Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheeting offering light weight and break resistance

Makrolon Polycarbonate materials have a unique balance of beneficial features including temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is a very durable material. Though it has high impact-resistance, it has got low scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eye protection lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior automobile components. The characteristics associated with polycarbonate tend to be similar those of common Acrylic materials, yet , polycarbonate is always 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 are required to be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to help with making strain- and almost stress free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large deformations without breaking. For this reason, it can be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using standard sheet metal techniques, for example forming bends with a brake. For even sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are essential, which can't be crafted from sheet metal. Be aware that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent without heating.
Polycarbonate is commonly used in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant see through applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require higher 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 typically made of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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