Performance Meets Processability: VICTREX LMPAEK™ UD Tape

VICTREX LMPAEK Unidirectional Tape

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Fast and efficient composite manufacturing

Advanced automated tape laying and fibre placement technology combined with VICTREX LMPAEK™ UD Tape is a very attractive combination of performance and processability.

Material Performance

High strength, low weight material with higher damage tolerance vs. thermosets.

Processability

Faster lay-down and energy savings achieved with automated production methods.

Versatility

Well suited for a variety of applications and automated manufacturing techniques.

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Working together to address the cost, speed and performance challenges of the aircraft industry through innovative composite solutions.

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Not all thermoplastics are the same, material properties differ even within the specific class of high temperature, high-performance polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymers. VICTREX LMPAEK for example, has a lower melting temperature (305° C vs. 343° C for VICTREX™ PEEK) which significantly impacts the processability of this material. Our research shows that VICTREX LMPAEK unidirectional tape provides a larger processing window which allows improved press consolidation and forming with substantially identical physical and mechanical properties.

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Thermoplastic Unidirectional Tapes hold enormous potential for the future of aircraft production. In part because their “standard” width and tolerance metrics bode well for automated manufacturing methods. In addition to the benefits of thermoplastic UD tapes, VICTREX LMPAEK UDT has shown to process faster and with less energy than another TP UDT intended for a similar application.

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VICTREX LMPAEK UDT is a disruptive material, with the potential to reduce scrap rates, cycle times, part count, and buy-to-fly ratios. With our know-how in the processing and performance of PAEK materials, together we can optimise the design of your next composite component and commercialise your projects faster.

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What makes VICTREX LMPAEK UD Tape unique?

VICTREX LMPAEK UDT is a high-performance thermoplastic composite prepreg tape with a 40° C lower crystalline melting temperature at ~ 305° C (vs. PEEK 343° C). VICTREX LMPAEK UDT provides mechanical, physical and chemical resistance properties of the PolyArylEtherKetone (PAEK) polymer family making it a leading combination of performance and processability.

press release

Herone and development partners Victrex and TU Dresden achieve major breakthrough in time and cost-efficient production of complex aircraft parts.

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Press release

Overmoulded hybrid composite part from Victrex being qualified for use in commercial aircraft reduces weight, part count and eliminates secondary processes

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Media coverage

Victrex and Daher, attain next-gen thermoplastic aircraft panel milestone with the development of a 176-ply laminate panel. The 32-millimeter-thick composite structure and uses VICTREX LMPAEK-based thermoplastic composites.

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