Covestro Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Makrolon Polycarbonate materials offer a great blend of beneficial features this includes temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a high quality material. Though it offers tremendous impact-resistance, it has low scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eye protection lenses and polycarbonate exterior vehicle equipment. The properties of polycarbonate are generally similar to that of those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), except 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 it has better light transmission characteristics than several types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), in order that it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools are required to be held at higher temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to help with making strain- and almost stress free products.
Unlike many thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic deformations without cracking. Because of this, for small changes in shape, it can be processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are needed, which should not be crafted from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but is brittle and cannot be bent with out a heating process.

The light weight of polycarbonate, compared with glass, has led to continuing development of electronic touch screens that replace the traditional glass 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 the ability to be etched in finer detail.
Other types of items manufactured 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 goods are manufactured from polycarbonate parts, e.g. fins, gyro mounts, and flybar locks for use with radio-controlled helicopters.
For use in applications exposed 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 as a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic that starts as a solid plastic material in the form of small pellets. In a manufacturing process called injection molding, this pellet material is heated until they melt and become a very thick liquid. 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 create a finished product , all in just a minute or so.

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