Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offering light weight and break resistance

Makrolon Polycarbonate products offer a great blend of helpful features this includes high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a rugged material. Though it features higher impact-resistance, it's got minimal scratch-resistance and so a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eye wear lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior vehicle components. The properties of polycarbonate are similar to that of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, but polycarbonate definitely 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 has better light transmission characteristics than many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), in order that 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 almost stress free products.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic deformations without breaking. Because of this, it is sometimes processed and formed   without needing to be heated using sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are necessary, which cannot be created from sheet metal. Keep in mind that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but is brittle and can't be bent unless it is heated.

The light weight of polycarbonate, compared to glass, has led to development of electronic view screens that replace glass 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 its ability to be etched in finer detail.
Other kinds of items produced 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 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 may be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or perhaps the coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic that starts as a solid material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, the pellets are heated until they begin to melt. The liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly pushed into molds, compressed under high pressure and cooled to form a finished product in a matter of minutes.

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