Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Polycarbonate products have a great blend of beneficial features including high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a high quality material. Though it offers higher impact-resistance, it possesses minimal scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating could be applied to polycarbonate eye wear and polycarbonate exterior automobile components. The characteristics of polycarbonate are generally similar to that of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, and 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 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 are required to be held at higher temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) for making strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive changes in basic shape without cracking or breaking. Subsequently, it can be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends on a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are necessary, which can't be made from sheet metal. Note that PMMA/Plexiglas, which is similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and can't be bent with out a heating process.
Polycarbonate is often found in eye protection, along with other projectile-resistant see through applications that would normally be thought of as requiring the use of glass, but require higher impact-resistance. Many different types of lenses are manufactured from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety goggles for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are typically produced from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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