Multiwall Polycarbonate Panels Offer Better Insulation - Tuflite Polymers

People are shifting from traditional materials to contemporary, modern, and better quality materials as the newer ones offer far more benefits and options than conventional materials.

One such contemporary material is polycarbonate, which has replaced glass, acrylic, and many other transparent materials to occupy the construction industry.

Multiwall polycarbonate – The most popular polycarbonate Polycarbonate sheets are available in a variety of types, one of the most popular one being multiwall polycarbonate. Multiwall polycarbonate, as the name suggests, is multiple layers of polycarbonates stacked together. It may range from as few as 2 layers, and may go up to several layers, as required by the application. Polycarbonates with 2 and 3 layers are known as double-layered and triple-layered polycarbonates respectively. More than 3 layered ones are known as multiwall polycarbonates.

Why are multiwall polycarbonates gaining popularity?

Multiwall polycarbonates are gaining immense popularity in both the residential and commercial segments as wall and roofing solutions. The main reason for this popularity is because multiwall polycarbonates are much stronger than single sheets of polycarbonates, while also offering better insulation.

Multiwall construction – The cause of insulation Multiwall polycarbonates are formed when 2 or more layers of polycarbonates are stacked together, with air gaps in between. Manufactured from UV stabilized resin that ensures that the product meets the highest quality standards, the hollow and multi-cellular structure offers both strength and flexibility to the sheet. But, the hollow structure with the air gaps also help to trap the air within, which makes the structure warm. Moreover, multiwall polycarbonate sheets create air pockets around the building, improving its thermal performance.

Other properties of multiwall polycarbonate While the insulation that multiwall polycarbonates provide is one of the major factors that has helped it gain popularity, there are many other benefits too that the product has to offer.

Lightweight – Multiwall polycarbonates are only 16% the weight of glass, making it very easy to carry, handle, and install them. However, this light weight does not compromise on its strength. Polycarbonates are 200 times stronger than glass!

Weather resistance – Multiwall polycarbonates are designed to tolerate extreme outdoor weather conditions, while maintaining their normal mechanical properties in temperatures between -40°C to 120°C. Thus, these sheets are perfect for every kind of weather.

Light transmission – Multiwall polycarbonates can transmit 25-80% of light, at a significantly low heat transmission level, which guarantees the most favourable illumination with utmost comfort. This ensures exceptional energy efficiency and cost savings.

With these amazing properties of exceptional weather resistance, standard mechanical properties, lightweight, high strength, durability, excellent light transmission, energy efficiency, cost-effectiveness, fire retardance, and outstanding thermal insulation, multiwall polycarbonates have gained immense popularity in the construction industry. And, with the rise in demand, there is a rise in the number of manufacturers and polycarbonate sheet suppliers as well. Tuflite Polymers is one such manufacturer and supplier of polycarbonate sheets, where you can get not only the best quality multiwall sheets, but also solid, textured, corrugated, and profiled. So, whatever your application – skylights, skywalks, pergolas, stadium roofing, hobby greenhouses, carports, indoor roofing, or railway station roofing – get in touch with Tuflite Polymers for the most appropriate polycarbonates.