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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54
It's a wonderful engineering material for it's toughness and machinability. Unlike aluminum or steel, polycarbonate will deflect elastically to absorb the energy, which means it will return to it's original shape. This is great in applications that are likely to see high impact forces, since it will not dent or kink permanently under forces that would do the same to aluminum.
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It's certainly a cool material. I've considered using it in many places that teams use sheet metal now, since you can get it thicker for the same weight and it deflects under load (elasticity). If you need it to be more solid you just add a flange.
I've been meaning to CAD a polycarbonate drivetrain lately. You might see it in a few days.