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Polycarbonate Products
Polycarbonate is available in rod, sheet and tube form from Pacific West Corporation. It is an engineering plastic which is transparent.
Polycarbonate sheet is often compared to perspex sheet (acrylic) because of its appearance, but polycarbonate sheeting is a much tougher plastic product altogether. It is unique for its impact resistance and shock load resistance. Polycarbonate is lightweight and is UV stabilized. It is very tough, easy to handle and can easily be fabricated to almost any shape. Polycarbonate sheeting is also available in an abrasion resistant grade and in grey and opal tints. Polycarbonate is a great choice for windows where additional safely is required, for example in race cars, earthmoving equipment and horsefloats.
Features and Benefits of Polycarbonate:
- Excellent impact resistance (polycarbonate is 250 times stronger than glass)
- Very good optical properties
- Ability to be cold formed in thinner gauges
- Moderate chemical and scratch resistance
- Self extinguishing
- Excellent acoustic properties
- Corrosion and rust free
- Maintenance free
Uses of Polycarbonate:
- Safety
Machine safety guards, safety barriers, machine enclosures, safety visors.
- Viewing Panels
Noise control enclosures, switchgear cabinets, scientific instrumentation, forklift screens, duct worksite panels, earth moving machines.
- Glazing
Bus shelters, sports stadiums, vandal protection, signage.
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Machined Parts
Precision engineering components, insulating ports for electrical engineering, level indicators, medical and pharmaceutical devices, components in contact with food.
Polycarbonate is available in the following sizes from Pacifc West:
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Polycarbonate sheets:
Thickness: 1 - 12mm
Sizes: 2440 x 1200, 2440 x 1830 and 2000 x 1000mm
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Polycarbonate rod:
Outside Diameter: 6 - 100mm
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Polycarbonate Tube:
Outside Diameter: 6 - 100mm
Wall thickness: 1.5mm |
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Suitable Plastic Adhesives
The best plastic adhesives to use with polycarbonate are the Acri Bond 5 for quick solvent welding and T-bonds, the Acri Bond 10 for stronger joints or the Acri Bond 20 for cementing of larger areas, from our own range of Australian made adhesives. Please see the Acri Bond adhesives page for more information on these products.
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Polycarbonate Tube
Pacific West provides polycarbonate tube in standard imperial sizes with 2 & 3mm thick walls as well as specialising in custom sizes of polycarbonate tube in metric sizes for mining and other heavy engineering applications.
Polycarbonate has 250 times the impact strength of glass and 30 to 40 times that of acrylic sheet. It maintains its high impact strength even after long periods outside and is virtually indestructible. Its toughness and clarity are second to none in the plastic world. These qualities make polycarbonate the ideal clear plastic choice for industry Australia wide. Polycarbonate is also non-toxic, stain resistant and has low water absorption and low haze factor.
Our custom extruded polycarbonate tube is used extensively in roof bolting applications as we can extrude a tube to fit the customer’s adhesive cartridge size.
Other uses for polycarbonate tubing include sight glasses, chemical tanks, water tanks, oil tanks, laboratory equipment, covers for fluorescent tubes in food manufacturing plants and impact resistant safety shields. In other words, polycarbonate tube can be used in any impact resistant clear tube applications.
Our polycarbonate tubes are extensively used for soil testing, along with our high impact acrylic tubes. Please see our Press Release page for further details.
We provide a complete plastic fabrication service and we can fabricate our polycarbonate tube and polycarbonate sheet using our Acri Bond range of plastic adhesives. Acri Bond 5 and 10 are the most common plastic adhesive products for fabricated polycarbonate projects.
We can cut to size all of our polycarbonate plastic materials to our customer’s specifications and we provide a world wide delivery service.
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