Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheet offer high impact strength

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials have a great blend of beneficial features including temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastics and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a tough material. Whilst it has significant impact-resistance, it possesses minimal scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eye protection and polycarbonate exterior automotive equipment. The properties relating to polycarbonate are similar to those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), yet , polycarbonate is 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 most grades of glass.
Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), so it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools ought to be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to help with making strain- and almost stress free products.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic deformations without breaking or cracking. Because of that, it can be processed and formed   cold using standard sheet metal techniques, for instance forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are necessary, which should not be crafted from sheet metal. Be aware that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent at room temperature.

The light weight of polycarbonate, unlike glass, has led to development of electronic view screens that replace glass materials with polycarbonate, for use in mobile and portable devices. Such displays include newer e-ink and a few LCD screens, though CRT, plasma screen and other LCD technologies which still do require glass for its higher melting temperature and the ability to be etched in finer detail.
Other types of items fabricated from Polycarbonate include durable, lightweight luggage, MP3/digital audio player cases, computer cases, police riot shields, instrument panels, and common style blender jars. Many toys and hobby products are made of 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 perhaps the coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic that begins as a solid material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, the pelletized resin is heated until they melt. This liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly pushed into a mold, compressed under high pressure and cooled to produce a finished product , all in just a minute or so.

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