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Performance meets processability

VICTREX AE™ 250 LMPAEK composite material solutions combined with advanced manufacturing processes such as hybrid overmolding or automated fibre placement offer an attractive combination of cost reductions, weight savings, design freedom, strength and production speed in next-generation components.
176-ply composite
Article
176-ply composite laminate
The structural aircraft panel, with a thickness of 32 millimeters (1.26 inches), has significant potential for cost-advantages over state-of-the-art thermoplastic composites.
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AFP Processing
Press release
Fast and efficient production
Victrex and Coriolis Composites teamed up to improve the manufacturing efficiency of composite parts.
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Airbus Door Bracket
Blog
Up to 85% better buy-to-fly ratio
Versus aluminum, significantly reducing material waste by optimal use of raw materials in the injection moulding process.
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eVTOL Concept
Blog
Helping address eVTOL challenges
The eVTOL industry is on a quest for the right materials, in the right combination, to successfully commercialise eVTOLs.
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APPLICATION AREAS

VICTREX AE™ 250 LMPAEK UDT

VICTREX-AE-250-UDT

Improved processability

Not all thermoplastics are the same, material properties differ even within the specific class of high temperature, high-performance polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymers. Our research shows that VICTREX AE™ 250 low melt PAEK unidirectional tape provides a larger processing window which allows improved press consolidation and forming with substantially identical physical and mechanical properties.

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176-ply-laminate

Thermoplastic composite structural components

The thermoplastic panel is said to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve aerospace quality laminates with OOA processing in thicknesses not previously attainable, which may offer advantages in primary structural applications. In collaboration with Daher, the panel was made from VICTREX AE 250 LMPAEK UDT and an automated fiber placement (AFP) processing technique, followed by oven and vacuum or out-of-autoclave (OOA) consolidation.

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Hybrid overmoulding

Hybrid technology allows engineers to overmould a VICTREX AE™ 250 LMPAEK-based composite with fibre-reinforced injection moulding PEEK polymers. Hybrid solutions can help reduce system costs and optimise buy-to-fly ratios versus metals and thermosets.
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resources
TPC_UDT
TEchnical Paper
VICTREX AE 250 low melt PAEK unidirectional tape provides a larger processing window which helps improve
press consolidation and forming.
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Structural-Composites
Press release

Victrex, Daher, attain next-gen thermoplastic aircraft panel milestone with 176-ply laminate, 32-millimeter-thick composite structure using VICTREX AE 250 low melt PAEK-based thermoplastic composites.

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Coriolis-AFP
Press release

Victrex and Coriolis Composites unlock efficiency potential for thermoplastic composite parts helping the aerospace industry to create composite parts faster and more economically.

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Design
Design Guidelines

Designing hybrid parts with VICTREX AE 250 LMPAEK has the potential to reduce scrap rates, cycle times, part count, and buy-to-fly ratios.

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Aero-Engine

Victrex can help you design for stability in the most extreme aerospace environments. VICTREX™ PEEK and PAEK polymers have good elevated temperature performance, excellent mechanical properties, and chemical resistance to aviation fluids such as skydrol make, as well as low FST and lower density to common aircraft metals. These inherent properties combined with the design freedom to help consolidate parts for easier installation components for enhanced manufacturing efficiency make a compelling case to replace metal with PEEK and PAEK polymeric solutions.

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Aircraft Interior

Our high-performance PEEK and PAEK-based polymer solutions offer an exceptional combination of benefits to help aerospace OEMs, designers and processors reach new levels of cost savings, quality, and performance. Victrex solutions help lower weight, improve buy-to-fly ratios, and provide design freedom to optimise the design and consolidate parts resulting in reduced and or simplified installation, lower part count, and lighter components.

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SHAPING FUTURE PERFORMANCETM

From the invention of PEEK over 40 years ago, Victrex has continually pioneered new PAEK-based polymers, materials and solutions that have transformed markets, delivering global impact in the toughest environments.

We bring transformational & sustainable solutions that address world material challenges every day.

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