Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Lexan Polycarbonate Sheeting are considered unbreakable

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials offer a unique balance of useful features this includes temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is a very rugged material. Whilst it features greater impact-resistance, it has a lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating could be applied to polycarbonate eyewear as well as polycarbonate exterior automotive components. The characteristics associated with polycarbonate are generally like those of Acrylic PMMA materials, although 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 many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), therefore it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools are required to be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to make strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive shape changes without breaking. Subsequently, it can be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using sheet metal techniques, for instance forming bends on a brake. Even for 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 needed, which may not be produced from sheet metal. Please keep in mind PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and cannot be bent unless it is heated.

The light weight of polycarbonate, as opposed to glass, has led to advancement of electronic display screens that replace glass materials with polycarbonate, for use in mobile and portable devices. Such displays include newer e-ink and some LCD screens, though CRT, plasma screen and other LCD technologies still generally require glass for its higher melting temperature and its ability to be etched with finer detail.
Other miscellaneous items manufactured from Polycarbonate include durable, lightweight luggage, MP3/digital audio player cases, computer cases, riot shields, instrument panels, and common style blender jars. Many toys and hobby goods are constructed 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 is needed. This may be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
The Makrolon Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic that starts as a solid material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, these small pellets are heated until they melt. This liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly injected into a mold with the empty part being the size and shape of the part you want, compressed under high pressure and cooled to produce a finished product in a matter of minutes.


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