BLACK CERAMICS FOR BALLISTIC PROTECTION OF VEHICLES
LIGHTWEIGHT – PERFORMANCE – FLEXIBILITY
ESK’s black ceramic components enable innovative ceramic composite armor systems tailored to the specific threat scenario. Due to weight reasons the usage of silicon carbide in vehicle armor is continuously increasing.
The achievable reduction in weight has an immediate impact on:
- Airlift capability
- Payload
- Floatability
- Fuel consumption
- Cruising range
- Life cycle costs
- Overall through life reliability
A variety of standard ceramic components is used to build armor panels for vehicles, including cylinders, pellets, hexagons and tiles.
By adjusting the part dimensions the components can be optimized based on multi-hit requirements and threat levels.
 | Hexagons in high-tech silicon carbide and boron carbide materials for ballistic protection of vehicles |
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