Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheets offer high impact strength

Makrolon Polycarbonate products give you a balance of helpful features including high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a sturdy material. Even though it features exceptional impact-resistance, it has a lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating may be applied to polycarbonate eyewear and polycarbonate exterior automotive equipment. The properties associated with polycarbonate are like those of common Acrylic materials, except polycarbonate is going to be 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 many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), therefore it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools will have to be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) in order to make strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike many thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large shape changes without cracking. Therefore, it could be processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with 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 cannot be created from sheet metal. Keep in mind that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but is brittle and cannot be bent without heating.

The light weight of polycarbonate, compared to glass, has led to continuing development of electronic touch screens that replace glass 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 types of items produced 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 products are produced 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 either can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
Bayer 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, the pellets are heated until they begin to melt. The liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly injected into a mold, compressed under high pressure and cooled to create a finished product in less than a minute.

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