TPI May 2013

products & developments

Polymers meet demands for weight savings and reliability

For more than 30 years, standard Victrex PEEK unfilled, carbon fibre and glass fibre polymers have proven successful in removing excess weight from the likes of aircraft

Victrex Polymer Solutions displayed a broad range of its high performance polyaryletherketones, such as Victrex ® PEEK, Vicote ® coatings, Aptiv ® film and Victrex Pipes™, at the JEC Europe composites show in Paris, in March. Victrex also showcased its PEEK HMF polymers, based on the 90-series formulation, which has primarily been used by customers to mould tough, thin-wall parts. Showcasing Victrex PEEK HMF at this event is a direct response to global trends that continue to focus on removing weight for fuel efficiency purposes, lean manufacturing and greater reliability, with design engineers looking for proven plastic materials that can perform with the same assurance as traditional metals.

Victrex PEEK HMF

“Lightweight thermoplastics such as Victrex PEEK HMF polymers not only can help engineers reduce component weight by up to 80 per cent when compared to metals like steel and brass, but offer an equivalent stiffness and strength, demonstrating that our materials are just as capable as the metals they are replacing,” explained Stephen Dougherty, strategic marketing manager at Victrex Polymer Solutions.

and industrial equipment. Victrex also understands that, as operating environments become more extreme, material integrity will be critical to performance. The inclusion of high- modulus fibres (HMF) into high-flow Victrex PEEK materials offers the strength and stiffness that have given engineers the confidence to displace metals such as steel, aluminium, titanium, brass and magnesium in aircraft system attachments, industrial machinery, and semiconductor and medical equipment.

Victrex Polymer solutions – UK www.victrex.com

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