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Performance meets processability

Our high-performance PEEK and PAEK-based polymer solutions offer an exceptional combination of benefits to help aerospace OEMs, designers and processors reach new levels of cost savings, quality, and performance. Victrex solutions help lower weight, improve buy-to-fly ratios, and provide design freedom to optimise the design and consolidate parts.
AFP Processing
Press release
Fast and efficient production
Victrex and Coriolis Composites teamed up to improve the manufacturing efficiency of composite parts.
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Text
blog
Up to 85% better buy-to-fly ratio
Vs. aluminum - significantly reducing material waste by optimal use of raw materials in the injection moulding process.
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Mechanical Performance
design guidelines
High strength with design flexibility
Designing hybrid parts with VICTREX AE 250 LMPAEK has the potential to reduce scrap rates, cycle times, part count, and buy-to-fly ratios.
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herone overmolded gear
press release
Reducing costs with smart designs
Novel hollow profile process helps reduce cycle times and increase process efficiency for composite profile production.
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megatrends

Working together to solve the toughest aerospace challenges

Cost reductions and improving operating efficiencies are paramount

Technologies offering reduced costs and increased throughput are a major benefit for the aerospace industry

Reducing weight to improve fuel efficiency is necessary

High fuel costs and preserving the environment are major challenges

Longer service life and reliability are required

Aircraft are expected to be safe with minimal maintenance requirements


products

PEEK is Victrex. Victrex is PEEK.

Victrex solutions deliver exceptional performance in extreme environments, helping customers solve critical challenges that go beyond current material limitations, typically replacing metal.
Victrex Polymers

Polymers

Victrex focuses on PEEK & PAEK polymers, considered the world's highest performing thermoplastics


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Victrex Forms
PEEK Forms

Manufacturing product forms: Pipes, Films, Fibres and Composite tapes

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Victrex Parts
PEEK Parts

Developing new applications for PEEK, PAEK and Thermoplastic Composites 

Explore Aerospace Composite Solutions Gears Solutions Medical Device Components Pipe Solutions

“The original idea was to create a sort of center of excellence where you could do all of the design and engineering, get tools built, make prototypes and, ultimately, produce commercial parts.”

 

Jonathan Sourkes -
Victrex Head of Sales for Aerospace

 

Article from CompositesWorld Magazine

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Case studies

Innovative designs offer more than weight savings alone

Wire bundle and tubing clamps

PEEK Clamps
20
%
Up to 20% weight reduction versus metal
30
%
Up to 30% faster installation versus metal
  • Injection-moulded PEEK for high volume production     
  • Introduced on the Boeing 787 and translated to the Boeing 737     
  • Corrosion resistance for longer life     
  • Lightweight, ergonomic, and durable solution     

Flexible composite platform

Safran Bracket
50
%
Up to 50% reduction in weight versus aluminium
5
X
Up to 5x better buy-to-fly ratio versus aluminium
  • Standardised parts     
  • Reduced weight      
  • Streamlined manufacturing      
  • Potential installation time savings     

Fluid transport tubing

Fluid transport
33
%
Up to 33% reduction in weight versus metal
  • Significant weight savings
  • Bend, flare, and form for improved design
  • Faster installation
  • Corrosion resistance for longer life
  • Low maintenance

Hybrid overmoulding

Hybrid technology allows engineers to overmould a VICTREX AE™ 250 LMPAEK-based composite with fibre-reinforced injection moulding PEEK polymers. Hybrid solutions can help reduce system costs and optimise buy-to-fly ratios verses metals and thermosets.
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industries

Transforming industries

Find out how VICTREX PEEK delivers innovation in focus industries.
Automotive solutions

500+ million

VICTREX™ PEEK based parts in automotive applications.
Electronic solutions

4+ billion

Mobile devices use APTIV™ acoustic film.
Energy solutions

75+ million

VICTREX™ PEEK seals in use today.
Industrial solutions
100+ million
Machines operate using Victrex solutions.
Medical solutions
~15 million
Implanted devices worldwide use Invibio PEEK-OPTIMA™ polymers.
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Design
Design guidelines
Designing hybrid parts with VICTREX AE 250 LMPAEK has the potential to reduce scrap rates, cycle times, part count, and buy-to-fly ratios.
Request design guidelines
Safran
Press release
Victrex and Safran Cabin to launch flexible composite platform for multiple aircraft bracket projects.
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TPC
video
Are we entering a new era for thermoplastic composites?
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TPC_UDT
Technical paper
VICTREX AE 250 LMPAEK unidirectional tape provides a larger processing window which helps improve press consolidation and forming.
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airplane
webinar
LMPAEK™ Polymers: The Foundation of Emerging Technologies in Aerospace
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SHAPING FUTURE PERFORMANCETM

From the invention of PEEK over 40 years ago, Victrex has continually pioneered new PAEK-based polymers, materials and solutions that have transformed markets, delivering global impact in the toughest environments.

We bring transformational & sustainable solutions that address world material challenges every day.

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