Lexan Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength
Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate products give you a unique balance of useful features this includes temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is a very sturdy material. Although it offers increased impact-resistance, it possesses reduced scratch-resistance and so a hard coating typically is applied to polycarbonate eyeglasses and polycarbonate exterior automobile equipment. The characteristics associated with polycarbonate are similar to 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 several types of glass.
Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature of approximately 150 °C (302 °F), in order that it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools ought to be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) for making strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic shape changes without breaking or cracking. Because of this, it is sometimes processed and formed without needing to be heated using standard sheet metal techniques, for instance forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are required, which can not be made from sheet metal. Remember that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent unless it is heated.
Polycarbonate is commonly utilized in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant viewing and lighting applications that would normally be thought of as requiring the use of glass, but require higher impact-resistance. Several types of lenses are manufactured 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 normally constructed from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.
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