensioning
- 0D modelling and simulation
- Production of mechanical, electronic and software prototypes
- Validation plan on our test benches
- Qualification plan for aeronautical shock absorbers
- Industrialization of shock absorbers or technological building blocks
- Small series production of shock absorbers