Advanced PEEK Gears for Automotive, Robotics and E-Mobility

Gear Innovation from Every Angle

PEEK Gear Solutions

Capabilities

Gear Innovation from Every Angle

Through all stages - from your original idea, to the mass production of your PEEK polymer gears, Victrex has the proprietary capabilities and expertise to support you in the best possible way.

VICTREX™ Gear Solutions include high-precision gear design, prototyping, testing and manufacturing capabilities using VICTREX HPG™ polymers. Being able to work with one single partner from concept to mass production helps our customers gain a competitive advantage and accelerate time to market.

Design & Analysis

40+ years of experience in high-precision PEEK gears

A unique shape-optimised gear design method to produce high-precision molded gears that maximize the benefits of VICTREX HPG™ gears.
We approach gear design by working with our customers to understand the entire system, not just the workings of our polymer gears.

Prototyping

Accelerating time to validation

Integrated prototyping services to quickly and cost-effectively reflect production intent and accelerate overall time to market
Ability to produce a wide range of polymer and/or metal prototypes using various processes

Testing

On-site component CAE analysis

Our state-of-the art CAE tools allow us to validate design and predict gear mesh performance
Internal and external gear testing capabilities support and accelerate the validation process

Tooling

On-site tool shop

With our on-site tool shop we enable faster lead times for product development

Quality System & Inspection

Consistently meeting industry standards

Online quality inspection with state-of-the-art equipment and analysis software to ensure maximum precision
Highest quality system standards with ISO 9001:2015 registered, GADSL List 02/2017; IATF 16949 awarded in 2019

Manufacturing

Managing capacity to meet your demand

On-site injection moulding enabling precise and fully automated high-volume production of high-performing precision polymer gears

BENEFITS

Quiet, efficient and cost-effective gear solutions

Across all industry sectors, there is an increased need for cost-effective, high-performing, high-precision gears that work quietly and reliably - even in the most demanding applications. VICTREX™ PEEK polymer solutions – including the VICTREX HPG™ (High-Performance Gear) product family – have increasingly become a viable alternative where traditional metal components have been specified, but no longer meet customer needs.

Cost-Effectiveness
Performance Benefits
Processing Benefits

VICTREX HPG^TM POLYMER GEARS - A VIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO METAL GEARS

In efforts of reducing system cost while improving performance, VICTREX HPG gears have been found to offer:

Cost reduction potential for mass production due to the economical, one-step injection-molding manufacturing process of our PEEK gears
Reduced part cost through eliminating secondary machining, hardening, or finishing operations while generating less scrap
Reduced system cost through considerably reducing weight, inertia and system complexity.

Cost-Effectiveness
Performance Benefits
Processing Benefits

Cost-Effectiveness
Performance Benefits
Processing Benefits

markets

Gear up for cost-effective NVH in automotive applications

VICTREX HPG gears offer cost-effective, durable NVH in engine and actuation gears with a 360° approach from gear design to mass production.

Learn more about our gear solutions in automotive

Designing the next generation of cobot gears

VICTREX HPG™ & thermoplastic hybrid gears offer an alternative to metal planetary system gearboxes. The high precision, tight tolerance and repeatability enables unconstrained cobot engineering design freedom.

Learn more about our gear solutions in robotics