

Our unique silicon nitride PEEK material is reliable, strong, and antipathogenic. Let our leading R&D and manufacturing teams collaborate on specialized and niche application development for your company. SINTX is a flexible partner that can deliver one of the best silicon nitride products, perfected by years of experience. SINTX is available for this type of collaboration. It is also possible to enter into an OEM partnership with a PEEK material manufacturer to create custom components. Generally, you can contact the manufacturer directly to order components. Many manufacturers produce components from PEEK material. In addition to exhibiting comparable mechanical properties to monolithic PEEK, silicon nitride PEEK has demonstrated improved imaging properties along with resistance to biofilm formation and up regulation of bone cell activity during testing in vitro.** Ordering Components Made from PEEK Material Subsequent forming operations produce new surfaces with the same enhanced properties as the original stock composite, giving device manufacturers design and process flexibility when working with this material.Ĭompared with conventional PEEK, silicon nitride PEEK avoids coating delamination concerns since the bioceramic is uniformly dispersed throughout the polymer volume instead of adhered to the surface. This material is produced by compounding an extremely fine particulate form of silicon nitride into an implant-grade PEEK matrix.

Silicon nitride PEEK composite combines the unique and beneficial bioactivity of silicon nitride with the familiar fit, feel, and processing properties of conventional PEEK polymer. It is highly resistant to thermal degradation, as well as to chemicals or water.***īecause of these PEEK material properties, it is an excellent choice for applications from aerospace to biomedical.

Some grades have a useful operating temperature of up to 250 ☌ (482 ☏). PEEK has a glass transition temperature of around 143 ☌ (289 ☏) and melts around 343 ☌ (662 ☏). It is also radiolucent, meaning it is almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy. PEEK material has excellent strength, hardness, and temperature resistance.

PEEK (polyetheretherketone) is a high-performance organic thermoplastic polymer with excellent mechanical strength.
