Lexan Polycarbonate Sheet are considered unbreakable
Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials have a unique balance of useful features which include high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a high quality material. Though it features increased impact-resistance, it has got low scratch-resistance and so a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eyewear lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior auto equipment. The properties of polycarbonate tend to be similar those of Acrylic PMMA materials, and yet polycarbonate is undoubtedly 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 most grades of glass.
Polycarbonate has 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 ought to be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to produce strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive shape changes without cracking or breaking. For this reason, it is sometimes processed and formed at room temperature 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 attractive prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are needed, which should not be created from sheet metal. Remember that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and cannot be bent unless it is heated.
The light weight of polycarbonate, compared to 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 a few LCD screens, though CRT, plasma screen and other LCD technologies generally still require glass for its higher melting temperature and its ability to be etched in finer detail.
Other miscellaneous items made out of 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 items 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 maybe needed. This can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or as a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
The 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, this pellet material is heated until they begin to melt. This liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly injected into a mold, compressed under high pressure and cooled to form a finished product , all in just a minute or so.
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