PEEK is a high-performance engineering plastic with outstanding chemical resistance, excellent mechanical strength and dimensional stabilization.

Properties and Performance of PEEK

• • Unique physical, thermal & electrical properties
  • Ideal stainless steel replacement
  • Lightweight
  • Biocompatibility
  • High tensile strength
  • High Temperature performance: continue use to +240°C (464°F), up to +260°C (500 °F)
  • Low coefficient of friction and high wear resistance
  • Chemically resistant to common chemicals including acids, salts, solvents, oils, and steam
  • Low outgassing, low particle generation, and inherent purity

Enhanced Mechanical Properties with Filled Grades
Standard PEEK virgin grade is suitable for laboratory and medical use. After being reinforced with glass fibers and carbon, its expansion rate is significantly reduced and the flexural module is increased. This makes it ideal for applications requiring increased stability, strength and rigidity at temperatures above 300°F.

Despite the high price of this high-performance engineering thermoplastic polymer, the added benefits that PEEK material brings, such as being lightweight, robust and able to survive longer in harsh environments, is invaluable.

Used in engineering applications, PEEK has excellent mechanical and long-term chemical resistance properties that are retained to high temperatures, and is highly resistant to thermal decomposition or thermolysis.

Thanks to these properties, PEEK and its composites are widely used in aerospace, automotive, biomedical, high temperature electrical and structural applications.