Abstract: A hybrid shaft adapted to be used as a drive shaft of an automobile transmission system comprises a unitary cylindrical hybrid stem formed from a metal tube and a composite material layer adhered to the metal tube. The metal tube provides torque-transmission strength to the hybrid shaft while the composite material layer increases a specific modulus of the hybrid shaft. The hybrid shaft is produced by stacking a composite material layer on a metal tube, putting a thermal shrinkage tube on the composite material layer, and co-curing the metal tube and the composite material layer while exerting a longitudinal compression force on the metal tube to prevent it from being thermally expanded.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for fabricating spindle and roller empying rotation axes made of a composite material, which comprises a step of inserting a front metal part and an end metal part into a front and an end of a rotation axis made of a composite material. In accordance with the present invention, spindle and roller with easy control of balancing and less inertia on rotation, can be fabricated, by employing rotation axes made of a composite material which has a high stiffness, superior torque transfer capability and natural frequency.