Engineering plastics â The Manual - F.wood-supply.dk
Engineering plastics â The Manual - F.wood-supply.dk
Engineering plastics â The Manual - F.wood-supply.dk
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Products / Modifications<br />
TECANAT (PC)<br />
Unreinforced basic types<br />
TECANAT GF30 (PC GF)<br />
Glass fibre reinforced for<br />
high strength and rigidity,<br />
dimensional stability<br />
TECANAT MT (PC)<br />
Natural special types for use in<br />
medical technology, biocompatible<br />
Application examples<br />
Areas in which high transparency and mechanical characteristics<br />
such as impact strength, strength and dimensional<br />
stability are key, such as electrical and apparatus components,<br />
CDs and DVDs. Spectacle lenses and optical lenses,<br />
lamp covers, viewing windows used in food technology or<br />
mineral oil processing. Also lenses for car headlamps, aircraft<br />
windows, safety screens, burglar-resistant glazing, underwater<br />
housings for cameras, conservatory and greenhouse<br />
glazing, solar panels, covers, packaging, suitcases,<br />
protective helmets and visors.<br />
Also suitable as a housing material for cameras, mobile<br />
phones, laptops and other housings, as well as durable<br />
identification documents.<br />
Special PC types can be used as a raw material for a wide<br />
range of different disposable medical products.<br />
Summary<br />
Compared to other engineering <strong>plastics</strong>, polycarbonate<br />
demonstrates excellent impact strength and low temperature<br />
impact strength as well as exceptional transparency.<br />
Due to its high degree of hardness, PC is less susceptible to<br />
scratches and so maintains a high level of transparency in<br />
application. This distinguishes it from other materials and<br />
opens up a wide range of applications across different<br />
fields.<br />
<strong>The</strong> high strength and toughness of the glass-fibre reinforced<br />
type TECANAT GF30 makes it particularly suited for<br />
use in electrically insulating components and in structural<br />
and housing components requiring a high standard of dimensional<br />
stability, strength and impact strength. Unlike<br />
unmodified types, fibre-reinforced PC is not transparent<br />
but has a greyish opaque colour.<br />
<strong>The</strong> special type TECANAT MT is suitable for one-off applications<br />
in the medical sector. However, the highly-transparent<br />
material offers only minimal resistance to superheated<br />
steam. Even a few sterilization and cleaning cycles<br />
exert a significant detrimental effect on the material (stress<br />
crack formation, yellowing, brittleness).<br />
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