A Lexan sheet can be cut, sawed, drilled , milled, and bent easily using standard workshop equipment without the risk of cracking and breaking . Also, Lexan sheets can be easily thermoformed into complex parts while retaining its excellent properties necessary for demanding applications . A Lexan sheet may be decorated using a wide variety of modern techniques such as painting and screen printing. 

 

 

     Lexan is a durable material.  It has high impact-resistance, and has low scratch-resistance. The characteristics of polycarbonate are quite like those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), but Lexan is stronger and usable over a greater temperature range. Lexan is highly transparent to visible light, with better light transmission than many kinds of glass.

Lexan has a glass transition temperature of about 147 °C (297 °F), so it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 155 °C (311 °F). 

 

 

Polycarbonate possesses extraordinarily good dimensional stability with a high impact strength which is maintained over a wide temperature range.