Sports stadium with a roof of polycarbonate
The new South stand of Leverkusen sports stadium is providing with a covering of plates of Makrolon, the transparent polycarbonate from Bayer. The manufacturer of the plates is Röhm. The surface of the deck is 800 m2 and the plates that are used are 10 and 12 mm transparent PC, with a finish that is resistant to the weather on both sides. The main stand, the opposite and the stand north of the stadium were already renovated between 1986 and 1988, providing itself with an alveolar sheet of Makrolon translucent cover, Brown nuance. The high stiffness of the alveolar plates, weighing 4.2 kg per square meter, allows to cover a great light of 5,600 mm radius of curvature of 5,400 mm. At the corners of the stadium the vaults have even greater dimensions.
