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Re: Polycarbonate vs. Aluminum

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
I have only heard of teams having success with hot-bending PC, but I would be very interested to see good cold-forming results.
We commonly bend polycarb on a break to 90 degrees and have never had a failure. Not that it *can't*, of course--but thus far it hasn't.

As to the OP, we generally treat 1/8" and 1/16" polycarbonate as if it's indestructible in terms of impact damage, and it has yet to let us down.

I've been tempted to prototype a "sheet metal robot" made from poly instead of aluminum and take it to an off-season competition, just to see how well it would stand up to full gameplay. ...maybe some day.
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