How Versatile Is Polycarbonate - Tuflite Polymers

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Polycarbonate is the new popular transparent
material used for roofing and coverings that is
replacing glass in the construction industry
because of various reasons. The properties of
durability, flexibility, lightweight, UV
protection, impact resistance, fire resistance,
and much more has led the material to grow and
gain popularity by leaps and bounds. And, these
diverse properties uniquely blended in one
single material have made polycarbonate roofing
sheets not only popular in the construction and
architectural fields, but many other disciplines
too. High quality polycarbonates are used in a
myriad of applications.
Food Industry Containing carbonates groups, and
produced by the reaction of bisphenol-A (BPA) and
phosgene (COCl2), polycarbonate has been proven
to be totally food safe by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). This has been testified
after years of extensive examinations and tests
performed by scientists, agencies, academia, and
the plastic industry. Polycarbonate has thus
gained popularity in the food industry too.
However, the polycarbonate used in the food
industry is cleaned in dishwashers, cooked in
microwaves, sterilized, and stored in a variety
of temperatures, to make it completely reliable
and safe.
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Greenhouses One of the most widely used
applications of polycarbonate is for building
greenhouses. Because polycarbonate is very
strong and virtually unbreakable, even with the
strongest of impacts, and can withstand any kind
of temperatures and environmental conditions, it
has been used in place of glass for building a
variety of structures. However, one unique
property that is most useful in the case of
building greenhouses is its transparency blended
with protection. While it is as transparent as
glass to help bring in maximum sunlight for the
plants to grow, it also has a special UV
protective layer on one side which reflects and
keeps away the harmful UV radiations of the sun
from entering the structure. This helps reduce
the possible damage done to plants in a glass
greenhouse. In this way, plants get maximum
safe sunlight to help them grow
better. Police and Security Recognizing that
the equipment used for police force and security
personnel is made from polycarbonate will help
you realize the ultimate strength of the
material! Polycarbonate is being popularly used
to make prison windows, protective visors, riot
shields, and much more required for security
purposes. And, when polycarbonates used are those
that come with an additional anti-scratch
coating, there can be nothing better! In fact,
recognizing the strength of polycarbonate to be
used in the security industry has led to many
people building their home and office windows
with this material to make it difficult for
thieves to break in. Electrical and hardware
industry Polycarbonate is being highly used to
make various kinds of hardware gadgets and
electrical accessories like cell phones,
computers, sensor parts, connectors, and
switching relays. Being one of the safest and
most durable materials with high impact
resistant qualities, polycarbonate is gaining
such wide usage in these sectors. Other
applications of polycarbonate include transparent
sections of the car, CDs, DVDs, optical lenses,
windshields, and much more where a stylish and
effective look is required. For any of the
mentioned applications, or any other purpose
where transparency with durability is required,
you can use polycarbonate. And, you can get the
best quality materials at Tuflite Polymers, one
of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of a
variety of polycarbonate roofing sheets in the
country.