The cut polycarbonate ?

not know what to cut polycarbonate how to drill a hole in it, glue and assemble this material?

In this publication we will try to answer these and many other questions.

Cutting polycarbonate

polycarbonate is recommended to cut with a disk of hand tools with high rotation speed and a fine tooth.

Panels of this material quite easily and accurately cut even ordinary tools - tape and disk saws, eletro- and hand saws for metals.

Cut polycarbonate and can be a hacksaw or handsaw.However, in this case, in order to prevent unwanted vibration, the sheet is pre-affixed on the desktop.

the case of sheets of small thickness (10 mm), they can be cut at all, by a sharpened knife (similar to the one used in his work shoemakers).

Here's an example video of cutting for use as gable greenhouses made of polycarbonate.

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Before the cutting process is not removed from the polycarbonate panels protective film.Thus, you will be able to protect the material from scratches.

dust and sawdust, which will be generated during the cutting process, we recommend that you remove from the channels through action of compressed air.

Immediately channel cutting and cleaning completion is necessary to paste over the edge of adhesive tape material, in order to protect it from adverse effects of dust.

Now you know the answer to the question of how and what to cut polycarbonate.

Drilling holes in the panels of polycarbonate

In order to drill a hole in polycarbonate panels is to use the extended flat or twist drills.Fared well in this case and drills tipped with carbide.

If you use it them, the need for a cooling liquid disappears.

It is important that the hole was drilled at a distance no closer than 30 mm to the edge of the panel.

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Bonding polycarbonate panels

If you have a need to glue polycarbonate panels together with a metal, glass or plastic, you should use a two- or one-component polyurethane adhesive - it will give a good chemical and mechanical seam strength.

Installation of panels of polycarbonate

installing polycarbonate panels, take care that the cells were located only vertically.

Otherwise, there is a possibility of condensation build-up in the internal channels.

Bending panels

The cold panel can be subjected to bending.

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