KetaSpire® PEEK and AvaSpire® PAEK are high-performance plastics designed for tough environments, such as the automotive, aerospace, military and medical industries and can often replace metal parts. These additives offer very high temperature and chemical resistance.
Excellent durability with KetaSpire® PEEK (polyetheretherketone)
KetaSpire® PEEK is extremely strong and resistant to heat, chemicals, and fire. Its structure gives it stiffness, durability, and long-term stability, making it ideal for severe conditions and a reliable alternative to metal. PEEK offers the best combination of fatigue resistance and chemical resistance.
Features of KetaSpire® PEEK
• High thermal stability
• Very good wear resistance
• Exceptional chemical resistance
• Inherently flame retardant
• Superior dielectric properties
• Very low moisture absorption
• Low CLTE
• Best-in-class fatigue resistance
• Ease of processing
• Lubricity
KetaSpire® PEEK Properties:
High stiffness | Creep resistance | Hydrolytic stability | Dimensional stability | wear resistance and best-in-class ductility and fatigue resistance ⭐
KetaSpire® PEEK High Thermal Stability [See chart below]
Virtually no change in properties after 8000h at 200-220°C
KetaSpire® PEEK Chemical resistance [See chart below]
Virtually no change in properties after exposure to harsh chemicals
Possible Application Areas for Ketaspire® PEEK
• Commercial Application: used to enhance wear resistance in non-stick cookware.
• Anti-friction coatings
• Industrial bakeware
• Coatings for pipes and fittings in oil and gas
• Process tanks in the chemical processing industries.
Proprietary PEEK-based formulations with unique advantages that bridge price and performance gaps
AvaSpire® polyaryletherketone [PAEK] products are customized resins and compounds that provide specific solutions, designed to meet specific application requirements for components used in Automotive, Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Healthcare and other demanding industries. Some grades offer more attractive economics
Features of AvaSpire® PAEK:
• Higher stiffness from 150 °C to 190 °C
• Improved ductility and toughness
• Outstanding chemical resistance
• UL-94 V0 rating at 0.8 mm
• Comparable strength at lower cost
• Excellent aesthetics and coloUrability
Applications for AvaSpire® PAEK include: The Automotive, Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Aerospace industries
All three series of AvaSpire® PAEK (400, 600 and 700) constitute good candidates for utilization in automotive under the hood and powertrain applications. All three series exhibit broad resistance to all automotive fluids, even at elevated temperatures up to 150°C (302°F). Applications in automotive include structural uses, seal rings, bushings and bearings.
The AvaSpire® PAEK 600 series of products has demonstrated a track record of success in healthcare applications for over ten years now, notably in reusable sterilizable surgical instruments and devices. The combination of high mechanical performance, combined with a robust chemical resistance to a wide range of sterilization media have allowed these AvaSpire® PAEK grades to become viable alternatives to stainless steel for many uses.
AvaSpire® PAEK finds uses in sealing components for compressors in the oil and gas industry. The higher mechanical and temperature performance relative to PEEK in the 150-190°C (302-374°F) temperature regime, coupled with high toughness and chemical resistance make the AvaSpire® PAEK 600 series excellent candidates in a wide variety of compressor applications.
Depending on the grade, AvaSpire® PAEK can show equivalent performance to PEEK while providing additional properties such as higher ductility, elongation and retention of properties at elevated temperatures. It is a high-performance polymer designed to bridge the gap between PEEK and other advanced polymers and offers better ductility and toughness than similar PEEK grades.
