Covestro Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheets offer high impact strength
Polycarbonate plastic products give you a balance of useful features this includes temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a rugged material. Although it has tremendous impact-resistance, it has got a lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eyeglasses lenses and polycarbonate exterior automotive equipment. The properties relating to polycarbonate are generally similar those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), yet , polycarbonate is undoubtedly stronger, it is usable in a wider temperature range and is a bit more expensive. This plastic polymer is highly transparent to visible light and has better light transmission characteristics than many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of approximately 150 °C (302 °F), as a result it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools need to be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) for making strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive changes in basic shape without cracking. For that reason, it may be processed and formed cold using standard sheet metal techniques, for instance forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it attractive prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are important, which can't be crafted from sheet metal. Please keep in mind PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and cannot be bent without heating.
Polycarbonate is commonly found in eye protection, in addition to other projectile-resistant optical type applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require greater impact-resistance. Many different types of lenses are manufactured from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety visors for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are commonly made up of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.
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