The medical customer required carbon PEEK rod with thick cross sections but with resin datasheet properties.

The product is machined into an implantable medical screw replacing metal so consistent, high mechanical properties were imperative

The existing product manufactured with the current extrusion technologies exhibited only a 1.5 million psi flex modulus to the limitations of the extrusion process.

Design Requirements

• 3,000,000 psi Flex modulus

• 30,000 psi Tensile Strength

• Consistent quality with low standard deviation

Piper Delivered

Piper utilized our proprietary rod molding machine to produce 30% carbon PEEK rod with properties that consistently met the customers requirements.

The rod produced had a flex modulus of 3,000,000 psi with a standard deviation of 3% which was revolutionary to the customer and the industry.

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