Application areas of PEEK
People want to save time and money by flying to enjoy a better life. For airlines, the biggest cost comes from fuel consumption. How to improve fuel efficiency while ensuring flight safety is a challenge. The lightweight performance of PEEK materials and the comprehensive performance potential behind them are exciting. PEEK offers some representative products for the aviation industry, such as the PEEK polymer injection molded parts used to replace the expensive production of aluminum brackets.
Automotive is the second largest application today. The biggest topic in the industry right now is fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions. Especially in China, from traditional fuel vehicles to hybrid vehicles to electric vehicles, PEEK is actively promoting the transition from internal combustion engines to electric drives. "It's a good time for PEEK, which improves durability and reliability, significantly reduces energy consumption and weight, and reduces noise, vibration and harshness by at least 50% compared to metal gears. In addition, people are also very concerned about the range of electric vehicles, PEEK also has outstanding performance in this regard, using PEEK flat copper wire drive motor, because PEEK excellent thermal conductivity and insulation properties, can help increase the range. ”
Consumer electronics is also one of the most important application areas of PEEK. As high technology continues to evolve, electronic devices become lighter, more versatile, and more powerful and more reliable. "Taking smartphones as an example, people now watch movies, variety shows, listen to music, etc., and how to ensure high-quality sound quality in a wide frequency range is very important. Mobile calling devices containing PEEK acoustic diaphragms provide consistent sound quality over the entire frequency range and are also superior in terms of durability. Especially successful in helping products such as vacuum cleaners and hair dryers improve energy efficiency and extend their service life.
The application of PEEK in the medical field has long been talked about. As people's life expectancy increases, the wear and tear of the body is becoming more and more serious, such as the spine, joints, etc. "Although metal materials have been successfully used in orthopedic clinical practice for many years, they are not without their flaws, and the academic community believes that the inherent high stiffness of pure metal systems has led to some clinical difficulties. PEEK's implantable grade biomaterials have more and more success stories of replacing metals in orthopedic applications. Compared with the high stiffness of metal sheet and the impenetrability of X-ray rays, PEEK implantable grade biomaterials have a modulus of elasticity closer to bone tissue, which has the advantages of imaging compatibility and enhanced osseointegration. Taking compressors as an example, today's compressor industry needs compact compressors that are energy-efficient, quiet and cost-effective to meet the increasing requirements of regulatory and environmental authorities. Many domestic electrical manufacturers have put forward relatively high requirements for the energy efficiency and noise of compressors. Under the same stiffness conditions, the PEEK valve is 70% lighter than the stainless steel valve, thereby reducing the power consumption of the compressor, and the PEEK valve disc has lower impact noise than the metal valve. Many years of experience in innovative polymer solutions for household and industrial applications. Committed to providing "efficiency, noise reduction, reliability and more efficient use of space" for parts in the production process, China's energy industry has undergone tremendous transformation. Over the past decade, China has continued to invest in wind power generation, and PEEK has been proven in the extreme environment of oil and gas extraction for more than 40 years, and more than 75 million sealing rings around the world use PEEK. Based on this, rich experience in marine environment applications will surely help offshore wind turbines become larger and more efficient, so that the cost of offshore wind power is more competitive. PEEK polymers are ideal for extreme and demanding environments. While many of today's traditional materials can meet some specific needs, PEEK polymers meet a variety of needs due to their inert properties, including lightweight, high strength, high abrasion resistance, high temperature resistance, fatigue resistance and resistance to aggressive chemicals. Together, these properties contribute to longer component life, increased design freedom and cost-effectiveness.
