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Quality Scores
Mechanics★★★★★
Thermal★★★★★
Chemical★★★★★
UV ageing★★★☆☆
Injection moulding difficulty★★★★★
Recycling★★☆☆☆
Performance profile
Mechanical properties
Mechanical properties of PEEK (polyetheretherketone) – graphite fibres
Density
1.43 to 1.45 g/cm³ ISO 1183
Charpy notched impact
6 kJ/m2
Flexural modulus
4800 MPa
Flexural resistance
160 MPa
Tensile modulus
5900 to 14000 MPa ISO 527-1
Tensile resistance
139 to 146 MPa ISO 527-1, -2
Tensile strain
2.0 to 3.0 % ISO 527-1, -2, Break
Chemical resistance and characteristics
Chemical resistance
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Le PEEK offre une résistance chimique quasi universelle : excellente tenue aux acides concentrés, bases, solvants organiques, huiles et carburants. Seuls les acides forts oxydants (H2SO4 concentré, HNO3 fumant) et les solvants très polaires à chaud peuvent l'affecter.
Recommended applications
Film
General purpose
Containers
Packaging
Bags
Tanks
Food packaging
Industrial applications
Soufflé film
Plumbing
Frequently asked questions
Injection at 360–400 °C, mould at 150–200 °C. Strict pre-drying: 6–8 hours at 150 °C. Requires high-performance injection moulding machines with a thermal barrier. Very high viscosity → high injection pressure. Moderate shrinkage (1.0–1.5 %).
PEEK is difficult to recycle economically. Production scrap is carefully recovered and reground for mixing into filled grades. Chemical recycling remains in the research stage.
Certain PEEK grades are approved for food contact (FDA, EU Regulation 10/2011) and medical applications (USP Class VI, ISO 10993). They are used in high-temperature food processing equipment and sterilisable surgical instruments.
Hybster Team
Hybster Engineering Team
Design Office – Plastics Design & Engineering
The Hybster Design Office brings together the company's plastic engineering, mechanical, and industrialisation engineers. The team supports projects from the ideation phase through to series validation, incorporating Design For Manufacturing (DFM), rheological simulation, material selection, and mould design. It serves the automotive, electronics, electrical, EV charging, and industrial sectors.
Injection moulded part designDFMSimulation MoldflowSubject choiceMoulds for conceptionISO 20457 Tolerancing