Covestro Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate products give you a great blend of useful features which include high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is a very durable material. Whilst it features greater impact-resistance, it has low scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eye protection and polycarbonate exterior auto equipment. The characteristics relating to polycarbonate are generally similar to that of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, but polycarbonate is undoubtedly 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 has a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), so it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools need to be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) in order to make strain- and almost stress free products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive shape changes without breaking or cracking. Subsequently, it can be processed and formed   cold using sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends on a brake. For even 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 crucial, which cannot be made from sheet metal. Keep in mind that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but is brittle and can't be bent unless it is heated.

The light weight of polycarbonate, compared to glass, has led to advancement of electronic touch screens that replace glass materials with polycarbonate, for use in mobile and portable devices. Such displays include newer e-ink as well as LCD screens, though CRT, plasma screen and other LCD technologies which still require glass for its higher melting temperature and the ability to be etched with finer detail.
Other kinds of items made 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 products 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 could be needed. This can be a coating (e.g. for improved abrasion resistance), or as a coextrusion for enhanced weathering resistance.
The 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 the mold - shaped like the part, compressed under high pressure and cooled to create a finished product in less than a minute.

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