Covestro Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheet offer high impact strength

Polycarbonate plastic materials give you a great blend of beneficial features which include temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a rugged material. Although it features very high impact-resistance, it has got a lower scratch-resistance and so a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eye protection and polycarbonate exterior auto components. The properties associated with polycarbonate are similar to those of common Acrylic materials, although 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 most grades of glass.
Polycarbonate has 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 warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to make strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large shape changes without cracking. Hence, it is sometimes processed and formed   cold using sheet metal techniques, for example forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are essential, which cannot be made from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and cannot be bent with out a heating process.
Polycarbonate is frequently used in eye protection, in addition to other projectile-resistant optical type applications that would normally be thought of as requiring the use of glass, but require greater impact-resistance. Many kinds 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 up of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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