Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheets offer high impact strength

Polycarbonate plastic products give you a balance of beneficial features which include high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering plastics.
Polycarbonate is definitely a rugged material. Although it has outstanding impact-resistance, it's got reduced scratch-resistance and so a hard coating typically is applied to polycarbonate eyewear lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior auto equipment. The properties of polycarbonate are generally similar to those of Acrylic PMMA materials, although polycarbonate definitely is 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 most grades of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), as a result it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools must be held at higher temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to produce strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic deformations without breaking or cracking. For this reason, it can be processed and formed   at room temperature using standard sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends with a brake. For even sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are important, which can not be produced from sheet metal. Please keep in mind PMMA/Plexiglas, that is certainly similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and can't be bent without heating.
Polycarbonate is often used in eye protection, and also in other projectile-resistant optical type applications that would normally require the use of glass, but require much greater impact-resistance. Many kinds of lenses are created from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety visors for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are commonly constructed from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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