Lexan Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Polycarbonate plastic products offer a great blend of beneficial features including temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastics and engineering plastics.
Polycarbonate is a very durable material. Though it offers exceptional impact-resistance, it's got a lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eye protection as well as polycarbonate exterior auto components. The characteristics of polycarbonate are generally similar to those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), 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 kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate carries 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 should be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to help with making strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large deformations without cracking. Due to this fact, it could be processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, for example forming bends on a brake. For even 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 may not be created from sheet metal. Please keep in mind PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and cannot be bent with out a heating process.

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

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