Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheeting are clear and tough
Makrolon Polycarbonate products give you a balance of beneficial features including temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a rugged material. Whilst it features higher impact-resistance, it has low scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating may be applied to polycarbonate eyeglasses lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior motor vehicle components. The characteristics of polycarbonate are along the lines of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, but polycarbonate is 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 different types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), in order that it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools must be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to produce strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike many thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large deformations without cracking. As a result, it could be processed and formed without needing to be heated using sheet metal techniques, for instance forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are necessary, which can't be crafted from sheet metal. Understand that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and cannot be bent with out a heating process.
Polycarbonate is commonly utilized in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant see through applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require much higher impact-resistance. Many different types of lenses are produced from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety goggles for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are typically made of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.
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