Sheffield Plastics Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Makrolon Polycarbonate materials give you a balance of useful features including high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is a very long-lasting material. Even though it features extraordinary impact-resistance, it's got low scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eyewear as well as polycarbonate exterior motor vehicle components. The characteristics of polycarbonate are generally comparable to those of common Acrylic materials, yet , 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 it has better light transmission characteristics than several types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), therefore it softens slowly 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 make strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike most thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic deformations without cracking. Subsequently, it can be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using sheet metal techniques, which include forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it attractive prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are important, which cannot be made from sheet metal. Please keep in mind PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but is brittle and can't be bent at room temperature.
Polycarbonate is often used in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant see through or lighting applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require greater impact-resistance. Several types of lenses are manufactured from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety glasses for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are commonly made out of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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