PEEK Materials/Advanced Engineering Thermoplastics (AET)

Products Table

Primary Description/
Compound Features & Benefits
Industry Primary Uses
Arlon® 1000 Aerospace • Virgin PEEK • Used for non-pressure-rated contact blocks
Energy • Sealing components • Meets MIL-P-46183, Type 1
Upstream • Back-up rings, wear rings, and bushings • Low extractables
Energy • CMP retainer rings • Good dimensional stability
Downstream • Guides • Good wear properties
Semiconductor • Slides • Excellent fire properties (low smoke/flammability,
• Engine build-up components (brackets, cable clamps) self-extinguishing)
• Retainers • Good toughness/impact performance
• Valve components • Service temperature range: -65°F (-54°C) to
• Thermal/electrical insulators +500°F (260°C)
• Transformer housings • Excellent chemical capability; excellent chemical
• Radomes resistance to all aerospace fluids
• Vanes • Certified to ISO 23936/NORSOK M-710 for high sour
• Wafer handling robot end effector pads fluid aging
Arlon 1050
®
Energy • Virgin PEEK • Used for PEEK sealing components, such as V-rings
Upstream • High elongation properties
• Certified to ISO 23936/NORSOK M-710 for high sour
fluid aging
Arlon® 1160 Energy • Glass-filled PEEK • High tensile strength
Thermoplastics

Upstream • Valve seats • Increased shear strength

Energy • Bearings and back-up rings • Good for high temperatures
Downstream • High-temperature insulators • Low coefficient of friction
• Improved wear properties

Arlon® 1163 Aerospace • Glass-reinforced PEEK • Meets MIL-P-46183, Type II, Class 3
• Higher strength/stiffness than unreinforced Arlon®, • Exceptional chemical and thermal resistance
with excellent electrical and thermal isolation • Excellent wear grade material
performance • Excellent fire properties (low smoke/flammability,
• Landing gear self-extinguishing)
• Utility actuation • Good toughness/impact performance
• Engines • Service temperature range: -65°F (-54°C)
• Engine sensor housings, valve housings to +500°F (260°C)
• Engine build-up components (brackets, cable clamps) • Excellent chemical resistance to all aerospace fluids
• Electrical connectors

Arlon® 1240 Medical • Carbon-filled PEEK

• Surgical instrument components ———
(external fixation, targeting guides)
Arlon® 1260 Energy • Carbon-filled PEEK • High physical properties
Upstream • Wear rings and bushings • Excellent wear resistance and chemical compatibility
Energy • Back-up rings • Impact resistant
Downstream • CMP retainer rings • High performance over wide range of operating
Semiconductor • Supports conditions
Medical • Guides
• Wafer handling robot end effector pads

Note: Characteristic metrics are provided as generally accepted industry ranges. Actual ranges may vary, depending on specific industry applications, such as additives, formulations, curatives used, etc.

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PEEK Materials/Advanced Engineering Thermoplastics (AET)
Products Table

Primary Description/
Compound Features & Benefits
Industry Primary Uses
Arlon® 1261 Aerospace • Carbon-filled PEEK • High temperature resistance
• Custom shapes (e.g., UAV wing components) • High strength, high rigidity
• Low thermal expansion
• Good dimensional stability and resistance to
various oils, water, and certain chemicals

Arlon® 1263 Aerospace • Carbon-reinforced PEEK • Meets MIL-P-46183, Type II, Class 3
• Carbon fiber content provides EMI shielding • Highest strength and stiffness of injection
• Bearings and bushings molding Arlon® grades, with lower weight than
• Structural bearing carriers glass-reinforced
• Back-up rings • Excellent fire properties (low smoke/flammability,
• Valve poppets self-extinguishing)
• Custom shapes (e.g., bearing carriers) • Good toughness/impact performance
• Service temperature range: -65°F (-54°C)
to +500°F (260°C)
Thermoplastics

Arlon® Semiconductor • Low ionic carbon fiber-filled PEEK • Low friction and CTE
1270 LI • CMP retainer rings • High-temperature; chemical, water, and
• Wafer lift pins wear resistant
• Energized seals for high/wide temperature range • High strength and rigidity

Arlon® 1286 Aerospace • Carbon-filled PEEK • Bearing grade material

• Bearings

Arlon® 1330 Aerospace • Low-friction, self-lubricating PEEK • Low flexural modulus values
Industrial • Back-up rings • Lowest friction grade (non-lubricated service)
Energy • Valve seats • Exceptional wear resistance
Upstream • Sealing components • Good dimensional stability without addition of
Energy • Guides, solenoid guides carbon fibers
Downstream • Supports • Low extractables
• Retainer seals and plugs • Superior wear properties
• Bearings and bushings • Excellent fire properties (low smoke/flammability,
• Piston rings, wear rings self-extinguishing)
• Scrapers • Good toughness/impact performance
• Service temperature range: -65°F (-54°C) to
+500°F (260°C)
• Exceptional chemical compatibility

Note: Characteristic metrics are provided as generally accepted industry ranges. Actual ranges may vary, depending on specific industry applications, such as additives, formulations, curatives used, etc.

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Greene Tweed Tel: 0 +1.215.256.9521 product and shall not constitute a guarantee of performance nor modify or alter our standard warranty applicable to such products.
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PEEK Materials/Advanced Engineering Thermoplastics (AET)
Products Table

Primary Description/
Compound Features & Benefits
Industry Primary Uses
Arlon® 1555 Aerospace • Wear/bearing grade carbon fiber-, graphite-, • Lowest wear rate, highest PV bearing grade
Industrial and PTFE-filled PEEK • Reduced thermal expansion, higher loads;
Energy • Wear rings and bushings reduced CTE
Upstream • Back-up rings • High HDT
Energy • Bearings • Improved tensile and flexural properties
Downstream • Rotating components • High-temperature resistance
• Separator pistons • Good rigidity
• Bevel gears • Low friction and wear
• Thrust washers • Good dimensional stability and resistance to various
• Custom shapes (e.g., separator piston) oils, water, and certain chemicals
• Excellent fire properties (low smoke/flammability,
self-extinguishing)
• Good toughness/impact performance
• Service temperature range: -65°F (-54°C)
to +500°F (260°C)

Arlon® Aerospace • Virgin PEEK, incorporating Green Tweed’s • Enhanced mechanical property retention at high
Thermoplastics

3000 XT Energy cross-linking technology temperatures improves performance over current

Upstream • Back-up rings for HPHT environments PEEK- and PEKEKK-based solutions
Semiconductor • Harsh oil and gas applications • Increased reliability of critical components over
• V-rings 350°F (177°C)
• Seal-Connect® • Compatible with common aero fluid chemistries;
• High-temperature insulators chemical resistance comparable to PEEK
• Engines (Zones 1-3) • Superior creep resistance due to cross-linking
• Braking systems • Certified to ISO 23936/NORSOK M-710 for high
• General seal assemblies sour fluid aging

Arlon® 4020 Energy • Carbon- and mineral-filled PEEK • Enables flexible tooth profiles to deliver tight
Downstream • Labyrinth seals for centrifugal compressors and running clearances for increased efficiency
dry gas seals in oil and gas production, air separation • Enhanced corrosion and erosion delivers exceptional
plants, chemical industry, cryogenic refrigeration performance in severe applications, including
(LNG) high-mercury or high-velocity media
• Optimized thermal expansion allows for retrofit and
like-for-like replacement of conventional metallic
designs
• Reduces friction and wear

Arlon® 4096 Energy

• Virgin compression-molded PEEK ———
Downstream
Arlon® 4098 Energy
• Carbon-filled PEEK • Used for labyrinth seals
Downstream
Note: Characteristic metrics are provided as generally accepted industry ranges. Actual ranges may vary, depending on specific industry applications, such as additives, formulations, curatives used, etc.

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PEEK Materials/Advanced Engineering Thermoplastics (AET)
Products Table

Primary Description/
Compound Features & Benefits
Industry Primary Uses
Energy • Thermoplastic- and carbon-filled PEEK • Best-in-class abrasion resistance
AR® HT
Downstream • Stationary components: bushings, line shaft bearings, • Temperatures from sub-zero to 250°F (121°C)
bowl wear rings in sump or river pumps

Orthtek® RP Medical • Carbon fiber PEEK composite • Radiolucent

• Medical trauma – targeting instruments such as • Lightweight
tibial or humeral nail guides • Good stiffness and strength
• Medical orthopedic – surgical instruments and • Withstands steam sterilization and repeat
retractors autoclaving
• Dimensional stability
• Corrosion resistant
• Low water absorption

• Radiolucent
Orthtek® Medical • Continuous carbon-fiber PEEK composite
Composites

• Lightweight
WF • Medical trauma – external fixation and targeting
• Withstands steam sterilization and repeat
devices
autoclaving
• Medical orthopedic – reconstructive components,
• High stiffness and strength for application durability
retractors, spine instrumentation, and surgical
• Dimensional stability
instrumentation
• Corrosion resistant
• Low water absorption

Energy • Carbon fiber-filled PEEK composite • General wear resistance

WR® 300
Downstream • Stationary and rotating wear components • Temperatures from sub-zero to 275°F (135°C)
(bushings, bearings, wear rings for pumps)

WR® 525 Energy • Carbon fiber-filled PEEK composite • High-pressure/high-temperature wear resistance
Downstream • Stationary and rotating wear components: bushings, • Temperatures from sub-zero to 525°F (273°C)
bearings, wear rings, shaft sleeves for pumps

WR® 575 Energy • Continuous carbon fiber PEEK composite • High corrosion and chemical resistance
Downstream • Axial bearings in oil and medium lubricated bearing • Excellent shock and impact resistance
applications for pumps, compressors, steam and • High-strength and high-load capabilities
gas turbines, generators • Temperatures from sub-zero to 482°F (250°C)

Note: Characteristic metrics are provided as generally accepted industry ranges. Actual ranges may vary, depending on specific industry applications, such as additives, formulations, curatives used, etc.

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Greene Tweed Tel: 0 +1.215.256.9521 product and shall not constitute a guarantee of performance nor modify or alter our standard warranty applicable to such products.
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PEEK Materials/Advanced Engineering Thermoplastics (AET)
Products Table

Primary Description/
Compound Features & Benefits
Industry Primary Uses
Xycomp® Aerospace • Chopped carbon/PEI UD tape composite • Complex-shape metal replacement for structural/
4175 • Doors semi-structural applications
• Covers • Excellent fire properties (low smoke/flammability,
• Fittings self-extinguishing), meets all FAA/OEM
• Seating and galley components requirements for interior use
• Good toughness/impact performance
• Very high carbon fiber content (70% by weight)
for excellent stiffness/strength in structural and
semi-structural applications
• Service temperature range: -65°F (-54°C)
to +250°F (121°C)

Xycomp® Aerospace • Chopped carbon/PEEK UD tape composite • Complex-shape metal replacement for structural/
5175 • Engine build-up components (brackets, housings) semi-structural applications
Composites

• Aerodynamic fairings • Excellent fire properties (low smoke/flammability,

• Load-bearing fittings/connectors self-extinguishing), meets all FAA/OEM
• Access doors requirements for interior use; passes
• Covers 15-minute/212°F (100°C ) burn-through
• Structural frames/components • Good toughness/impact performance
• Enclosures • Excellent resistance to all typical aerospace solvents
• Very high carbon fiber content (70% by weight)
for excellent stiffness/strength in structural and
semi-structural applications
•Compatible for use directly against carbon fiber
composite surfaces (no galvanic corrosion against
other composites)
• 43% density reduction vs. aluminum, 80% vs. steel
• Very low moisture uptake, good hot/wet
performance
• Service temperature range: -65°F (-54°C) to
+500°F (260°C) (reduced loads at higher
temperatures)

Note: Characteristic metrics are provided as generally accepted industry ranges. Actual ranges may vary, depending on specific industry applications, such as additives, formulations, curatives used, etc.

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