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Makrolon Polycarbonate materials offer a great blend of useful features which include high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering plastics.
Polycarbonate is definitely a high quality material. Whilst it has very high impact-resistance, it possesses reduced scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating could be applied to polycarbonate eye wear as well as polycarbonate exterior automobile components. The characteristics associated with polycarbonate tend to be similar to that of those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), yet , polycarbonate is definitely 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 several types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries 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 need to be held at higher temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to help with making strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike many thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic changes in basic shape without breaking. Subsequently, it is sometimes processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are important, which may not be created from sheet metal. Understand that PMMA/Plexiglas, which is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent unless it is heated.
Polycarbonate is often used in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant see through applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require much greater impact-resistance. Many kinds of lenses are made of polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety glasses for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are normally made up of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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