Boron Carbide Ceramic Body Armor

These plates are manufactured by combining hot pressed boron carbide or silicon carbide ceramic with optimized composite structures to produce a rugged multi hit armor in a number of configurations sizes and protection levels.

Boron carbide ceramic body armor.

Unlike cubic boron nitride however boron carbide is easier to produce on a large scale. Boron carbide is a dark gray ceramic which possesses exceptionally good mechanical properties particularly in its low density and high hardness. New ceramic armor materials from boron suboxide to diamond at the present time the only commonly encountered ceramic armor materials are alumina boron carbide and silicon carbide. Coorstek offers lightweight superior quality torso plates in a wide variety of shapes sizes and thicknesses.

Our cerashield reaction bonded boron carbide has low density for ultra lightweight designs. It s incredibly rigid and hard but is still able to absorb and deflect energy. Standard ceramic composite material can be very brittle. Modern ceramic armor is generally made from a composite that features boron carbide.

When high protection levels in lightweight designs are required 3m lightweight body armor plates offer a versatile solution that can be designed to meet specific customer requirements. What is boron carbide. However boron carbide is one of the strongest materials on earth behind the pure diamond. Our military uses it in everything from tank armor to ballistic shields and body armor.

Representative examples include sapi shape double curve triple curve multi curve and side plates. They haven t changed since.