Technical Brochure Highlights New Polymer Grades

A technical brochure from Victrex highlights how Victrex Peek polymer is displacing metals, traditional composites and other plastics in a growing number of aerospace applications. Because the strong, inert and flame retardant Victrex Peek polymer can be fabricated into tight tolerance parts, it has been officially qualified by many aircraft manufacturers and can be supplied to meet military specification MIL-P-46183. The brochure uses a variety of charts and graphs showcasing the polymer's stability at elevated temperatures, high-temperature resistance, flammability, toxic gas emissions, co-efficient of thermal expansion, strength-to-weight ratio and chemical resistance.

A full range of property data of typical aerospace grades is also included. The brochure highlights several new grades of Victrex Peek polymer, including high flow grades that permit higher levels of reinforcing fibres to be incorporated, and wear grades for improved lubrication at elevated temperatures. Included in the new products section are three Victrex Peek-based products: Aptiv films, which provide all of the properties of Victrex Peek polymer in a flexible format; Vicote Coatings, which offer enhanced wear, scratch, abrasion, high heat, and chemical resistance and composites prepregs where Victrex Peek resin matrix delivers high fracture toughness, fatigue strength, and long-term stability in hot/wet, chemical aggressive environments.

The brochure details a number of interior and exterior aerospace applications, each serving as a mini case history. Interior applications include electric-wire bundle and tubing clamps, impeller blades, aircraft door handles and insulation cover films. Exterior applications include landing-gear hubcaps, manhole covers, radomes, and pylon fairings. Complementary system examples are also covered including: fasteners, cable ties and harnesses, pipes, and convoluted tubing.

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