Victrex USA, Inc.
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Victrex plc Strengthening Customer Support for Development of Gear Wheels Made from VICTREX PEEK Polymers
Since replacing existing metal gears with polymers has benefits such as weight/noise reduction and lower manufacturing costs by using injection molding, various industries have been investing more in R&D. Beginning with VICTREX-® PEEK(TM), other polymer materials have been used as an alternative material to metal gears. However, industrial and especially automotive gear applications are required...
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VICTREX PEEK Polymer Adopted by Aichi Tokei Denki for a Small Electromagnetic Flow-Sensor
Victrex Japan (President: Richard Okupniak, company headquarters: Minato-ku Tokyo) providing high performance materials including VICTREX-® PEEK(TM) polymers, VICOTE-® Coatings, and APTIV(TM) Films, has announced that their VICTREX PEEK polymer has been adopted as the main body of the small electromagnetic flow-sensor VNS series developed by Aichi Tokei Denki Co., Ltd. (President: Noboru...
Read More »Victrex Announces 30 Years of VICTREX PEEK Polymer Innovation
Thornton Cleveleys, UK - November marks the 30th anniversary of VICTREX PEEK polymer. Since the product's inception, Victrex and its customers have helped revolutionize the plastics market with this high-temperature, high-performance polyketone. In the last 30 years Victrex has emerged as the only business in the world that focuses exclusively on the development of polyketones, and this...
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Cost-Effective Universal Flame Spray System
Cost-effective universal flame spray system successfully applies high performance VICOTEÃ-® Coatings to metal substrates Victrex plc., a leading manufacturer of high performance materials, today announced the development of a new, cost-effective flame spray process for applying its VICOTEÃ-® Coatings to various metal and ceramic substrates. Historically, thermal (flame) spray technology...
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SKF Selects VICTREX-® PEEK(TM) Polymer for High Performance Bearing Cages for the Automotive Industry
West Conshohocken, PA - (February 7, 2008) - In order to meet the most demanding automotive applications, SKF Group, a leading manufacturer of roller bearings, chose high performance VICTREX-® PEEK(TM) polymer for the cage design of its deep groove ball bearings that are used where high speed, chemical attack or high temperature conditions occur such as in alternators and transmissions. VICTREX...
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Energy Absorbing Springs Made with VICTREX-® PEEK(TM) Polymer Meet Extreme Demands of Oil and Gas Industry
West Conshohocken, PA - (January 15, 2008) - When the Clifford Spring Company of Redditch, England wanted to develop a line of non-metallic energy absorbing springs for seals and backup rings used in the oil and gas industry, it chose VICTREXÃ-® PEEK(TM) polymer. With its unique combination of high and low temperature resistance, inherent strength, and chemical resistance, VICTREX PEEK...
Read More »VICTREX-® PEEK(TM) Polymer Replaces Metal in USB Drive Connectors Lowering Overall Manufacturing Costs
West Conshohocken, PA - (January 7, 2008) - InnoDisk Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan, one of the world's leading suppliers of industrial flash storage devices, has replaced the metal shell and rubber core of its current USB drive connectors with VICTREXÃ-® PEEK(TM) polymer, a high performance thermoplastic, because of the polymer's design flexibility and ability to help lower the overall...
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Thermoplastic Compound withstands high temperatures.
Blending together VICTREXÃ-® PEEK(TM) polymer, Celazole polybenzimidazole (PBI), and carbon fiber reinforcement, TF-60C compound delivers levels of strength, modulus, and creep suited for applications in semiconductor/electronics industries. This melt-processable thermoplastic performs in applications requiring physical property retention and wear resistance at temperatures up to 572Ã-
Read More »Victrex Partners with Covalence Adhesives to Produce a New Line of High Performance Pressure Sensitive Tapes Made Using Aptiv(TM) Film
West Conshohocken, PA - (June 20, 2007) - Victrex plc announces that it has entered into a partnership with Covalence Adhesives of Franklin, Massachusetts, USA to provide the marketplace with a new line of high performance pressure sensitive tapes. APTIV(TM) film, made with VICTREXÃ-® PEEK(TM) polymer, is one of the highest performing films in the world and is used by Covalence as the tape...
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Film is based on VICTREX-® PEEK(TM) polymer.
Including 1000 series of crystalline films and 2000 series of amorphous films in filled/unfilled versions, APTIV(TM) Film is available in thicknesses from 6-750 microns and in widths up to 1.5 m. FDA- and RoHS-compliant films feature high temperature capability, chemical resistance, scratch resistance, radiation resistance, mechanical properties, barrier and electrical properties, hydrolysis...
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