Sheffield Plastics Polycarbonate Sheet offer high impact strength

Makrolon Polycarbonate materials give you a unique balance of useful features including high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastics and engineering materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a tough material. Although it has significant impact-resistance, it's got lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating may be applied to polycarbonate eye wear as well as polycarbonate exterior auto equipment. The characteristics associated with polycarbonate are generally similar to that of those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), although 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 has better light transmission characteristics than several types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), so it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools must be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to make strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large changes in basic shape without breaking. Because of that, it is sometimes processed and formed   at room temperature using sheet metal techniques, for instance forming bends on 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 important, which may not be crafted from sheet metal. Remember that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and can't be bent unless it is heated.
Polycarbonate is commonly utilized in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant viewing and lighting applications that would normally be thought of as requiring the use of glass, but require much higher impact-resistance. Many different types of lenses are created 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 normally made out of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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