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GAME CHANGING TECHNOLOGY

Imagine if more aerospace structural parts can be made of light weight composites, with more design freedom, and in a fraction of the time versus thermosets? LMPAEK™ polymer invented by Victrex has become a game changer in manufacturing aerospace composites, enabling performance with processability in ways previously not possible.

Record breaking layup speed of thermosets

Victrex and Elecro-Impact achieve laydown speeds of thermoplastic unidirectional tape (TP UDT) to 4000 inches per minute (IPM).

All thermoplastic drive-shaft system

Major breakthrough in time-and-cost efficient production of complex aircraft parts – JEC2019 Innovation Award winning application.

Loaded Brackets

Up to 50% reduction in weight versus aluminium, up to 5x better bu-to-fly ratio versus aluminium

Breakthrough for aircraft structural part

An exceptionally thick 176-ply laminate, 32 millimeter-thick composite structure based on VICTREX AE™ 250 LMPAEK composite solutions.

Further reducing CO₂ from the sky

Unlike the long-haul fleets such as the A350 and the B787, single-aisle planes are still vastly made of metal. And 39,000 of these planes are projected to enter service between 2021 - 2040. How much CO₂ emission can we potentially reduce if all of these planes were made half by light weight composites?

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GAME CHANGING TECHNOLOGY

Further reducing CO2 from the sky

Further reducing CO₂ from the sky