Materials for ski goggles lens
Materials for ski goggles lens
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What's are the possible materials for ski goggles lens?
polycarbonate?
acrylic?
or others?
which is the most commonly use one?
Thanks!
polycarbonate?
acrylic?
or others?
which is the most commonly use one?
Thanks!





RE: Materials for ski goggles lens
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RE: Materials for ski goggles lens
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RE: Materials for ski goggles lens
I still have some for use in my veteran car.
The potentials are:-
Aromatic nylons like Trogamid, Grilamid, Reny.
Amorphous PET.
PETG.
Scratch resistant treated PC.
Cellulose propionate.
High impact acrylic.
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RE: Materials for ski goggles lens
Mike McCann
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RE: Materials for ski goggles lens
Lexan is just Sabics (previously GE) tradename for polycarbonate (PC)
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RE: Materials for ski goggles lens
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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RE: Materials for ski goggles lens
PC is very poor to scratch resistance. That along with solvent stress cracking are it's two weakest properties. Neither are really acceptable in a safety lens.
There are two technologies that I am aware of to improve its scratch resistance. Both by default can improve solvent stress crack resistance as well.
One is a soft urethane coating that does self heal by flowing. I can't recall ever seeing it used commercially, but Bayer surface coating division certainly did work on that in the late 1980s.
The other is the one currently used on automotive headlights, where the surface is treated with a very hard silane treatment. The sheet is marketed by Sabic as Lexan MR (for mar resist). Others use the same technology with a different designation.
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