Tribological characterisation of new PAEK polymer developments
Lead Participant:
VICTREX MANUFACTURING LIMITED
Abstract
High performance injection mouldable polyaryletherketone family (PAEK) polymers, and their engineered
compounds, are materials that facilitate and enable automotive manufacturers to achieve safety,
environmental and cost goals now and in the future. For automotive powertrain designers and manufacturers,
addressing frictional performance needs of new technology adopted onto the modern passenger car is a key
performance challenge. As automotive powertrain manufacturers continue to innovate to meet the legislation
and cost goals, the pressure, velocity and temperature can affect the frictional performance of components
and as such will reduce the lifetime reliability. The project objective is to fully chararcterise the tribological
perfomance of current and new PAEK polymers. Assessing the tribological performance of development PAEK
polymers would provide a starting point to determine the performance potential at an early stage for
addressing the needs, and support the delivery of a solution to enable continued downsizing, weight saving and
increased reliability to Automotive powertrain manufacturers.
compounds, are materials that facilitate and enable automotive manufacturers to achieve safety,
environmental and cost goals now and in the future. For automotive powertrain designers and manufacturers,
addressing frictional performance needs of new technology adopted onto the modern passenger car is a key
performance challenge. As automotive powertrain manufacturers continue to innovate to meet the legislation
and cost goals, the pressure, velocity and temperature can affect the frictional performance of components
and as such will reduce the lifetime reliability. The project objective is to fully chararcterise the tribological
perfomance of current and new PAEK polymers. Assessing the tribological performance of development PAEK
polymers would provide a starting point to determine the performance potential at an early stage for
addressing the needs, and support the delivery of a solution to enable continued downsizing, weight saving and
increased reliability to Automotive powertrain manufacturers.
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VICTREX MANUFACTURING LIMITED |
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Martin Riley (Project Manager) |