Clear Polycarbonate is a premium quality ‘see through’ material typically used in the fabrication of safety guarding and sight glass high impact applications. It is available in sheet, rod and tube form.
The properties of polycarbonate make it tough, easy to handle, easily fabricated and formed, as well as easy to machine into parts or panels.
Polycarbonate sheet is unique for its impact resistance and its shock-load resistance. It is literally sledgehammer proof and therefore the right choice for glazing where there is potential for glass breakage. These applications include areas that are prevalent to vandalism for example schools, public buildings, transportation centres.
Polycarbonate sheet products include:
- Polycarbonate UV2 protected both sides
- polycarbonate MR10 – Abrasion resistant
- Excellent impact resistance (250 times stronger than glass)
- Very good optical properties
- Ability to be cold formed in thinner gauges
- Moderate chemical resistance
- Self-extinguishing
- Excellent acoustic properties
- UV resistant
Key features and benefits of polycarbonate sheet, tube and rod products include:
- Excellent impact resistance (250 times stronger than glass)
- Very good optical properties
- Ability to be cold formed in thinner gauges
- Moderate chemical resistance
- Self-extinguishing
- Excellent acoustic properties
- UV resistant
Applications for polycarbonate sheets, tubes and rods:
- Safety and vandal resistant glazing
- Machine guards
- Sight glasses
- Safety visors
- Transparent instrument components
- Electrical components