Machinable PI and PEEK

Quadrant is launching Duratron® D7000 PI and Semitron® MP370 (a modified PEEK). These two new materials will help engineers and designers fill performance gaps with machinable polymers that not only offer excellent performance – but real value.

Duratron D7000 PI is a new, high performance polyimide material that brings the benefits of polymer materials to applications that require thermal performance in the 600° F (315° C) range. While polyimide has been widely used in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing equipment for years, the material opens up new design possibilities with sheet thicknesses and tube configurations not previously available. Other grades of Duratron PI are available including a bearing grade.

Semitron MP370 gives test socket designers one more option – allowing builders to more closely tailor the socket material to the application environment. Quadrant has already developed a range of machinable Duratron PAI (Torlon®), Ketron® PEEK and Semitron® ESd materials that are industry standards. Semitron MP370 gives a new option to engineers who found generic, ceramic filled PEEK materials interesting but were scared off by the average machinability that jeopardized next-generation; small hole and fine pitch designs. Semitron MP370 PEEK also is not subject to the “soft center” or inconsistent physical properties that can be found in injection molded shapes. Homogeneous Semitron MP370 PEEK is a stable platform for new design ideas.

For more information, contact Kim Imes or Kress Schwartz, Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products, 2120 Fairmont Avenue, P. O. Box 14235, Reading, PA 19612, 800-366-0310, Fax: 800-366-0301, E-mail: kim.imes@qplas.com or kress.schwartz@qplas.com, Web: www.quadrantplastics.com.