{"id":1153,"date":"2024-04-08T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/polycarbonate-as-glass-material\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:30:19","slug":"polycarbonate-as-glass-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/de\/polycarbonate-as-glass-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Polycarbonate as glass material"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"4\" class=\"wp-image-1123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Polycarbonate as glass material<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When looking for impact-resistant glazing material, Polycarbonate (PC) is often the obvious solution. This is because the impact resistance of polycarbonate is 250 times higher than that of window glass. The toughness of polycarbonate is remarkable compared to other transparent plastics, such as PMMA or SAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Known applications of polycarbonate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only the channel sheets for conservatories and stadiums are a known application of polycarbonate as a glazing material, but also bulletproof glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;:\n\t\t\t\t{ &quot;image&quot;:\n\t\t\t\t\t{   &quot;imageLoaded&quot;: false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;initialized&quot;: false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;lightboxEnabled&quot;: false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;hideAnimationEnabled&quot;: false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;preloadInitialized&quot;: false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;lightboxAnimation&quot;: &quot;zoom&quot;,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;imageUploadedSrc&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/www.viewtec.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Illustraties-Blogs-Zweko-ViewTec.png&quot;,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;imageCurrentSrc&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;targetWidth&quot;: 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For outdoor use, it is not ideal and it is poorly resistant to chemicals and abrasion. However, those disadvantages can easily be addressed by applying surface enhancement, by means of coating layers that is! 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There are different types of coatings that can protect the polycarbonate, but to preserve the properties of the polycarbonate, it is important to weigh up this choice carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which coating do I choose for polycarbonate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of ViewTec&#8217;s specialities is applying UV-curable coatings to polycarbonate. These have high abrasion resistance, but also preserve the impact performance of the polycarbonate. To prove this, several tests were carried out. Surely the best results were obtained in the multiaxial impact tests at temperatures down to &#8211; 40\u00baC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a type of impact test in which energy is transferred in a very short time (milliseconds). You can compare this, for example, to when a pebble hits the windscreen of your car, or when a burglar tries to smash the window of a shop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That test is defined according to the international standard ISO 6603\/2. Polycarbonate is the only transparent thermoplastic material that shows no sign of embrittlement in a temperature range varying from -40\u00baC and 80\u00baC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find the best coating for your polycarbonate glazing at ViewTec<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The test results alone are very impressive, but with ViewTec we decided to push our materials even further to the limit. We used a specific multi-axial impact resistance test setup, where the speed of a falling dart is kept constant during penetration. UV-curable coatings on polycarbonate would have resulted in embrittlement in this test setup, but not ViewTec&#8217;s. 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