November 2025

In industries where failure is not an option—like aerospace, medical, and semiconductors—engineers are increasingly turning to PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) for mission-critical components. This high-performance thermoplastic delivers exceptional chemical resistance, mechanical stability, and heat tolerance, even under continuous loads and harsh conditions.

But these properties also make PEEK CNC machining anything but straightforward.

While injection …

Wall thickness is one of the most overlooked and problematic dimensions when doing CNC design or machining evaluations. What looks like a distance between two parallel lines on a drawing can affect material forces, heat transfer, clamping methods, tool deflection, and final assembly accuracy once it hits the cutting edge. In our daily machining at …