Covestro Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offering light weight and break resistance

Polycarbonate plastic materials give you a great blend of useful features which include temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastics and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is a very rugged material. Even though it features increased impact-resistance, it has got low scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is often applied to polycarbonate eye protection lenses and polycarbonate exterior automobile components. The characteristics associated with polycarbonate are generally similar those of common Acrylic materials, yet , polycarbonate is going to be 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 has a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), therefore 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) for making strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large deformations without cracking or breaking. Because of that, it can be processed and formed   cold using sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends on a brake. For even sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are required, which can't be produced from sheet metal. Please keep in mind PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and cannot be bent without heating.
Polycarbonate is frequently utilized in eye protection, along with other projectile-resistant viewing and lighting 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 glasses for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are normally made from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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