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- ISO 9001 Certified PEEK Parts
PEEK is a bio-compatible & high-performance material, with excellent mechanical and thermal properties. We offer a number of variants of PEEK including; natural, glass-filled and carbon-fibre
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Our PEEK 3D Printing service delivers ISO-9001 certified high-performance parts in natural, carbon-fibre, or glass‑filled variants. Designed for industries like aerospace, medical, and oil & gas, our PEEK 3D Printing service uses premium Victrex filament and advanced FDM technology to meet your functional prototyping and low-volume production needs.
Applications:
| Material Properties | Test Method | Typical Value |
|---|---|---|
| Tensile strength at yield | ISO 527 | 98 MPa |
| Elongation strain at yield | ISO 527 | 5 % |
| Tensile (E) modulus | ISO 527 | 4000 MPa |
| Flammability behaviour | UL94 | V-0 |
| Heat deflection temp | ISO 75 | 152 °C |
Field insight: PEEK provides a combination between mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties that allows it to perform where few materials can. It has excellent strength and heat resistance properties.
Carbon fibre PEEK (commonly known as CF-PEEK) is a high-performance composite used in advanced PEEK 3D Printing applications. It combines PEEK (Polyetheretherketone) with carbon fibres to further enhance its already exceptional mechanical strength, thermal stability, and chemical resistance. The result is a lightweight yet extremely durable material ideal for demanding industrial environments.
Applications:
| Material Properties | Test Method | Typical Value |
|---|---|---|
| Tensile strength at yield | ISO 527 | 126 MPa |
| Elongation strain at yield | ISO 527 | 3.9 % |
| Tensile (E) modulus | ISO 527 | 7800 MPa |
| Flammability behaviour | UL94 | V-0 |
| Heat deflection temp | ISO 75 | 280 °C |
Field insight: PEEK provides a combination between mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties that allows it to perform where few materials can. It has excellent strength and heat resistance properties.
Glass-filled PEEK is a reinforced composite used in advanced PEEK 3D Printing. By adding glass fibres to PEEK (Polyetheretherketone), this material offers improved mechanical strength, stiffness, and thermal stability while retaining PEEK’s core chemical resistance and high-performance characteristics. It’s ideal for structural components that demand enhanced rigidity.
Applications:
| Material Properties | Test Method | Typical Value |
|---|---|---|
| Tensile strength at yield | ISO 527 | 136.1 MPa |
| Elongation strain at yield | ISO 527 | 4.9 % |
| Tensile (E) modulus | ISO 527 | 5100 GPa |
| Flammability behaviour | UL94 | V-0 |
| Heat deflection temp | ISO 75 | 298 °C |
Field insight: PEEK provides a combination between mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties that allows it to perform where few materials can. It has excellent strength and heat resistance properties.
- Professional Design Services
Contact our expert team today to enquire about our professional 3D design & 3D scanning services we offer at our expert PEEK 3D printing service.
FDM 3D Printing stands for Fused Deposition Modelling, also known as FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication). It’s one of the most common and accessible 3D printing technologies.
Strengths:
Low cost and fast turnaround times
Weaknesses:
Limited dimensional accuracy and print layers are likely to be visible.
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | £££££ |
| Tolerance | ± 0.50 mm below 100mm / ± 0.60 % above 100mm |
| Minimum feature size | 0.8 mm |
| Lead time | 6 - 10 working days |
| Layer height | 100 to 200 µm |
| Max X | 260 mm |
| Max Y | 260 mm |
| Max Z | 260 mm |
- Upgrade your PEEK parts with annealing
For a small additional charge (£55 per unit), we also offer annealing as part of our PEEK 3D printing service. Your components can be annealed to significantly boost mechanical integrity. This typically adds one extra day to the manufacturing time.
PEEK 3D printing refers to the additive manufacturing of parts using PEEK filament (Polyether ether ketone), typically produced using FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling).
PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) is an engineering thermoplastic known for its excellent mechanical, chemical, and thermal resistance properties. Typically used in high-performance industries such as; Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Medical, Oil & Gas.
Yes, PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) is one of the most challenging materials to 3D print due to it’s high-temperature requirements. As a result users can experience bed adhesion issues, warping, cracking, nozzle carbonization (blocking) and moisture absorption.
PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) is a strong, stiff, lightweight material. It is fire retardant (UL94 V-0 classification), biocompatible, sterilisable (dry, gamma and etO), low creep, chemically inert (low outgassing & thermally stable (HDT of 315°C at 1.8 MPa (264 psi)).
We use Victrex AM450 as our go-to PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) material. This has a tensile modulus (XY) of 3–4 GPa & Flexural Strength (23 °C) of 125 MPa.
Virgin PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) contains no additives or fillers, where CF (Carbon Fibre) contains strands of carbon fibre usually dictated by a %. These are compounded with the virgin material and extruded into filament which can be 3D printed.
PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) is not stronger than Aluminium in terms of absolute strength, but it offers advantages in specific strength (strength-to-weight ratio), chemical and temperature resistance.
Yes, PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) can be FDM 3D printed. However, this material group requires advanced technical knowledge and requires industrial equipment to print repeatable, high-quality parts
There are a number of 3D printers which claim they are capable of 3D printing PEEK (Polyether ether ketone). However, most systems require the minimum specifications: Nozzle Temperature (450°C), Bed Temperature (150°C), Chamber (200°C).
To 3D print PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) with repeatable results you’ll require an FDM 3D printer with the minimum specifications: Nozzle Temperature (450°C), Bed Temperature (150°C), Chamber (200°C) – Our 3D printing process has been validated by Victrex and satisfies the requirements of AMS7100.
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