Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheeting offer high impact strength

Polycarbonate plastic materials offer a unique balance of helpful features this includes temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a durable material. Even though it features high impact-resistance, it possesses a lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating may be applied to polycarbonate eyewear and polycarbonate exterior motor vehicle equipment. The characteristics relating to polycarbonate tend to be along the lines of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, but 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 many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of approximately 150 °C (302 °F), consequently it softens slowly 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 help with making strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive deformations without breaking or cracking. Due to this fact, it is sometimes processed and formed   at room temperature using sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends with a brake. For even sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are needed, which may not be made from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and cannot be bent with out a heating process.

The light weight of polycarbonate, as opposed to glass, has led to growth and development of electronic display screens that replace the traditional glass with polycarbonate, for use in mobile and portable devices. Such displays include newer e-ink and some LCD screens, though CRT, plasma screen and other LCD technologies still generally require glass for its higher melting temperature and the ability to be etched in finer detail.
Other miscellaneous items made out of Polycarbonate include durable, lightweight luggage, MP3/digital audio player cases, computer cases, high impact riot shields, instrument panels, and common style blender jars. Many toys and hobby goods are produced from polycarbonate parts, e.g. fins, gyro mounts, and flybar locks for use with radio-controlled helicopters.
For use in applications subjected to weathering or UV-radiation, a special surface treatment maybe needed. This either can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or as a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic that starts as a solid plastic material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, this pellet material is heated until they begin to melt. This liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly injected into the mold - shaped like the part, compressed under high pressure and cooled to form a finished product , that only takes about a minute to complete.

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