Aerospace & Aviation

High-performance plastics for demanding aerospace applications

Weight reduction, reliability and performance are critical throughout the aerospace industry. Ai Plastics supplies a comprehensive range of high-performance engineering plastics and advanced composites that help manufacturers reduce weight, improve efficiency and replace traditional metal components without compromising performance.

Our materials are trusted across commercial aerospace, defence, unmanned systems and specialist aviation applications, delivering exceptional mechanical strength, chemical resistance and dimensional stability in demanding operating environments.

Whether you’re machining a prototype or supplying production components, our technical team can help specify the right material for your application.

Why choose engineering plastics?

Engineering plastics offer significant advantages over traditional metals in many aerospace applications.

High strength-to-weight ratio
Reduced component weight for improved fuel efficiency
Excellent wear resistance
Outstanding chemical resistance
Resistance to aviation fuels, oils and hydraulic fluids
Low friction and self-lubricating grades
Excellent thermal insulation
Electrical insulation properties
Corrosion-free performance
No galvanic corrosion when used alongside carbon fibre composites
Excellent machinability for complex components
Reduced maintenance requirements

Typical applications?

Our materials are specified for aerospace components where performance and reliability are critical.

Bearings & bushes
Seals & gaskets
Inlet rings
Fuel pipe brackets
Structural components
Thermal insulation components
Electrical insulation parts
Wear pads & wear strips
Guide rails
Rollers
Cable management components
Aircraft interior components
Precision machined parts

Material	Typical Use
Ketron® PEEK	High temperature structural components
Duratron® PI	Extreme temperature applications
Fluorosint®	Bearings, seals and wear components
PTFE	Low friction seals and sliding surfaces

Partnering with Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials

As an authorised distributor of Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials, Ai Plastics provides access to one of the world’s leading portfolios of high-performance engineering plastics. Combined with our technical expertise and machining capabilities, we help customers specify the right material with confidence.

In line with this industry’s requirements for weight reduction to increase fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions we offer a wide range of high strength to weight materials. These materials are resistant to chemicals, offer temperature and wear resistance, and can be efficiently machined into the components required by our customers.

Our partner supplier Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials holds AS9100C approval for its stock shapes that we distribute around the UK. Our technical experts can provide support on material selection from our wide product range to ensure the best performing and most cost-effective solution can be delivered for your application.

Examples of the advantages we can bring to our customers are

Weight saving components that allow greater payload alongside improved fuel efficiency
No galvanic corrosion when in contact with carbon fibre composites
Reduced friction with little or no lubrication on wear surfaces
High wear resistance
Thermo-isolation of critical electronic components and other structures
Chemical resistance to all common aircraft fluids
Cost efficient solutions when replacing Aluminium, Titanium, and other metals