Covestro Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offering light weight and break resistance

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials have a balance of helpful features which include temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a long-lasting material. Although it has outstanding impact-resistance, it possesses reduced scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eyeglasses lenses and polycarbonate exterior vehicle components. The characteristics relating to polycarbonate tend to be similar those of common Acrylic materials, although polycarbonate is always 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 it has better light transmission characteristics than most grades of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of around 150 °C (302 °F), so it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools must be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to make strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike many thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive shape changes without cracking or breaking. Due to this fact, it may be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends on 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 cannot be created from sheet metal. Keep in mind that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and can't be bent unless it is heated.
Polycarbonate is often used in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant optical type applications that would normally require the use of glass, but require higher impact-resistance. Several types of lenses are created 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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