Polycarbonate is one of the multipurpose synthetic polymers that have found their widespread use in various industries. Such a wide scope of application of polycarbonate is primarily due to its truly unique properties: transparency, impact strength, plasticity, temperature and chemical resistance, durability, ease of processing and installation, low weight and safe use.
Despite its strength, polycarbonate collapses under the influence of ultraviolet radiation, this should be taken into account when choosing polycarbonate for the installation of translucent structures. Particular attention should be paid to having a high quality UV protection layer by co-extrusion onto one of both sides of the sheet. Without such protection, the service life of polycarbonate is reduced several times. When installing polycarbonate sheets with one-sided UV protection, pay attention to the location of the UV layer, which should be on the outside.
In various fields, the following types of polycarbonate are used: structural polycarbonate (cellular polycarbonate), monolithic polycarbonate, polycarbonate corrugated board, etc., available in various thicknesses and various colors.
Monolithic polycarbonate is the most durable of all translucent materials, which retains its strength both at low winter temperatures and at high summer temperatures, for more details see http://plastikam.ru/monolitnyy-polikarbonat . In addition to its strength, monolithic polycarbonate has a number of advantages:
- Excellent light transmission;
- High impact resistance;
- Plasticity, which makes it possible to create complex nonlinear shapes;
- Variety of sheet thicknesses, different color options.
The main areas of application of monolithic polycarbonate:
1) protective glazing, protective screens;
2) translucent noise barriers;
3) skylights;
4) roofs of buildings and aisles, etc.
Corrugated polycarbonate is also widely used, made in the form of profiled sheets and cellular polycarbonate made of two, three or more layers of walls connected by a large number of partitions (stiffeners).
