Hardened PC film, also known as reinforced PC film, is a modified product that is made after a specific surface treatment process, so that the original polycarbonate (Polycarbonate, PC) film, which has a good overall performance, maintains its basic characteristics on the basis of a significant increase in surface hardness. The film is hardened by applying a hard coating or chemical or physical hardening treatment to the original PC substrate to enhance its surface resistance to scratches and abrasion, so as to meet the stringent requirements for surface hardness and durability in specific applications.
Features
- High surface hardness: After hardening treatment, the surface hardness of PC film can usually reach or even exceed that of conventional hard coating materials such as glass or acrylic, providing excellent scratch resistance and effectively preventing surface damage caused by friction and collision in daily use.
- Transparency and optical properties: Despite the hardening process, high-quality hardened PC film can still maintain the inherent high transparency of the polycarbonate material and excellent optical properties, including low haze, high light transmission and good colour stability, suitable for applications that require clear visual effects.
- good toughness and impact resistance: although the surface hardness is increased, but hardened PC film still retains the high toughness of the PC material itself and excellent impact resistance, can be subjected to impact or bending stress shows good resistance to rupture and deformation of the ability.
- Weathering and chemical resistance: hardening treatment is often accompanied by modification of the film surface, so that it has a stronger weathering, can resist UV aging, temperature changes and a variety of chemical erosion, to extend the service life in the outdoor or harsh environments.
- Lightweight Advantage: Compared with traditional hardened glass or rigid plastic sheets, hardened PC film has a significant weight advantage while maintaining high strength, helping to reduce the weight of the end product, in line with modern industrial design for lightweight, energy-saving needs.
- Processing convenience: Rigidified PC film is easy to cut, drill, bend, bond and other secondary processing, and because of its good thermoforming properties, it can be adapted to complex shape design and precise size requirements, providing flexibility for product design.
Applications
- Electronic equipment protection: Rigidified PC film is widely used in screen protection of various electronic devices, such as smart phones, tablets, laptops, TVs and monitors, etc., as a scratch-resistant film or film, effectively preventing the screen from being scratched in daily use.
- Architectural and decorative materials: In the construction industry, hardened PC film can be used as a substitute for safety glass in the production of blast-resistant windows, curtain walls, skylights, etc., with both safety, light transmission and lightweight characteristics. In addition, it can also be used for interior decoration, such as partitions, door curtains, lampshades, etc., providing aesthetic and durable solutions.
- Public transport: In the interior of public transport vehicles, such as rail vehicles, aircraft, ships, etc., stiffened PC films are commonly used to manufacture seat backs, partitions, signage and other components, which not only meet the safety standards of fire and impact resistance, but also reduce the overall weight.
- Advertising and display industry: Due to its excellent transparency and abrasion resistance, hardened PC film is widely used in the production of outdoor and indoor display equipment such as advertisement light boxes, exhibition boards, signs, etc., to ensure that the image is clear and colourful under long-term use.
- industrial protection: in the field of industrial equipment, instruments and meters, hardened PC film can be used to make protective covers, observation windows, control panels, etc., to provide impact-resistant, abrasion-resistant transparent protective layer, and at the same time to ensure that the operator can clearly observe the internal operating conditions.
- Packaging materials: For high-end, fragile product packaging, hardened PC film can be used as a high-level transparent packaging material, providing good anti-scratch, anti-shock protection, while enhancing the visual effect of packaging.
