Today's KNOWLEDGE Share : Next-Gen UD Tapes: Tailored LM PAEK Solutions for Advanced Manufacturing

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 Today's KNOWLEDGE Share

🚀 Next-Gen UD Tapes: Tailored LM PAEK Solutions for Advanced Manufacturing

Modern composite materials must be strong, lightweight, and easy to process. The new LM PAEK UD tapes, developed by A+ Composites, deliver on all fronts – offering next-level performance and broad application potential.



🔬 What makes Victrex LM PAEK special?

LM PAEK (Low-Melting PAEK) processes at ~40 °C lower temperatures than standard PEEK. This significantly reduces energy demand and enables faster cycles, easier consolidation & more consistent results in automated processes like Automated Tape Laying or Overmolding with PEEK.


Slower crystallization also provides better formability and a wider processing window ideal for complex tooling or in-situ consolidation.


🛠️ Tailored Performance for Advanced Manufacturing

A+ Composites’ unidirectional LM PAEK tapes are:

💡optimized for excellent fiber-matrix bonding

💡highly homogeneous in resin distribution

💡thermally and mechanically robust

💡and fully customizable to customer needs.


These produced-to-size tapes can be tailored in width, resin content, fiber type, & spool geometry enabling maximum design freedom and precise process integration.


They support multiple processing methods: AFP, ATL, thermoforming, stamping, over molding, filament winding, compression molding, as well as laser and induction welding. Thanks to their thermoplastic matrix, parts can also be welded, repaired, or recycled later a clear advantage over thermoset systems.


🧵 Fiber Options – Made to Fit


The tapes are available:

Glass fibers: E-glass and S2-glass

Carbon fibers: HT (high-tensile), IM (intermediate-modulus), & UHT (ultra-high tensile)

This selection allows for optimal tuning of strength, stiffness, impact resistance, and thermal properties based on your application.


🌍 Applications Across Industries

Whether for aerospace, automotive or energy markets – LMPAEK UD tapes unlock new possibilities for modern lightweight construction:

✈️ Aircraft brackets, panels,& structural inserts

🚗 EV battery enclosures, motor sleeves

⚙️ Corrosion-resistant pipes, seals, and housings


🤝 A Strong Collaboration

The collaboration between A+ Composites and Victrex ensures both material innovation and supply security. As Jakob Sigurdsson Sigurdsson🎤, CEO of Victrex, states:


📢“With Victrex LMPAEK materials now available in UD tape format from A+ Composites, customers benefit from an expanded supply chain that enhances accessibility & flexibility. This marks a significant step in delivering innovative & high-performance solutions with greater efficiency and reach.


✅ Conclusion

Combining Victrex’s advanced LM PAEK polymer with A+Composites’ processing know-how results in a new class of thermoplastic composites: produced-to-size, highly adaptable & future ready. Whether in series production/demanding high performance parts these tapes deliver tangible advantages in processing, durability & sustainability.


source :A+ Composites

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