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Kunststoffe international, Delivering Efficiency Even in Harsh Environments
...f Safran Cabin, Huntington Beach, CA/USA, and Victrex, when they worked together to qualify thermoplastic composite parts for aircraft. They utilized an innovative technique where Victrex AE 250 thermoplastic composite is overmolded with Victrex PEEK high-performance polymer. This hybrid overmolding technique is a scalable, repeatable technology with the potential to help commercial aerospace customers face the challenges of needing much lower scrap rates, faster cycle times, parts consolidation...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Continuous Growth: Polyarylether Ketone (PAEK)
...d optimised safety and comfort. Wolfgang Reimer Horst Sandner The company that produces the highest tonnage of polyarylether ketone worldwide at present is Victrex plc of Hillhouse/Great Britain, which produces PEEK and PEK under the trade names of Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEEK-HT and markets them in Europe, the USA and the Asian-Pacific region. For a number of years now, other manufacturers producing smaller quantities of PAEK have become established alongside Victrex. These include Gharda Che...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Europe is the Largest Market: Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...imisation, weight reduction, longer service life and maximum safety and comfort. The world’s largest quantities of polyaryletherketones are currently being produced by Victrex plc., Hillhouse/UK, in the form of PEEK and PEK, under the trade names Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEEK-HT. They are marketed in Europe, the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to Victrex, other manufacturers have been producing smaller quantities of PAEK for some years now. These include Gharda Chemicals ...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Functionality is the Key Factor
...al technology is the micro-sized blood pump from Impella Cardiotechnik AG (title picture to the Medical Technology Special). Key functional components like the rotor, which are subjected to considerable mechanical loads, are now made of PEEK (grade: Victrex PEEK, manufacturer: Victrex, Hofheim/Germany) instead of metal. To generate the necessary pumping power, the rotor turns at 30,000 rpm, which means that the rotor blades must have very high mechanical strength and very low wall thicknesses. I...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, High-performance Polymers: Metal Substitution and Miniaturisation
...the highest chemical resistance and retains its mechanical properties even after frequent sterilisation. The fact that Victrex sees a big future for implants can be seen in its plans for expansion of production capacities. The tried-and-tested Victrex PEEK can still be found as a metal substitute, but in numerous new applications: as a fan in the Dyson vacuum cleaners (Fig.1), where it was a success because it has better properties than, for example, cast aluminium, or as a heat and chemically r...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Materials with Multiple Functions
...ree of any contamination. So far the carriers produced by injection moulding have been made of carbon fibre reinforced polypropylene. With increasing requirements on the semiconductor wafer polyether-ether-ketone from Victrex (PEEK) becomes increasingly interesting for production of the carrier (Fig.16). Independent tests showed that PEEK produces extremely small quantities of wear particles compared to other thermoplastics. Furthermore, the carrier can be manufactured with closer tolerances and...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Moulds for Micro-Injection Moulding
...uctures. Mould With 16 Micro-Cavities The deliberations above have been implemented practically in a 16-cavity injection mould for a 6-mm-long flat part that consists of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) containing 30 wt. % glassfibres (grade: Victrex PEEK 4S0 GL 30, manufacturer: Victrex, Hofheim) and weighs 7 mg. Built on standardized plates measuring 156 mm x 156 mm, the mould itself measures 95 mm x 95 mm (Fig.3). The swappable cavity insert is approximately 35 mm x 35 mm x 20 mm. The 16 cavitie...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Noise-Free
... and an initial feasibility analysis was similarly seen to be positive. Support was additionally provided by an FEA calculation (Fig. 1). PEEK as a Material The material selected was the high-performance polymer, polyetheretherketone (PEEK; grade: Victrex PEEK, manufacturer: Victrex, Hofheim). This material displays a good price-to-performance ratio through its specific property combination. It attains a modulus of elasticity in bending (Fig. 2) which, depending on the grade, can even exceed t...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...e addition of carbon fibres, PTFE and graphite. Very high pH values for polymers can therefore be achieved, even in dry running conditions. Manufacturer and Capacity The only polyaryletherketones in the world are manufactured under the trade names Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEK by Victrex plc. of Hillhouse/England. They are marketed in Europe by Victrex Europa GmbH. Thanks to the high demand and large number of new applications, PEEK has expanded since its launch in 1978 to an annual volume of 1...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...t the ongoing demand for cost reduction combined with optimised functions, weight reduction and extended product lifetimes. Most polyaryletherketones, in terms of volume, are currently produced by Victrex plc. in Hillhouse/UK under the trade names Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEEK-HT, and marketed in Europe by Victrex Europa GmbH. Since its market launch in 1978, PEEK polymer grew to an annual volume of 1603t in 2001 thanks to increased demand resulting from a host of new applications (Fig.1). In ...
Kunststoffe international, 2006-09-27, Heat Resistance: Miniature Electronic Components Produced from PEEK
...rdants in plastics is banned. In some cases, new materials must be used to satisfy the increased thermal and mechanical requirements, especially in functional microengineering parts. Suitable Properties The high-temperature thermoplastic PEEK (Victrex PEEK polymer) from Victrex Europa GmbH, Hofheim/Germany, is an aromatic, semi-crystalline thermoplastic belonging to the polyaryl ether ketone (PAEK) family. This linear polymer offers a unique combination of excellent mechanical, thermal and ele...
Kunststoffe international, 2006-12-06, Polyetheretherketone: Material Advantages in Semiconductor Production
...ing and related applications remains active. In some applications, such as wafer carriers, materials such as polypropylene or PBT have traditionally been employed but have limitations. However, high performance polyaryletherketones such as Victrex PEEK polymer, deliver a combination of significantly better dimensional stability, high temperature performance, wear/abrasion resistance, higher abrasion resistance, and lower particle generation. PEEK also maintains very stable physical properties in...
Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-19, Value Creation Extended
...us, but we have to make sure that we are continuing to do what we need to do to stay on top and be a world leader. And that is to satisfy our customers and grow our business. Kunststoffe: You still have only one product which is Victrex PEEK polymer. Are you going to develop some other polymers? Hummel: Victrex PEEK itself has a lot of different applications when you look at filler systems and everything that we can get. I think what we are intrigued by is its higher temperature performance, so...
Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-21, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...s plant will be located in India. Solvay’s product range is twofold: KetaSpire and AvaSpire. KetaSpire includes unfilled, glass- and carbon-filled grades of PEEK in two melt viscosities and is quite similar in performance to equivalent Victrex PEEK grades. The AvaSpire product range is PEEK-based blends of proprietary composition, either unfilled or containing various levels of glass or carbon fibers; they are intended to fit in between PEEK’s performance/cost ratio and other high-performance po...
Kunststoffe international, 2008-04-14, Streets ahead of Injection Molding
... PA6 and PA66), as well as in a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU). Tests with the high-performance plastics PEI (grade: Ultem; manufacturer: Sabic Innovative Plastics), PPSU (grade: Radel R; manufacturer: Solvay GmbH) and PEEK (grade: Victrex PEEK; manufacturer: Victrex plc) produced strips in a quality that cannot be attained through the conventional form of production by injection molding or extrusion. A large number of special injection molding techniques can be implemented with exje...
Kunststoffe international, 2008-06-16, Safer Oil and Gas Drilling
...-Hand system". This system consists of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, extremely rugged handheld computers, readers and software modules. The material used for the housing of the RFID tags is the high-performance polymer PEEK (grade: Victrex PEEK Polymer, manufacturer: Victrex plc). The particular advantages of this material are its high thermal stability and resistance to physical and chemical stresses, which allow it to cope with the extreme conditions in the downhole environme...
Kunststoffe international, 2008-10-17, Polyaryletherketones (PAEKs)
...ber or carbon fiber modified grades as well as grades for medical applications. In summary, it can be said that the products mentioned here have similar properties on account of their identical chemical structure and composition. As the products Victrex PEEK-HT and Oxpekk from OPM have a chemical structure different from PEEK, and since AvaSpire from Solvay is a polymer blend, these products can be expected to have different properties, too. Market Development and Capacity Since PAEK''s ...
Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Facilitating Technical Life
...opa PEEK Specialties Victrex Europa GmbH, Hofheim, Germany, is showing a number of innovations and solutions from the fields of composites, laser sintering, clothing, films and coatings. As lightweight construction modules, Victrex PEEK polymers ought to help improve fuel efficiency and the cost-efficiency of the processes. The materials are replacing metals and conventional plastics, such as thermosets, in an increasing number of applications in the aviation and aerospace sectors as well as in ...
Kunststoffe international, 2011-10-17, Polyaryletherketone (PAEK)
...usively on the manufacture of PAEKs and has modern production facilities in Great Britain where the company has its roots and from which it supplies all its customers either directly or via satellite warehouses. In order to ensure that the supply of Victrex PEEK is not affected by political and other external factors none of its production capacity is to be relocated in the near future. To meet the growing demand for PEEK the German conglomerate Evonik Industries AG, based in Essen, intends to e...
Kunststoffe international, 2014-10-10, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...llenging requirements, the world’s leading PAEK supplier, Victrex plc, Lancashire, UK, with global reach, deploys its extensive experience and new developments/advancements along with its established, comprehensive product portfolio. These include Victrex PEEK polymer, Victrex HT, Victrex ST and Victrex WG, Aptiv films, Vicote coatings, Victrex Pipes and the bio-compatible PEEK-Optima range. The headquarters is the site of the company’s two production plants with a current capacity of 4,250 t/a ...
Kunststoffe international, 2016-10-17, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...troduced to offer a range of performance properties at temperatures from -196 °C to 200 °C, while the Victrex OGS 125 has been specifically developed to improve the compression molding of large seals.The largest and longest structure based on Victrex PEEK is the lightweight, spoolable m-pipe from Magma Global Ltd., Portsmouth, UK (Title figure). The flexible composite pipe made of PEEK, carbon and glass fibers can be used in extreme conditions at depths of up to 3000 m (10,000 ft) and withstand ...
Kunststoffe international, 2017-10-13, Polyetheretherketones (PEEK)
... production cost efficiencies.Compared to metals, PEEK-based materials are light in weight, easily processed, resistant to corrosion and can have considerably higher specific strength (strength per unit weight). Since the first commercialization of "Victrex PEEK" in the 1980s, continuous development from Victrex plc, Thornton-Cleveleys, UK, has resulted in material and technology advances today that have changed and increased the use of the polymers.Today, a broad range of industries, including ...
...f Safran Cabin, Huntington Beach, CA/USA, and Victrex, when they worked together to qualify thermoplastic composite parts for aircraft. They utilized an innovative technique where Victrex AE 250 thermoplastic composite is overmolded with Victrex PEEK high-performance polymer. This hybrid overmolding technique is a scalable, repeatable technology with the potential to help commercial aerospace customers face the challenges of needing much lower scrap rates, faster cycle times, parts consolidation...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Continuous Growth: Polyarylether Ketone (PAEK)
...d optimised safety and comfort. Wolfgang Reimer Horst Sandner The company that produces the highest tonnage of polyarylether ketone worldwide at present is Victrex plc of Hillhouse/Great Britain, which produces PEEK and PEK under the trade names of Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEEK-HT and markets them in Europe, the USA and the Asian-Pacific region. For a number of years now, other manufacturers producing smaller quantities of PAEK have become established alongside Victrex. These include Gharda Che...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Europe is the Largest Market: Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...imisation, weight reduction, longer service life and maximum safety and comfort. The world’s largest quantities of polyaryletherketones are currently being produced by Victrex plc., Hillhouse/UK, in the form of PEEK and PEK, under the trade names Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEEK-HT. They are marketed in Europe, the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to Victrex, other manufacturers have been producing smaller quantities of PAEK for some years now. These include Gharda Chemicals ...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Functionality is the Key Factor
...al technology is the micro-sized blood pump from Impella Cardiotechnik AG (title picture to the Medical Technology Special). Key functional components like the rotor, which are subjected to considerable mechanical loads, are now made of PEEK (grade: Victrex PEEK, manufacturer: Victrex, Hofheim/Germany) instead of metal. To generate the necessary pumping power, the rotor turns at 30,000 rpm, which means that the rotor blades must have very high mechanical strength and very low wall thicknesses. I...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, High-performance Polymers: Metal Substitution and Miniaturisation
...the highest chemical resistance and retains its mechanical properties even after frequent sterilisation. The fact that Victrex sees a big future for implants can be seen in its plans for expansion of production capacities. The tried-and-tested Victrex PEEK can still be found as a metal substitute, but in numerous new applications: as a fan in the Dyson vacuum cleaners (Fig.1), where it was a success because it has better properties than, for example, cast aluminium, or as a heat and chemically r...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Materials with Multiple Functions
...ree of any contamination. So far the carriers produced by injection moulding have been made of carbon fibre reinforced polypropylene. With increasing requirements on the semiconductor wafer polyether-ether-ketone from Victrex (PEEK) becomes increasingly interesting for production of the carrier (Fig.16). Independent tests showed that PEEK produces extremely small quantities of wear particles compared to other thermoplastics. Furthermore, the carrier can be manufactured with closer tolerances and...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Moulds for Micro-Injection Moulding
...uctures. Mould With 16 Micro-Cavities The deliberations above have been implemented practically in a 16-cavity injection mould for a 6-mm-long flat part that consists of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) containing 30 wt. % glassfibres (grade: Victrex PEEK 4S0 GL 30, manufacturer: Victrex, Hofheim) and weighs 7 mg. Built on standardized plates measuring 156 mm x 156 mm, the mould itself measures 95 mm x 95 mm (Fig.3). The swappable cavity insert is approximately 35 mm x 35 mm x 20 mm. The 16 cavitie...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Noise-Free
... and an initial feasibility analysis was similarly seen to be positive. Support was additionally provided by an FEA calculation (Fig. 1). PEEK as a Material The material selected was the high-performance polymer, polyetheretherketone (PEEK; grade: Victrex PEEK, manufacturer: Victrex, Hofheim). This material displays a good price-to-performance ratio through its specific property combination. It attains a modulus of elasticity in bending (Fig. 2) which, depending on the grade, can even exceed t...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...e addition of carbon fibres, PTFE and graphite. Very high pH values for polymers can therefore be achieved, even in dry running conditions. Manufacturer and Capacity The only polyaryletherketones in the world are manufactured under the trade names Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEK by Victrex plc. of Hillhouse/England. They are marketed in Europe by Victrex Europa GmbH. Thanks to the high demand and large number of new applications, PEEK has expanded since its launch in 1978 to an annual volume of 1...
Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...t the ongoing demand for cost reduction combined with optimised functions, weight reduction and extended product lifetimes. Most polyaryletherketones, in terms of volume, are currently produced by Victrex plc. in Hillhouse/UK under the trade names Victrex PEEK and Victrex PEEK-HT, and marketed in Europe by Victrex Europa GmbH. Since its market launch in 1978, PEEK polymer grew to an annual volume of 1603t in 2001 thanks to increased demand resulting from a host of new applications (Fig.1). In ...
Kunststoffe international, 2006-09-27, Heat Resistance: Miniature Electronic Components Produced from PEEK
...rdants in plastics is banned. In some cases, new materials must be used to satisfy the increased thermal and mechanical requirements, especially in functional microengineering parts. Suitable Properties The high-temperature thermoplastic PEEK (Victrex PEEK polymer) from Victrex Europa GmbH, Hofheim/Germany, is an aromatic, semi-crystalline thermoplastic belonging to the polyaryl ether ketone (PAEK) family. This linear polymer offers a unique combination of excellent mechanical, thermal and ele...
Kunststoffe international, 2006-12-06, Polyetheretherketone: Material Advantages in Semiconductor Production
...ing and related applications remains active. In some applications, such as wafer carriers, materials such as polypropylene or PBT have traditionally been employed but have limitations. However, high performance polyaryletherketones such as Victrex PEEK polymer, deliver a combination of significantly better dimensional stability, high temperature performance, wear/abrasion resistance, higher abrasion resistance, and lower particle generation. PEEK also maintains very stable physical properties in...
Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-19, Value Creation Extended
...us, but we have to make sure that we are continuing to do what we need to do to stay on top and be a world leader. And that is to satisfy our customers and grow our business. Kunststoffe: You still have only one product which is Victrex PEEK polymer. Are you going to develop some other polymers? Hummel: Victrex PEEK itself has a lot of different applications when you look at filler systems and everything that we can get. I think what we are intrigued by is its higher temperature performance, so...
Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-21, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...s plant will be located in India. Solvay’s product range is twofold: KetaSpire and AvaSpire. KetaSpire includes unfilled, glass- and carbon-filled grades of PEEK in two melt viscosities and is quite similar in performance to equivalent Victrex PEEK grades. The AvaSpire product range is PEEK-based blends of proprietary composition, either unfilled or containing various levels of glass or carbon fibers; they are intended to fit in between PEEK’s performance/cost ratio and other high-performance po...
Kunststoffe international, 2008-04-14, Streets ahead of Injection Molding
... PA6 and PA66), as well as in a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU). Tests with the high-performance plastics PEI (grade: Ultem; manufacturer: Sabic Innovative Plastics), PPSU (grade: Radel R; manufacturer: Solvay GmbH) and PEEK (grade: Victrex PEEK; manufacturer: Victrex plc) produced strips in a quality that cannot be attained through the conventional form of production by injection molding or extrusion. A large number of special injection molding techniques can be implemented with exje...
Kunststoffe international, 2008-06-16, Safer Oil and Gas Drilling
...-Hand system". This system consists of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, extremely rugged handheld computers, readers and software modules. The material used for the housing of the RFID tags is the high-performance polymer PEEK (grade: Victrex PEEK Polymer, manufacturer: Victrex plc). The particular advantages of this material are its high thermal stability and resistance to physical and chemical stresses, which allow it to cope with the extreme conditions in the downhole environme...
Kunststoffe international, 2008-10-17, Polyaryletherketones (PAEKs)
...ber or carbon fiber modified grades as well as grades for medical applications. In summary, it can be said that the products mentioned here have similar properties on account of their identical chemical structure and composition. As the products Victrex PEEK-HT and Oxpekk from OPM have a chemical structure different from PEEK, and since AvaSpire from Solvay is a polymer blend, these products can be expected to have different properties, too. Market Development and Capacity Since PAEK''s ...
Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Facilitating Technical Life
...opa PEEK Specialties Victrex Europa GmbH, Hofheim, Germany, is showing a number of innovations and solutions from the fields of composites, laser sintering, clothing, films and coatings. As lightweight construction modules, Victrex PEEK polymers ought to help improve fuel efficiency and the cost-efficiency of the processes. The materials are replacing metals and conventional plastics, such as thermosets, in an increasing number of applications in the aviation and aerospace sectors as well as in ...
Kunststoffe international, 2011-10-17, Polyaryletherketone (PAEK)
...usively on the manufacture of PAEKs and has modern production facilities in Great Britain where the company has its roots and from which it supplies all its customers either directly or via satellite warehouses. In order to ensure that the supply of Victrex PEEK is not affected by political and other external factors none of its production capacity is to be relocated in the near future. To meet the growing demand for PEEK the German conglomerate Evonik Industries AG, based in Essen, intends to e...
Kunststoffe international, 2014-10-10, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...llenging requirements, the world’s leading PAEK supplier, Victrex plc, Lancashire, UK, with global reach, deploys its extensive experience and new developments/advancements along with its established, comprehensive product portfolio. These include Victrex PEEK polymer, Victrex HT, Victrex ST and Victrex WG, Aptiv films, Vicote coatings, Victrex Pipes and the bio-compatible PEEK-Optima range. The headquarters is the site of the company’s two production plants with a current capacity of 4,250 t/a ...
Kunststoffe international, 2016-10-17, Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)
...troduced to offer a range of performance properties at temperatures from -196 °C to 200 °C, while the Victrex OGS 125 has been specifically developed to improve the compression molding of large seals.The largest and longest structure based on Victrex PEEK is the lightweight, spoolable m-pipe from Magma Global Ltd., Portsmouth, UK (Title figure). The flexible composite pipe made of PEEK, carbon and glass fibers can be used in extreme conditions at depths of up to 3000 m (10,000 ft) and withstand ...
Kunststoffe international, 2017-10-13, Polyetheretherketones (PEEK)
... production cost efficiencies.Compared to metals, PEEK-based materials are light in weight, easily processed, resistant to corrosion and can have considerably higher specific strength (strength per unit weight). Since the first commercialization of "Victrex PEEK" in the 1980s, continuous development from Victrex plc, Thornton-Cleveleys, UK, has resulted in material and technology advances today that have changed and increased the use of the polymers.Today, a broad range of industries, including ...
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