Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials give you a unique balance of beneficial features which include temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is a very sturdy material. Although it features extraordinary impact-resistance, it has got a lower scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is often applied to polycarbonate eyewear lenses and polycarbonate exterior auto equipment. The properties associated with polycarbonate are generally along the lines of those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), 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 it has better light transmission characteristics than most grades 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 will have to be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to produce strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive deformations without breaking or cracking. Therefore, it could be processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends on a brake. For even sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are essential, which can't be produced from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but is brittle and can't be bent at room temperature.

The light weight of polycarbonate, in contrast to glass, has led to advancement of electronic touch screens that replace glass materials 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 which still require glass for its higher melting temperature and the ability to be etched in 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 items 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 maybe needed. This either can 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 plastic material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, the pellets are heated until they begin to melt. The melted liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly injected into a mold, compressed under high pressure and cooled to produce a finished product , all in just a minute or so.

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