Covestro Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheets are clear and tough

Makrolon Polycarbonate products offer a great blend of useful features including temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a durable material. Whilst it has high impact-resistance, it possesses low scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eyewear lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior vehicle equipment. The properties relating to polycarbonate are similar to those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), and 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 many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of approximately 150 °C (302 °F), in order that 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) for making strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large changes in basic shape without breaking. Because of that, it can be processed and formed   cold using sheet metal techniques, for instance forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it attractive prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are crucial, which cannot be created from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and can't be bent with out a heating process.

The light weight of polycarbonate, unlike glass, has led to advancement of electronic view screens that replace the traditional glass with polycarbonate, for use in mobile and portable devices. Such displays include newer e-ink and several 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 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 exposed to weathering or UV-radiation, a special surface treatment is 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 begins as a solid material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, this pellet material is heated until they melt and become a very thick liquid. The melted liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly pushed into molds, compressed under high pressure and cooled to create a finished product , all in just a minute or so.

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