The application and development of polycarbonate is in the direction of high composite, high function, specialization, and serialization, and has launched a variety of products such as optical discs, automobiles, office equipment, cabinets, packaging, medicine, lighting, and film.
Polycarbonate sheet has good light transmittance, impact resistance, resistance to ultraviolet radiation and the dimensional stability of its products, as well as good molding processing properties, making it have obvious technical performance advantages over inorganic glass traditionally used in the construction industry.
Polycarbonate has good impact resistance, thermal distortion resistance, and good weather resistance and high hardness, so it is suitable for the production of various parts of cars and light trucks. Its applications are mainly concentrated in lighting systems, instrument panels, heating plates, defroster and bumpers made of polycarbonate alloy.
Due to the fact that polycarbonate products can withstand steam, cleaning agents, heating and high-dose radiation disinfection without yellowing and physical properties degradation, they are widely used in artificial kidney hemodialysis equipment and other medical devices that require transparent and intuitive operation and require repeated disinfection. Such as the production of high-pressure syringes, surgical masks, disposable dental appliances, blood separators, etc.
With the rapid development of aviation and aerospace technology, the requirements for various components in aircraft and spacecraft continue to increase, making the application of PC in this field increasingly increasing. According to statistics, only one Boeing aircraft uses 2,500 polycarbonate parts, and a single machine consumes about 2 tons of polycarbonate. On the spacecraft, hundreds of different configurations and glass fiber reinforced polycarbonate parts and astronaut protective gear are used.
The new growth point in the packaging field is the various models of water bottles that can be re-sterilized and used. Due to the advantages of light weight, impact resistance and transparency of polycarbonate products, which are not deformed and remain transparent when washed with hot water and corrosive solutions, PC bottles have completely replaced glass bottles in some fields.
Polycarbonate is an excellent insulating material due to its good and constant electrical insulation over a wide range of temperature and humidity. At the same time, its good flame retardancy and dimensional stability make it a broad application field in the electronic and electrical industry.
Polycarbonate resins are mainly used in the production of various food processing machinery, power tool casings, bodies, brackets, refrigerator freezer drawers and vacuum cleaner parts. And for important parts in computers, video recorders and color TVs that require high part accuracy, polycarbonate materials also show high use value.
Polycarbonate occupies an extremely important position in this field due to its unique characteristics of high light transmittance, high refractive index, high impact resistance, dimensional stability and easy processing.
Optical lenses made of optical grade polycarbonate can be used not only in cameras, microscopes, telescopes and optical testing instruments, but also in film projector lenses, copier lenses, infrared autofocus projector lenses, laser beam printer lenses, as well as various prisms, multi-faceted mirrors and many other office equipment and home appliances.
Another important application field of polycarbonate in optical lenses is as a lens material for children's glasses, sunglasses and safety glasses and adult glasses. The average annual growth rate of polycarbonate consumption in the world eyewear industry has been maintained at more than 20%, showing great market vitality.
