Sheffield Plastics Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Polycarbonate plastic products give you a unique balance of helpful features this includes high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a sturdy material. Though it has significant impact-resistance, it has got minimal scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eyewear as well as polycarbonate exterior automobile equipment. The characteristics of polycarbonate are similar to that of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, although 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 of around 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 higher temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to help make strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic changes in basic shape without breaking. For this reason, for small changes in shape, 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 with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it attractive prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are needed, which should not be crafted from sheet metal. Please keep in mind PMMA/Plexiglas, which is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and cannot be bent unless it is heated.
Polycarbonate is frequently used in eye protection, in addition to other projectile-resistant see through applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require greater impact-resistance. Many kinds of lenses are produced from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety visors for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are typically produced from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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