Advanced Materials
Overview
Advanced materials often reshape products more fundamentally than incremental component upgrade. High-performance polymers and composites originally developed for demanding environments can be adapted to mobility, robotics, unmanned systems, and precision equipment when material and process choices are integrated early.
Sunway works with China-based polymer innovators and downstream manufacturers whose capabilities cover formulation, compounding, and precision processing. This allows access material-level options together with the design and engineering methods needed to convert them into manufacturable parts.
Projects typically combine simulation-led design, rapid prototyping, and structured qualification work. The aim is to converge on parts that meet performance requirements while remaining feasible for stable production and consistent quality.
Our partners contribute materials science and process know-how and scalable processing capability. Local partners focus on application qualification, user validation, integration into existing systems, and ongoing monitoring in real operating environment.
Industry Resources / Partners
High-performance polymer
PEEK, PEKK, PPS, high-grade PA, and UHMWPE-based systems with formulations tuned for thermal, mechanical, and tribological needs.
Structural and wear-critical components
Manufacturers able to redesign metal parts into polymer or hybrid structures such as reducers, bearing elements, transmission components and housings to balance weight, endurance, and stability.
OEM co-development engineering
Teams experienced in co-design for industrial robots, unmanned platforms, and precision equipment using simulation, prototyping, and iterative validation.
Testing and qualification infrastructure
Labs and technical services for fatigue, wear, friction, aging, flammability, and sector-aligned qualification facilities.
Scale manufacturing and process control
Partners capable of stable production, controlled processing windows, and continuous cost–performance optimisation.
Case Study
In emerging manufacturing hubs, robotics and automation suppliers may seek to improve the performance and maintainability of collaborative robots, yet face constraints from metal-based joints and transmission components. Limited access to advanced materials engineering can further slow iteration cycles.
A redesign program for this scenario can be designed around specific component —reducers, bearing structures, transmission elements, and protective housings—and matched with tailored polymer formulations or composite. Digital modelling, prototyping, and qualification testing are used to converge on manufacturable geometries and stable processing parameters.
Our partners maintain material and process consistency at scale, while local integrators focus on system integration, on-site validation, operator training, and application qualification—so that improvements translate into real-world operating performance rather than isolated lab results.