Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheeting offering light weight and break resistance

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate products give you a unique balance of helpful features this includes temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastics.
Polycarbonate is definitely a sturdy material. Whilst it has tremendous impact-resistance, it possesses minimal scratch-resistance and so a hard coating typically is applied to polycarbonate eye protection lenses and polycarbonate exterior vehicle components. The characteristics of polycarbonate tend to be similar to that of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, although polycarbonate is actually 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 around 150 °C (302 °F), as a result 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 stress-free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive deformations without cracking or breaking. As a result, for small changes in shape, it can be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are necessary, which can not be produced from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent with out a heating process.

The light weight of polycarbonate, in contrast to glass, has led to development of electronic touch screens that replace glass materials with polycarbonate, for use in mobile and portable devices. Such displays include newer e-ink and many LCD screens, though CRT, plasma screen and other LCD technologies which still require glass for its higher melting temperature and its ability to be etched with finer detail.
Other types of items made 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 goods are constructed from 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 could be needed. This can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or perhaps the coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
The Makrolon Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic that at the beginning, starts 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 in to a thick liquid. The liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly pushed into a mold with the empty part being the size and shape of the part you want, compressed under high pressure and cooled to form a finished product in a matter of minutes.

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