Printing Methods:
Digital UV curable printers, Screen Printing, Offset, Litho, Flexo and Hot Stamping.
Cutting Methods:
Rowlux can be die-cut, guillotined and cut with standard cutting instruments – razor knife, scissors, and paper cutter.
Adhesives:
Use water- based, pressure sensitive or contact cement adhesives EVA (ethylvinyl acetate) or PVA (polyvinyl acetate).
For Translucent Rowlux – use an optically clear water based adhesive.
Average Properties of Rowlux® Polycarbonate
| Physical |
Test Method |
Units |
Typical Values |
| Specific Gravity |
D-792 |
--- |
1.20 |
| Water Absorption |
D-570 |
% max |
0.32 equilibrium |
| Rockwell Hardness |
D-785 |
(R Scale) |
118 |
| Pencil Hardness |
D-3363 |
Scratch Hardness |
B |
| Coefficiet of Thermal Expansion |
D-696 |
in/in/ºF |
38 x 10-6 |
| Optical |
| Light Transmission |
D-1003 |
% |
88-91 |
| Refractive Index |
D-542 |
ND |
1.586 |
| Mechanical |
| Tensile Strength Yield |
D-882 |
psi |
8,700 |
| Tensile Strength Break |
D-882 |
psi |
10,500 |
| Elongation |
D-882 |
% |
150 |
| Tensile Modulus |
D-882 |
psi |
350,000 |
| Thermal |
| Tensile Heat Distortion |
D-1637 |
ºF |
302 @ 50 psi |
| Deflection Temperature |
D-648 |
ºF |
288 @ 264 psi |
| Vicat Softening Temperature |
D-1525 |
ºF |
305-315 |
Average Properties of Rowlux® PETG
| Physical |
Test Method |
Units |
Typical Values |
| Specific Gravity |
D-792 |
--- |
1.27 |
| Thermal Conductivity |
D-177 |
Btu•in/h•ft2•ºF |
1.50 |
| Coefficiet of Thermal Expansion |
D-696 |
mm/mm•ºC |
5.1 x 10-5 |
| Mechanical |
| Tensile Stress at yield |
D-882 |
psi |
7,500 |
| Tensile Stress at break |
D-882 |
psi |
8,000 |
| Elongation at break |
D-882 |
% |
400 |
| Tensile Modulus of Elasticity |
D-882 |
105 psi |
2.80 |
| Thermal |
| Deflection Temperature |
D-648 |
ºF @ 264 psi |
147 |
| Vicat Softening Temperature |
D-1521 |
ºF |
185 |
PLEASE NOTE: Properties reported here are typical of average lots. Rowland Technologies, Inc. makes no representation that the material in any particular shipment will conform exactly to the value given herein nor is Rowland Technologies, Inc. responsible for the performance of this material for a given application. The user of the material should perform their own testing to determine the suitability of the material for the intended use. Applications depicted herein are not specifiations. They are provided as information only.
