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Makrolon Polycarbonate materials offer a unique balance of useful features this includes high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastics.
Polycarbonate is definitely a sturdy material. Though it offers tremendous impact-resistance, it has got lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eye protection as well as polycarbonate exterior auto components. The properties associated with polycarbonate tend to be similar to those of Acrylic PMMA materials, but 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 has better light transmission characteristics than several types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of around 150 °C (302 °F), consequently it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools should be held at higher temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to help with making strain- and almost stress free products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive changes in basic shape without cracking. Hence, it may be processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends having a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it attractive prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are crucial, which can not be crafted from sheet metal. Remember that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but is brittle and cannot be bent without heating.

The light weight of polycarbonate, unlike glass, has led to development of electronic view screens that replace glass materials 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 generally still require glass for its higher melting temperature and the ability to be etched in finer detail.
Other miscellaneous items produced from Polycarbonate include durable, lightweight luggage, MP3/digital audio player cases, computer cases, police riot shields, instrument panels, and blender jars. Many toys and hobby products are manufactured 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 can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or as a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic that begins as a solid material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, the pellets are heated until they melt in to a thick liquid. The liquid polycarbonate is then rapidly pushed into molds, compressed under high pressure and cooled to create a finished product in less than a minute.

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