PC — Polycarbonate

Use it for

• Machine guards, covers near a heat source
• Parts taking repeated impacts
• Mounts and guides for ovens and drying tunnels

What it will not do

• Difficult to print: more machine time, so more expensive
• Moisture-sensitive, drying is mandatory
• Clear grades are never optically clear in FDM

Specifications

What we have learned using it

Printed polycarbonate does not have the clarity of an extruded sheet: the layer lines scatter the light. For a window or a viewing port this is the wrong process, and we say so beforehand.

Consider instead

• ABS — if 90 °C is enough
• PA6-CF — if the constraint is mainly mechanical