Victrex USA, Inc.

VICTREX-® PEEK Polymer-Based Composites Enable High Performance in Extreme Oil & Gas Environments

VICTREX-® PEEK Polymer-Based Composites Enable High Performance in Extreme Oil & Gas Environments

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PAÂ- Ã‚-  USAÂ- – The use of VICTREXÂ-® PEEK polymer in composites is helping the oil & gas industry to successfully surmount the challenge of the increasingly difficult operating conditions it now encounters. In today's daunting production environments, VICTREX PEEK polymer-based composites demonstrate capabilities beyond those of more traditional materials...

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At JEC Composites Show VICTREX-® PEEK(TM) Polymer Performance Technology Enables Industry to Develop Lighter Aircraft

Victrex Polymer Solutions, the leading manufacturer of high performance polyaryletherketones and a major supplier of thermoplastics to the composites industry, will showcase its latest product and technology innovations at this year's JEC Composites Show in Paris, France - Pavilion 1 Booth J16. WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA USA - (January 26, 2012) - Victrex has the broadest range of polyaryletherketones...

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VICTREX-® ST(TM) Polymer Replaces PTFE in an Electrode Insulator Connector for High Pressure Vessels

VICTREX-® ST(TM) Polymer Replaces PTFE in an Electrode Insulator Connector for High Pressure Vessels

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA USA - When Escontrol, a Brazilian manufacturer of control and electronic instrumentation, needed to replace the electrode insulator connectors in its thermal equipment instrumentation for high-pressure vessels, it chose VICTREXÂ-® STTM high performance polymer to improve durability, reliability and increase the overall lifetime of the connectors. The instrumentation,...

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Insulating Component Made from Vicote-® Coatings Enables Ultra-Fast Aluminum Thick-Film Heater Technology

Insulating Component Made from Vicote-® Coatings Enables Ultra-Fast Aluminum Thick-Film Heater Technology

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, USA - (January 11, 2011) - When Datec Coating Corporation was developing its new thick-film technology for applying a high power electric heat source to an aluminum substrate, it chose VICOTEÂ-® Coatings from Victrex Polymer Solutions as the insulating component for the top and bottom dielectric layers of the thick-film element. Datec's thick-film heating system has...

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Victrex APTIV(TM) Film Improves Surface Finish of Prototype Parts Reducing Time and Cost Associated with Traditional Manual Finishing Techniques

Victrex APTIV(TM) Film Improves Surface Finish of Prototype Parts Reducing Time and Cost Associated with Traditional Manual Finishing Techniques

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, USA - Victrex Polymer Solutions, a high-performance polymer, film and coatings manufacturer, has announced that it has helped Stratasys, a leader in prototyping parts, develop a finishing solution for its polyphenylsulfone (PPSF/PPSU) parts. When Stratasys wanted a faster, more cost-effective alternative to manually finishing PPSF/PPSU parts, it used Victrex APTIV(TM) film,...

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Victrex-® Peek(TM) Polymer Selected for Robot Speed Reducers

Victrex-® Peek(TM) Polymer Selected for Robot Speed Reducers

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, USA - When SBB Co., Ltd., a Korea-based ball bearing manufacturer, wanted to reduce production costs and weight in their robot speed reducer, they selected VICTREXÂ-® PEEK(TM) polymer. A typical reducer includes an internal gear, external gear and the output unit. The external gear is required to be especially strong and elastic to prevent damage from long hours of...

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Thank-Metal Specifies APTIV Film for a New Line High Performance Pressure Sensitive Tapes

Thank-Metal Specifies APTIV Film for a New Line High Performance Pressure Sensitive Tapes

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, USA - Thank-Metal Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of precision machines and metal processing components for various types of batteries, has specified APTIV(TM) film in their new line of Tough Tape(TM) high performance pressure sensitive tape that is targeted for protective tabs used in cylinder lithium batteries. The Tough Tape high performance pressure sensitive tape...

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Thank-Metal Launches High Performance Pressure Sensitive Tapes Made with APTIV(TM) Films

Thank-Metal Launches High Performance Pressure Sensitive Tapes Made with APTIV(TM) Films

Thank-Metal's Tough Tape(TM) , made with APTIVÂ-® Films Tokyo - Victrex Japan Inc., an innovative leading manufacturer of high performance materials, including VICTREXÂ-® PEEK(TM) polymer, VICOTEÂ-® Coatings and APTIV(TM) Films, has announced that Thank-Metal Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of precision machines and metal processing components for various types of batteries, has developed a...

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Thermoplastic Compound suits automotive/industrial equipment.

Thermoplastic Compound suits automotive/industrial equipment.

Offering optimized wear rates and coefficient of friction, VICTREXÂ-® WG101(TM) tribological compound meets requirements of mechanical load and tribological performance in challenging thermal/chemical environments. It features optimal melt flow, which allows thin walled intricate component design. With wide range of applications from full plastic wear bushings to composite bushings to vane...

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VICOTE Coatings Deliver Cost Savings and Reduced Maintenance Downtime on Compression Rollers

VICOTE Coatings Deliver Cost Savings and Reduced Maintenance Downtime on Compression Rollers

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, USA - (September 17, 2009) - Downtime for maintenance in the food processing industry is devastating to productivity and costly, particularly when today's manufacturing plants tend to operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week. United Biscuits of West Yorkshire, England has recently specified VICOTE-® Coatings to significantly reduce the downtime required for the re-coating of a...

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Victrex plc Investment to Create a Joint-venture for Peek Manufacture in China

Development of PEEK polymer capacity in China sets the stage for further regional growth opportunities and further differentiates Victrex’s range of PEEK and PAEK grades Thornton Cleveleys, UK - (January 14, 2020) - Victrex plc today announces the creation of a joint-venture between its subsidiary, Victrex Hong Kong Limited, and Yingkou Xingfu Chemical Company Limited, to build and operate a...

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Victrex and Bond Pioneer 3D Printing for PAEK Parts with Maximized Performance

Advancing additive manufacturing processing technology for existing grades of high performance VICTREX™ PAEK and PEEK-OPTIMA™ polymer THORNTON CLEVELEYS, UK - (March 13, 2019) - To help customers with an accelerated route to market for 3D printed PAEK parts, UK-based Victrex has commenced a multi-million Euro investment in Bond High Performance 3D Technology. The Dutch company has developed...

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Victrex and Coriolis Composites to Unlock Efficiency Potential for Thermoplastic Composites Parts

Unidirectional tape (UDT) prepreg technology achieves unprecedented lay-up speed for thermoplastic UDT Thornton-Cleveleys, UK - (March 5, 2019) - Victrex and Coriolis Composites have teamed up to push the boundaries of thermoplastic unidirectional tape (TP UDT) prepreg lay-up and consolidation and improve the manufacturing efficiency of composite parts. At the JEC World Technical Conferences...

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Victrex Invests in State-of-the-Art Technology with Surface Generation

Injection and compression molding technology expected to benefit Victrex’s selected ‘parts’ programs Thornton-Cleveleys, UK - (February 6, 2019) - An innovative and differentiated tooling design and processing technology called PtFS (Production to Functional Specification), from UK-based Surface Generation, has been chosen by Victrex as it seeks to bring enhanced manufacturing...

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Innovation Never Stops: Victrex Celebrates 40 Years of Peek Success, with Much More to Come

THORNTON CLEVELEYS, UK - (December 4, 2018) - November 1978 marked the invention of PEEK, a new high-performance polymer (HPP). The following 40 years blazed a trail of pioneering innovation, across a range of industries and often in demanding applications that initially seemed an unlikely candidate for the thermoplastic. The dynamic driver of the success of this versatile, breakthrough polymer...

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ITHEC: Thermoplastic Composites Conference to Highlight PAEK Composite Research Results and Innovation

How PAEK thermoplastic composites and related hybrid overmolding processes can open a broader range of manufacturing options for aerospace parts will be one of the central topics at the “ITHEC 2018 - 4th International Conference & Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composites”, October 30th-31st in Bremen, Germany. Several companies, including Victrex, will present their results on the potential of...

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Victrex at Fakuma Show: Pioneering Polymer Solutions and Successes

Driving innovations and progress based on high-performing PAEK and PEEK thermoplastic polymers THORNTON CLEVELEYS, UK – (October 2, 2018) – At the Fakuma show in Germany (October 16-20), Victrex, a world leading PAEK expert, is providing further proof points that the company is more than “just” a high- performance polymer (HPP) producer. A new broad food grade portfolio, a novel solution...

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Victrex and the University of Exeter Invest In Making the Prospect of PAEK Additive Manufacturing a Reality

THORNTON CLEVELEYS, U.K. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Taking on the challenge to develop a broader platform for new and existing additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, the University of Exeter (UK) and Victrex, a world leader in high-performance Polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymer solutions, have commenced work in a strategic partnership. The goal is to introduce next-generation PAEK polymers...

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Thermoplastic Composites Vital to Drive Aerospace Build Rates - Over 35,000 New Aircraft within 20 Years

“Speed of aircraft manufacture is a vital factor that will increase adoption of thermoplastic composite technologies,” commented Victrex CEO during JEC Show. THORNTON CLEVELEYS, UK - (March 12, 2018) - The aircraft industry has forecast that over 35,000 new aircraft will be required within the next 20 years. Meeting this kind of escalating demand clearly calls for new approaches and new...

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