Critical Use Applications
The following is a partial list of current uses for high performance plastics. Because of their unique properties, they are often used in critical applications where performance standards are difficult and durability essential. Applications are only limited by your imagination.
PEEK Energy Industry - Oil and gas equipment components
- Compressor plates and poppets
- Bearings for nuclear
Food and Beverage Manufacturing - Metal replacement
- Guides and bearings
- Spring tip for oven chain
- Belt chains
Medical Devices - Implantables
- Dental tools
- Brain surgery head restraint
Industrial - Low and high pressure hydraulic poppets
- Spray nozzles
- Chemical processing seals and fittings
Fluoropolymer Pharmaceutical Manufacturing - Containment Vessels
- Glass replacement
Drug Delivery - Plungers
- Tubing connectors
- Syringes
Medical Devices Paper Printers Chemical Processing - Seals
- Valves
- Fittings
- Liners
- Battery seals
- Spark and voltage insulators
EXTEM
Medical - Trocars
- Retractors
- Staplers
- Forceps and clip applicators
- Medical lighting lenses
Energy Production - Drill parts
- Geophysical equipment housings
- Sub-sea unmanned vehicle parts
- Pump and compressor parts
- Analytic sensors, transducers and flow meters
- Pressure vessels
ULTEM (PEI)
Medical device components used for examination or surgical procedures - Instrument handles
- Internal gears and latches
- Trocars
Fluid Delivery and IV Therapy Disposables Lab Ware and Clinical Diagnostic Components - Connectors
- Filtration housings
Military Equipment - Housings
- Metal replacement
- Fuse covers
Industrial Components and Housings