Teijin's scratch-resistant polycarbonate resin is an excellent material that maintains a beautiful, long-lasting appearance, with transparency, surface hardness surpassing PMMA, impact resistance, and heat resistance.

As an alternative to metals and glass, resin materials offer numerous advantages.
Lightweight parts improve fuel efficiency, low-temperature processing saves energy, and the ability to design freely with various processing methods. Until now, conventional resin materials have faced the challenge of being easily scratched. As a solution, Teijin has developed a new polycarbonate that is scratch-resistant and maintains a beautiful appearance for a long-lasting period. This innovative material preserves the beauty components that are frequently touched in everyday use.

The scratch-resistant polycarbonate developed by Teijin has the following outstanding features:

• Superior surface hardness and impact resistance compared to PMMA
• High heat resistance
• Exceptional transparency

Teijin's scratch-resistant polycarbonate, Panlite W-0232 and W-0233, not only outperform our previous model, SH-1126Z, but also exhibit pencil hardness superior to PMMA, a leading high-hardness resin material.
With a hardness exceeding that of human fingernails (2H), it effectively reduces scratches on components frequently touched in everyday uses.

• Impact-resistance

  Panlite W-0232 and W-0233 demonstrates superior impact resistance compared to PMMA.

  （DuPont impact test*）

  

  

  

  • *A test involving dropping a weight to impact a plate sample through a striker

  

• Heat resistance

  

  Panlite W-0232 and W-0233 demonstrate superior heat resistance not only compared to PMMA but also to general polycarbonate(PC).