Makrolon and Makrofol

Design freedom for lighting.

Bring your vision to light.

with Makrolon Lumen XT and Makrofol LM translucent polycarbonate sheet and film
LEDs are transforming the world of lighting and offer new,
exciting design possibilities. But LED sources also pose
challenges when it comes to glare, hotspots, and light
uniformity which often requires the use of diffusion lenses.
As a recognized global leader in medical, automotive,
data storage, and construction applications,
Bayer MaterialScience now offers the latest in lighting
solutions with Makrolon and Makrofol translucent
polycarbonate sheet and film. Designed for LED lighting,
Makrolon Lumen XT and Makrofol LM sheet and film provide
a range of diffusion levels with optimized light transmission
delivering unsurpassed quality and performance. Makrolon
sheet features higher impact strength than glass or acrylic,
and superior temperature resistance over acrylic. In addition,
Makrolon sheet can be formed into a variety of shapes to
satisfy your application and design needs. Makrolon sheet
and Makrofol film ultimately provide the technical design
freedom to maximize your light fixtures performance and
maintain optimum aesthetics.

Makrolon Lumen XT
translucent polycarbonate
sheet lights up your LED fixture
design creativity. Optimized
surface texture and advanced
diffuser technologies assure
hot spots are eliminated and
shadowing is reduced.

Makrolon Lumen XT sheet comes in a wide

range of standard diffusion levels to meet
your needs when designing new LED fixtures
or retrofitting conversions to LEDs. Other
advantages include high impact resistance,
ability to cold form and line bend,
meet your needs for functionality.

Makrolon Lumen XT LW grades provide a

higher light transmission and a warmer hue to
accent your LEDs. Allowing you the flexibility
to design a fixture with appealing atmosphere.
This is accomplished without sacrificing the
materials high performance as a diffusion
lens. In addition, Makrolon Lumen XT sheets
have a UL listed flammability rating that is
higher than most competitive materials.

Artist Danial Nord chose Makrolon

Lumen XT polycarbonate sheet and
Makrofol LM 903 polycarbonate film
from Bayer MaterialScience LLC to
bring his artistic vision to life in No
Exit (2013).

Makrofol LM 903 polycarbonate film

No Exit, 2013 by Danial Nord;

delivers high reflectance with excellent

installation of 2013 California-Pacific

thermal performance. This film can be

Triennial at the Orange County

thermoformed to produce various

Museum of Art.

reflector structures.

Photographs by Gene Ogami.

Computer-controlled LEDs, video
footage, sound system, steel, polycarbonate, mixed materials. 21 x 15 x 14 6
(dimensions variable). Danial Nords
artwork transforms the audiovisual
information of major Hollywood films,
via LED elements, into ghostly, quasiabstract bursts of color, light, and
sound within sculptural installations.

Makrofol LM diffuser grades are

available in a range of diffusion levels
to meet a broad array of lighting
applications. These films offer high
temperature performance with
excellent transmittance.

Images courtesy of Oktalite.

About Bayer MaterialScience

About Bayer MaterialScience

Bayer MaterialScience is one of the leading producers of

Bayer MaterialScience is one of the leading producers of
polymers and high-performance plastics and is part of the
polymers and high-performance plastics and is part of the
global Bayer MaterialScience business with approximately
global Bayer MaterialScience business with approximately
14,700 employees at 30 production sites around the world.
14,700 employees at 30 production sites around the world.
The company manufactures high-tech polymer materials
The company manufactures high-tech polymer materials
and develops innovative solutions for products used in
and develops innovative solutions for products used in
many areas of daily life. The main segments served are
many areas of daily life. The main segments served are
the automotive, electrical and electronics, construction,
the automotive, electrical and electronics, construction,
medical, and sports and leisure industries. Sustainability is
medical, and sports and leisure industries. Sustainability is
central to Bayer MaterialSciences business and is based
central to Bayer MaterialSciences business and is based
around the key areas of innovation, product stewardship,
around the key areas of innovation, product stewardship,
and excellence in corporate management, social
and excellence in corporate management, social
responsibility, and respect for the environment.
responsibility, and respect for the environment.
For more information on Makrolon
For more information on Makrolon
Lumen XT, contact Bayer
Lumen XT, contact Bayer
MaterialScience at 800.254.1707.
MaterialScience at 800.254.1707.
Or visit www.sheffieldplastics.com.
Or visit www.sheffieldplastics.com.
For more information on Makrofol LM,
For more information on Makrofol LM,
contact Bayer MaterialScience
contact Bayer MaterialScience
at 800.644.0116. Or visit
at 800.644.0116. Or visit
www.bayerfilms.com.
www.bayerfilms.com.

Sheet Products
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