Trizod™ OP is an Optically Clear Polished, ultraviolet-stabilized polycarbonate sheet specially engineered for superior optical performance. It also offers improved flammability performance over General Purpose PC. Its UL94  flammabaility rating is V2 at a thickness of 1.5 mm (0.059") and 3.0 mm (0.118") and V0 at a thickness of 6.0 mm (0.236"). Trizod™ OP is designed for applications requiring high optics, excellent impact strength, outstanding clarity, and UV resistance. Trident's proprietary annealing process improves characteristics such as strength, chemical resistance, and increases dimensional stability over a wide temperature range which allows extensive machining to ensure tight tolerances.

Annealed Plate: .250 through 2.500" thick
Plate sizes: 24x48 • 48x96
Optically Clear Polished Finish • 4 mil Adhesive PE Film Masked

Agency ratings: ASTM D3935 PC0136 • UL94 V0
Standard color: Transparent Clear (Blue tint)

Glass-reinforced polycarbonate is effective in designs where metals, particularly die-cast aluminum and zinc, are commonly used. The addition of glass fibers to polycarbonate increases tensile strength, stiffness, compressive strength, and lower the thermal expansion coefficient. The greater the amount of glass fiber added to the polycarbonate, the greater the effect on each property will be. The coefficient of thermal expansion is reduced by nearly 75%, thus equaling that of some metals. While glass-reinforced has less impact strength than standard grades, it is still tougher and more impact resistant than most other plastics and die cast aluminum.

Trizod™ MG500 is a ?10% glass-reinforced polycarbonate with higher temperature and tensile properties than the unfilled Polycarbonate. Typical property characteristics include superior impact strength, outstanding mechanical strength and stiffness, excellent dimensional stability, and good machinability.

Glass-reinforced polycarbonate is effective in designs where metals, particularly die-cast aluminum and zinc, are commonly used. The addition of glass fibers to polycarbonate increases tensile strength, stiffness, compressive strength, and lower the thermal expansion coefficient. The greater the amount of glass fiber added to the polycarbonate, the greater the effect on each property will be. The coefficient of thermal expansion is reduced by nearly 75%, thus equaling that of some metals. While glass-reinforced has less impact strength than standard grades, it is still tougher and more impact resistant than most other plastics and die cast aluminum.

Trizod™ MG3412 is a 20% glass-reinforced polycarbonate with higher temperature and tensile properties than the unfilled Polycarbonate. Typical property characteristics include superior impact strength, outstanding mechanical strength and stiffness, excellent dimensional stability, and good machinability.

Glass-reinforced polycarbonate is effective in designs where metals, particularly die-cast aluminum and zinc, are commonly used. The addition of glass fibers to polycarbonate increases tensile strength, stiffness, compressive strength, and lower the thermal expansion coefficient. The greater the amount of glass fiber added to the polycarbonate, the greater the effect on each property will be. The coefficient of thermal expansion is reduced by nearly 75%, thus equaling that of some metals. While glass-reinforced has less impact strength than standard grades, it is still tougher and more impact resistant than most other plastics and die cast aluminum.

Compared to standard un-filled grades, Trizod™ MG3414 has as much as five times the tensile modulus, more than double the flexural and tensile strength, and up to 65% more compressive strength. Creep limit at 210ºF is as high as 4000 psi under a continuous load and 10,000 psi under an intermittent load. There is a sevenfold increase in fatigue endurance and a 75% drop in the coefficient of thermal expansion.

Machine Grade Polycarbonate is a transparent amorphous thermoplastic which offers very high impact strength and high modulus of elasticity. The material has a 290°F (145°C) heat deflection temperature at 264 psi, absorbs very little moisture and resists acidic solutions. These properties, in addition to good electrical characteristics, make Machine Grade Polycarbonate shapes an excellent choice for electrical/electronic applications. Its strength, impact resistance and transparency also make it an ideal material for certain transparent structural applications such as sight glasses and windows.

General Purpose Polycarbonate sheet is used extensively in school and factory glazing for protection against both accidental breakage and deliberate vandalism. In manufacturing environments, this high-impact material excels in applications like machine guards, noise abatement shields, clear work station partitions, freight doors and other in-plant glazing.