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Carbon PEEK Wear Rersistance Gears

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PEEK Gears and Carbon PEEK Gears, with high strength, achieve lightweight designs and serve as a plastic replacement for steel. Featuring self-lubricating properties, they operate without frictional noise and exhibit excellent resistance to high temperatures, wear, and fatigue. Their superior mechanical performance ensures stable operation under high pressure and high-speed conditions, while also extending service life. These gears are widely used in the automotive and drone industries.

Gears play a crucial role in the modern automotive industry. Whether in transmission systems or steering systems, the performance of gears directly impacts the efficiency, stability, and durability of the entire system. Traditional metal gears are typically manufactured through processes such as cutting and grinding, which often result in significant machining errors, high costs, and installation difficulties. Additionally, they tend to produce high levels of noise due to friction and are prone to damage during daily use. To overcome these challenges, finding high-performance gear materials has become a major trend in the automotive industry.




PEEK (polyetheretherketone) material has garnered increasing attention due to its exceptional properties.

Compared to traditional metal materials, PEEK offers the following advantages when used to manufacture gears:





1, Excellent High-Temperature Resistance:

PEEK material has a high glass transition temperature and melting point, enabling it to withstand high-temperature working conditions while maintaining stable performance. Its long-term no-load service temperature can reach 260°C, with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 143°C and a melting temperature (Tm) of 343°C.




2, Outstanding Mechanical Properties:

PEEK's superior mechanical properties ensure that gears made from it can operate stably under high pressure and high-speed conditions. It exhibits high resistance to creep and fatigue, extending the service life of gear components.




3, Excellent Flame Retardancy:

PEEK achieves a UL94 V-0 rating without the need for flame retardant additives. Its self-extinguishing properties and low smoke emission make it suitable for stringent safety standards, and it is widely used in aerospace and military defense applications.




4, Self-Lubricating Properties:

PEEK's excellent self-lubricating properties make it ideal for applications requiring low friction coefficients and wear resistance. This reduces friction and wear, minimizes energy loss and noise generation, extends gear life, and lowers maintenance costs.




5, Vehicle Lightweighting:

With a density of only 1.3 g/cm³, PEEK is significantly lighter than common metals. Compared to metal gears, PEEK gears contribute to reducing the overall weight and inertia of equipment, improving efficiency and performance.



Reduced Manufacturing Costs: PEEK is easy to process, and injection molding can be used to manufacture complex gears while ensuring high precision and quality control. This provides greater flexibility in gear design.


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PEEK CF30, Gears made from PEEK carbon fiber-reinforced material (PEEK-CF) offer several advantages over pure PEEK gears:




1, Higher Strength and Stiffness:

Carbon fiber has extremely high strength and modulus. When added to PEEK, it significantly enhances the strength and stiffness of the gear. This allows PEEK-CF gears to withstand higher loads and resist deformation under high-stress conditions, ensuring transmission accuracy and stability while extending gear life. For example, in some industrial transmission systems, PEEK-CF gears can handle higher torque than pure PEEK gears, making them suitable for harsher working environments.




2, Improved Wear Resistance:

Carbon fiber's high hardness and excellent wear resistance enhance the wear resistance of PEEK material. As a result, PEEK-CF gears experience less wear on the tooth surfaces during long-term operation, maintaining better tooth profile accuracy and stable transmission efficiency. This makes them particularly suitable for gear transmission systems requiring frequent starts, stops, and high-speed operation.




3, Lower Thermal Expansion Coefficient:

Carbon fiber has a low thermal expansion coefficient. When combined with PEEK, it significantly reduces the gear's thermal expansion coefficient. This ensures better dimensional stability under varying temperature conditions, minimizing deformation and loss of meshing accuracy due to temperature changes. For instance, in precision instruments sensitive to temperature variations, PEEK-CF gears can enhance stability and reliability.




4, Higher Thermal Conductivity:

Carbon fiber has good thermal conductivity, which helps dissipate heat more effectively in PEEK material. As a result, PEEK-CF gears can dissipate heat better during operation, reducing working temperatures and preventing material performance degradation and lubrication failure caused by high temperatures. This improves transmission efficiency and extends gear life, especially in high-speed, high-load gear systems.




5, Superior Fatigue Resistance:

The addition of carbon fiber enhances the overall performance of the material, giving PEEK-CF gears better fatigue resistance than pure PEEK gears. Under long-term cyclic loading, PEEK-CF gears are less prone to fatigue cracks and damage, ensuring reliability and stability over extended operation periods. This reduces maintenance costs and downtime.

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PEEK (polyetheretherketone) gears and PEEK carbon fiber-reinforced (PEEK-CF) gears are widely used in various industries due to their excellent properties, such as high strength, high-temperature resistance, and self-lubrication. However, their material characteristics and high precision requirements present several challenges during machining. Below are the main machining difficulties:

1. Challenges Due to Material Properties

High Toughness and Hardness of PEEK: PEEK and its carbon fiber-reinforced variants exhibit high toughness and hardness, which can lead to burrs or material deformation during machining.

Abrasive Nature of Carbon Fiber: The carbon fibers in PEEK-CF cause significant wear on cutting tools, increasing tool wear and machining costs.

2. High Precision Requirements

Strict Dimensional Tolerances: Key dimensions of gears, such as tooth profiles and bore diameters, need to be controlled within micron-level tolerances (e.g., ±0.005 mm), placing high demands on machining equipment and processes.

Complex Geometries: Gear tooth designs, especially for helical or spiral gears, are complex and require high-precision CNC machines and specialized tools.

3. Surface Finish Requirements

High Surface Finish: Gear surfaces must achieve a high finish (typically Ra < 0.2 µm) to reduce friction and wear.

Deburring Difficulty: PEEK materials tend to produce burrs after machining, especially in微小齿形 and complex structures, making deburring a complex and time-consuming process.

4. Thermal Deformation Control

Thermal Sensitivity of PEEK: PEEK materials are prone to thermal deformation due to cutting heat during machining, affecting dimensional accuracy and shape stability.

Cooling Requirements: Machining requires strict control of cutting temperatures and cooling conditions to prevent overheating, which can degrade material performance.

5. Tool Selection and Wear

High Tool Material Requirements: Machining PEEK and PEEK-CF requires tools with high hardness and wear resistance, such as diamond-coated or carbide tools.

Rapid Tool Wear: The addition of carbon fibers accelerates tool wear, increasing machining costs and time.

6. Cleanliness Control

High Cleanliness Standards: In industries such as medical and semiconductor, gears must meet high cleanliness standards, necessitating the avoidance of oil, dust, and other contaminants during machining.

Post-Processing Requirements: Strict cleaning and packaging are required after machining to ensure product cleanliness.

7. Fiber Orientation Issues in PEEK-CF

Uneven Fiber Distribution: Carbon fibers in PEEK-CF may distribute unevenly during injection molding or machining, affecting the mechanical properties of the gears.

Fiber Breakage: Carbon fibers are prone to breakage during machining, leading to reduced surface quality and performance loss.

8. Injection Molding Challenges (for Complex Gears)

Complex Mold Design: Injection molding of PEEK and PEEK-CF requires high-precision molds, and mold design must account for material shrinkage and fiber orientation.

Process Control: Temperature, pressure, and cooling rates must be strictly controlled during injection molding to avoid defects such as bubbles and shrinkage pores.



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