Essentra launches new PEEK fastener range offering exceptional thermal stability and mechanical properties
Essentra Components, a leading provider of essential industrial components, has launched a new range of PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) fasteners, offering exceptional levels of chemical resistance, thermal stability, and mechanical properties for extreme environments.
PEEK fasteners are typically used for applications that require higher performance plastics, thermal and electrical resistance and low outgassing for harsh environments, such as components in fuel systems or in an ultra-high vacuum, reducing the risk of containment and thermal instability. Essentra’s PEEK range has been specifically designed to offer a more lightweight and versatile alternative to the more traditional metal fasteners. PEEK is able to securely bridge the gap between nylon and metal fasteners. This range is being manufactured in-house by Essentra, providing improved lead times and enabling internal expertise to be bought to this range.
Essentra’s wide range of PEEK fasteners include cap head screws, hexagon bolts, spacers, set screws, ultra-low head machine screws and countersunk screws. The PEEK material also provides a higher degree of resistance within extreme temperatures, and aggressive chemical and high-stress applications. These capabilities make them more suitable and a superior alternative in specialised applications such as within the aerospace, automotive, electronics and medical industries.
The expanded range of PEEK products are available from the Wixroyd sub-brand, acquired by Essentra in 2023. The acquisition of Wixroyd has allowed Essentra to further expand its UK operations and expertise, evidenced with this latest range.
Adam Constable, International Sales Manager (EMEA) at Wixroyd says the new products were designed with mission critical applications in mind: “Our latest products were developed with the more specialised and intensive industries our main priority. The medical, scientific and energy sectors often require products that perform across a plethora of environments, and we wanted to ensure that our products were able to meet the demands from these industries.
“Our new PEEK range offers many of the characteristics that make our precision metal fasteners so versatile but crucially, the adaptability and resistance needed, without the added burden that the weight and bulk that those products typically bring.”
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About Essentra Plc
Essentra Components is the trading name of Essentra Plc, a market-leading global manufacturer and distributor of essential industrial components. Established in 1955, the business operates in 28 countries worldwide, with 14 manufacturing facilities, 24 distribution centres and 33 sales and service locations. Its wide range of 45,000 products serves more than 70,000 customers across a variety of applications in industries including equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy. For further information, please visit, www.essentracomponents.com or www.essentraplc.com.