Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials offer a unique balance of helpful features which include temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastics and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is a very high quality material. Though it features increased impact-resistance, it possesses a lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating is often applied to polycarbonate eye wear as well as polycarbonate exterior motor vehicle components. The properties relating to polycarbonate are comparable to those of common Acrylic materials, 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 different types of glass.
Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature of around 150 °C (302 °F), in order that it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools will have to be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to make strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike many thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large changes in basic shape without breaking or cracking. As a result, it is sometimes processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it attractive prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are crucial, which should not be crafted from sheet metal. Understand that PMMA/Plexiglas, which is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent with out a heating process.
Polycarbonate is often utilized in eye protection, along with other projectile-resistant see through or lighting applications that would normally be thought of as requiring the use of glass, but require greater impact-resistance. Many different types of lenses are manufactured from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety glasses for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are typically produced from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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