This is the company's third Queen's Award, the first being in 1987 and the second in 1997. In recognition of its outstanding achievement in international trade, Victrex plc has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise 2002. Victrex plc was successfully floated on the UK stock exchange in December 1995 and today the company is recognised as an innovative, world-class high performance materials group.įrom its sales, technical and production headquarters in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, Victrex plc exports over 95% of PEEK™ polymer around the world to compounders, injection moulders, OEMs and end-users.
Annual capacity currently stands at 2,300 tonnes per annum, with a further increase of 500 tonnes on target for October 2003.įormerly part of ICI, Victrex was bought by management in 1993, thereby establishing a new, independent company. Victrex is the sole commercial manufacturer and supplier of aromatic polyketone thermoplastics that are sold under the brand name VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer. Greene Tweed a world leader in high technology sealing innovation has developed a labyrinth seal made with a carbon fibre reinforced PEEK™ polymer composite.Įclipse Dental Manufacturing has successfully replaced aluminium with PEEK™ polymer for the finger and thumb grips on a self aspirating dental cartridge syringe. PEEK™ polymer is the material of choice for a switching jack in a coaxial connector used in mobile telephones PEEK™ polymer monofilaments for protective braiding have specifically been developed to protect the electrical and hydraulic cables used in aerospace and associated. STE, Germany has developed a new cylinder head gasket based on a powder coating process that combines the high performance properties of VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer with PTFE. These range in diversity from components for cars, aircraft, industrial pumps, valves and seals, to silicon wafer carriers, connectors and sterilisable surgical instruments and in the medical implants market.
PEEK™ polymer is used typically as a replacement for machined metals in a wide variety of high performance end-use applications. KEY * poor ** moderate *** good **** very goodįor a more detailed look at the properties of PEEK please CLICK HERE Thermal Coefficient of expansion 47 x 10-6 for Injection Moulding & Extrusion (filled with Carbon fibre, PTFE & Graphite filled with carbon black)Ĭoloured Pellets. for Injection MouldingĬarbon Fibre Reinforced Pellets. for Injection Moulding, Film production, Monofilament, Wire Coating and Extruding for Powder Coating & Compression Mouldingĭepth Filtered Pellets. PEEK is available in a number of different grades and format dependant on the application and chosen processing method.įine Powder. Rigid opaque (grey) material with a unique combination of properties, which include exceptional chemical, wear, electrical and temperature resistance, as well as dimensional stability and numerous processing capabilities. PEEK™ is characterised by excellent mechanical properties maintained to high temperatures. The Polyaryletheretherketone (PEEK™) materials are semi-crystalline, high purity polymers comprising of repeating monomers of two ether groups and a keytone group.
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