TAGS: Automotive
Victrex’s gear design and manufacturing facility in Grantsburg, USA has received an important Automotive Quality Standard IATF 16949 certification for manufacture of gears. The company provides high-performance PEEK and PAEK polymer based gear solutions for automotive industry.
“Attaining this certification was a major goal for us. It unequivocally demonstrates that Victrex has the quality systems and capability to supply turnkey PEEK gear solutions into the mainstream Tier1/OEM supply chain,” explains Andy Walton, Director Automotive at Victrex.
Victrex´s Gear Solutions at a Glance
Victrex´s gear solutions include high precision gear design, prototyping, testing and manufacturing capabilities using VICTREX HPG polymers. Compared to traditional metal-based gears, VICTREX HPG based thermoplastic gear solutions for ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) and Electric Vehicle Platforms offer benefits such as improved NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) performance as well as enhanced efficiency reducing CO2 and system cost reduction.
Enabling Tier 1/OEM customers to work with one partner from concept to commercialization, the company supports the development and testing of high precision VICTREX HPG™ based gears, as well as manufacturing these gears as a component for integration into larger systems (e.g. within the engine, transmission, pump, actuator and chassis).
The company will be available at Hall 5, Stand B09 presenting its gear solutions for automotives at the international K 2019 tradeshow in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Source: Victrex