Lightweight Thermoformed Polycarbonate safety Windows for Racing Window Motorsports

Product Description

Advantages & Benefits of our plastics solutions

1.Save up to 45% weight.

Extended driving range, safety and energy efficiency.
Internal combustion vehicles will be abandoned in the coming decades. Alternative forms of energy such as electricity will increasingly be used to power vehicles. For this reason, there is a desire to make vehicles even lighter, and high-performance plastics offer excellent glazing solutions for this purpose.

2.Outstanding impact strength.

Polycarbonate is the best solution for safety and durability.
The hardness and resistance of polycarbonate safety glazing protects against stone chips, projectile impacts or acts of vandalism.Polycarbonate is regularly used as safety glazing as it is extremely solid. At equal thickness, it is 250 times stronger than standard glass, making it the ideal choice if you are looking for a safe and protective material.

Why Polycarbonate?

Lightweight:
Polycarbonate is significantly lighter than glass, which helps reduce the overall weight of the race car. A lighter car can accelerate faster, handle better, and achieve higher speeds, all of which are crucial in racing.

Impact Resistance:
In the high-speed, high-risk environment of racing, debris, gravel, and even other cars' debris can hit the windows at high velocities. Polycarbonate's ability to withstand impact minimizes the risk of shattering and helps protect the driver from flying debris or collisions.

Flexibility:
Polycarbonate has a degree of flexibility that glass lacks. This property enables it to absorb and distribute the force of impacts, reducing the likelihood of shattering. This is particularly important in motorsports, where crashes and collisions are not uncommon.

Thermal Resistance: 
Polycarbonate has good thermal stability and can withstand a range of temperatures without warping or deforming. Race cars can experience extreme temperature variations due to track conditions, engine heat, and weather changes, making thermal stability important for maintaining the integrity of the windows.

Easy Replacement:
In the event that a polycarbonate window gets scratched or damaged, it can often be replaced more easily than traditional glass. This is beneficial for race teams that need to make quick repairs and get the car back on the track as soon as possible.

Customisation:
Polycarbonate can be tinted, coated, or treated to meet specific requirements. Race cars often have unique design elements, and using polycarbonate windows allows for greater customization while still maintaining safety and performance.

Polycarbonate is an ideal material for race car windows due to its lightweight, impact resistance, flexibility, transparency, moldability, UV resistance, thermal stability, and ease of replacement. These properties collectively contribute to enhanced driver safety, improved vehicle performance, and a better racing experience overall.

Application

Polycarbonate protective glazing suited to motorsports ,eVTOL,RV window ,agricultural,heavy equipments and vehicles.

* Front, Side, and Rear Vehicle Windows
* Sunroof & Hatch Lid Windows
* Protective Face Shields
* Formed Architectural Glazing
* Advertising lightbox, telephone booths, street nameplates, and signboards
* Agriculture greenhouses and sheds; Ceiling material for awnings, canopy, carport, balcony

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270°Transparent Rail Train

 

Size:L:30m * W:5m * H:5m

 

- Full body PC material coverage

- Spherical front shape

- Super large-size hyperboloid transparent window

- Oversized single transparent window

- Weather-resistant hardened layer

Baidu Autodriving Robot - Apollo

The world's first - integrated PC cover both window and body

 

- The whole PC product of the window body perfectly fits the streamlined body shape

- Color customization, pattern customization, no need to repaint the body

- Color-changing window function, protect privacy, avoid exposure to sunlight, isolate heat, maintain the temperature inside the car, and reduce energy consumption of air conditioners

- PC lightweight products, reducing the load requirement of gull-wing doors

- Does not block Internet signal transmission, helping intelligent unmanned driving

City Air Train

- Full body PC transparent products
- Spherical locomotive head
- Max. double curved glass is 1.7m*1.2m
- Curvature height difference 450mm
- Maximum single curved glass 2m*1.2m
- Weatherproof hard coating layer

Yutong Bus

- Front windshield / doors and windows / skylights / double side windows / rear windows are all made by Ankoglass

- Significantly reduce the weight of the vehicle, extend the mileage, and reduce fuel consumption

- Round face

Passenger Vehicle

Size of car:L:3m * W:1.3m

 

- One-piece window, spherical shape

- Left and right side doors and windows / rear windshield / front windshield / sunroof, a total of 5 are all Ankoglass products

- 99% UV blocking of PC windows

- PC car window IR blocking up to 85%

PC Dimming Window

 

Size:L:1.5m * W:1.3m

 

- Light transmittance 80%, haze 3%

- Power-on effect, millisecond response

- 99% UV blocking of PC windows

- Can be made into hyperboloid shape

About Us
 

Company profile

Jiangsu ANKO Optical Materials Co., Ltd. is located in Jingjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, with a registered capital of 15,387,400 yuan and a factory area of 7,000 square meters.  The main products are Polycarbonate sheet, Polycarbonate glass for vehicles and Polycarbonate innovative technology customized products, the company's products are widely used in construction, rail trains, passenger cars, construction machinery, bus and other industries. 
 
The company focuses on the development and application of new products of PC transparent composite materials.  It is the first enterprise in China to pass the ECE R43 test and certification for automotive plastic glass, and is committed to becoming the leader of innovative products of PC transparent.

 

Ø In 2015, our team started the PC products research and development, original from the Automotive Division of Kunshan Eson (a subsidiary of FOXCONN)
Ø In 2018, Suzhou ANKO was established and became the first enterprise in China to pass the EU ECE R43 test of automotive plastic glass and obtain E-mark certification and patents
Ø In 2019, ANKO obtained the Tier-1 supplier qualification of carmakers and CRRC, started mass production
Ø In 2020, Jiangsu ANKO was established to set up a unique factory to PC glass parts for automotive industry world

Factory Tour

We provide professional customized polycarbonate sheet  processing services, including machining, carving, laser cutting, saw cutting, bending, welding, polishing, milling, drilling, trimming, thermoforming, silk screen printing, and so on.

                                                             Our honor

1. The first company in China to pass the European automotive plastic glass ECE R43 test and certification

2. One of China's national automotive plastic glass safety standard setters, GB-9656 regulation

3. 21+ Patents covered all aspects of our Know-how

4. ISO9001

5. IATF16949
6.DOT
 

Item	Property			Value		Unit		Test Method
Physical	Density			1.2		g/cm3		ISO 1183
	(T=3mm)                               Haze			<0.8		%		ISO 14782
	(T=3mm)                Light Transmission			89		%		ISO 13468-2
Physical	Flexural strength			98		Mpa		ISO 178
	Nominal strain at break			>50		%		ISO 527- 1,-2
	Tensile Modulus			2400		Mpa		ISO 527- 1,-2
	Yield stress			67		Mpa		ISO 527- 1,-2
Weatherability	Anti-UV@380nm			<0.1%		-		-
Electrical	Arc Resistivity			250		-		IEC60112
	Surface Resistivity			1.00E+16		Ohm.m		IEC60093
	Volume Resistivity			1.00E+14		Ohm		IEC60093
Test of resistance to abrasion	<=10% for 500 cycles			6.19		Hz		ECER34 A14/6. 1
Flammability	UL94			HB		-