Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offering light weight and break resistance

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials have a unique balance of useful features this includes temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a tough material. Although it has higher impact-resistance, it's got lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eyeglasses as well as polycarbonate exterior automotive equipment. The properties relating to polycarbonate are generally like those of common Acrylic materials, except 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 different types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of around 150 °C (302 °F), consequently it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools ought to be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) for making strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large changes in basic shape without cracking. For this reason, for small changes in shape, it can be processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are necessary, which can't be produced from sheet metal. Be aware that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and can't be bent at room temperature.

The light weight of polycarbonate, compared to glass, has led to advancement of electronic view screens that replace glass 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 the ability to be etched in finer detail.
Other miscellaneous items created from 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 manufactured 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 could be needed. This may be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or as a 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, this pellet material is heated until they melt. The liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly injected into a mold, compressed under high pressure and cooled to create a finished product in a matter of minutes.

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