Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Makrolon Polycarbonate products offer a unique balance of beneficial features including high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastics.
Polycarbonate is definitely a long-lasting material. Even though it has tremendous impact-resistance, it has got a lower scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eyewear lenses and polycarbonate exterior automotive components. The characteristics relating to polycarbonate tend to be along the lines of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, except 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 it has better light transmission characteristics than most grades of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), so it softens slowly 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) for making strain- and almost stress free products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic shape changes without cracking. Hence, 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 useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are essential, which can not be crafted from sheet metal. Keep in mind that PMMA/Plexiglas, which is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and cannot be bent without heating.
Polycarbonate is often utilized in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant see through or lighting applications that would normally require 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 goggles for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are normally made from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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