Lexan Polycarbonate Sheeting are clear and tough
Bayer 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 a very high quality material. Though it features higher impact-resistance, it possesses minimal scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eyewear lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior motor vehicle equipment. The characteristics relating to polycarbonate tend to be similar to that of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, yet , polycarbonate is definitely 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 carries a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), consequently it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools will have to be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to produce strain- and almost stress free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic changes in basic shape without cracking or breaking. Because of this, it could be processed and formed cold using sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are crucial, which should not be produced from sheet metal. Understand that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and cannot be bent at room temperature.
Polycarbonate is commonly utilized in eye protection, along with other projectile-resistant viewing and lighting applications that would normally be thought of as requiring the use of glass, but require greater impact-resistance. Many kinds of lenses are made of 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 normally produced from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.
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