For Vendors Selling to PEEK Machine Shops
Stock, tooling, annealing, inspection and packaging. We name vendors in our guides where the technical context calls for it. Placement is not for sale.
- Named on meritA mention happens where a guide covers the problem your product solves, and only with detail we can check.
- No paid rankingThere is no sponsored slot and no ordering by budget. The rule is published on our editorial standards page.
- Shops stay privateWe do not sell or pass contact lists. Where an introduction helps, we ask the shop first.
What a PEEK shop buys, and what decides it
PEEK cuts nothing like aluminium, so the vendor list that matters here is short. A shop quoting a filled grade with a 0.02 mm callout decides on blank size, tool geometry, annealing and measurement before it prices the part. These are the five places a vendor makes that easier or harder.
- Stock shapes and blanksRod, plate and tube in unfilled, GF30, CF30 and bearing grades, cut to size, with lot certificates. Medical work needs the paper chain intact, which in practice means a grade documented to ASTM F2026 and, where the customer asks, USP Class VI data from the resin maker. What a shop weighs: what you hold locally rather than what the catalogue lists, minimum cut charges, and whether an odd diameter means a four week import.
- Cutting tools and holdersPolished flute carbide, high rake geometry, and balanced holders. A dull tool in PEEK does not only leave a poor finish, it puts heat into the part and the part moves afterwards. What a shop weighs: stock on the shelf, regrind turnaround, and whether someone will look at a cracking problem on the floor instead of sending a catalogue.
- Annealing and stress reliefOvens with a controlled ramp and soak, and enough uniformity that a tray of thin walled parts comes out the same. Annealing between roughing and finishing is what stops a part opening up a week after inspection. What a shop weighs: chamber size against typical batch, programmable profiles, and calibration records it can show a customer.
- Inspection and measurementOutsourced CMM, 3D scanning and surface roughness measurement. Plastic parts deflect under probe force, so technique matters as much as equipment. What a shop weighs: turnaround, report formats a medical or semiconductor customer will accept, and whether the operator has measured plastics before.
- Packaging and logisticsCleanroom bagging, contamination control, and forwarders who handle medical device and semiconductor components. A part that passes inspection and arrives contaminated has still failed. What a shop weighs: documented cleanliness levels, labelling that survives customs, and someone who answers when a shipment is held.
How a vendor gets named
Four tests, applied the same way every time. They are deliberately about the reader rather than about you.
- The guide has to be about your problemA tooling vendor belongs in a piece about cracking, not in one about lead times.
- The detail has to be checkableWhere stock sits, real lead time, what support you give, a published spec. We write what we can verify.
- You have to reach these shopsYou supply shops that machine PEEK, or you deliver to them inside a lead time they will accept.
- Named once, never rankedOne mention per guide, no ordering, and no claim we cannot stand behind.
What we do not sell
- PlacementNo sponsored slot, no position, no advertorial dressed as a guide.
- RankingWe do not order vendors by budget, because a shop reading a ranked list learns nothing from it.
- Unverified claimsIf we cannot check a lead time or a specification, it does not go on the page.
- Shop contact listsShop details stay with us. That is the deal we made with the shops.
Send your vendor profile
Specifics are what make a mention useful. We reply within 24 business hours. You can also email .
Questions vendors ask
Can I pay to be listed or ranked?
No. Placement is not sold and there is no paid ranking. A vendor is named in a guide only where the technical context calls for it.
What do you want from a vendor?
Specifics: what you hold in stock and where, real lead times from that stock, whether you support the shop floor and in which language, and what you cannot supply. That is what makes a mention useful to the shop reading it rather than an advert.
Will you send me the shop list?
No. We do not sell or share contact lists. Where an introduction genuinely helps a shop we ask the shop first.
How often are guides updated?
When something changes that affects the advice, for example a lead time, a grade being discontinued or a document a customer now demands.