PEEK (Polyetheretherketone)
Materials and applications are in a state of constant movement: metals replacing plastic, plastics replacing wood, ceramics replacing plastics, etc. Materials ‘bandits’ are hijacking properties that are more commonly found in other materials families and using them in products.
At the top of the polymers family tree, with properties beyond conventional engineering polymers, exists the group of ultra polymers. This group encompasses materials that are fairly uncommon in design, such as sulphones, polyamide-imides and polyetheretherketones (more commonly known as PEEK). These plastics, which have properties that go beyond most physical and mechanical characteristics of plastics, occupy a top tier of performance engineering, ...
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