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Can polycarbonate be injection molded?
Also known as PC, polycarbonate is an adaptable thermoplastic that’s durable and pliable, able to be injection molded and thermoformed, depending on the project.
How do you process polycarbonate?
Since polycarbonate is highly viscous, it is usually processed at high temperature to reduce its viscosity. In this process, the hot polymer melt is pressed through into a mold with high pressure. The mold when cools, gives the molten polymer its desired shape and characteristics.
What is PC plastic used for?
PC is commonly used for plastic lenses in eyewear, in medical devices, automotive components, protective gear, greenhouses, Digital Disks (CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray), and exterior lighting fixtures.
Can you injection Mould PC?
As PC can liquify, you can undertake injection moulding. They are resistant to heat and can be used with flame retardant materials also, the molding parts made in Polycarbonate which we called Polycarbonate injection moulding.
Is PC material hard or soft?
Hello from Dreem and thanks for your inquiry. PC (polycarbonate) is a high-impact resistant rigid plastic and has been used as an inner case material since the Fibonacci’s introduction. TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) is a flexible plastic, less rigid than PC, but not to the soft flexibility of silicone.
What is the material PC?
Polycarbonate (PC) plastics are a naturally transparent amorphous thermoplastic. Although they are made commercially available in a variety of colors (perhaps translucent and perhaps not), the raw material allows for the internal transmission of light nearly in the same capacity as glass.
How is PC plastic made?
Polycarbonate is most commonly formed with the reaction of bis-phenol A (produced through the condensation of phenol with acetone under acidic conditions) with carbonyl chloride in an interfacial process. PC falls into the polyester family of plastics.