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Armors

Pinnacle Armor provides for a full selection of hard and soft armors and armor composites. In addition to the armors listed, Pinnacle Armor works closely with clients when certain armors are required for specific threats. These composites are not listed due to the nature of the design parameters and proprietary compositions. All ballistic armors have various explosive blast and forced entry resistance capabilities not listed, due to associated complexities. Armors are specified according to threats.

Ballistic Resistant Rigid Polyethylene PCR Panel

Ballistic resistant polyethylene armor is manufactured from woven ECPE (extended chain polyethylene) fibers that are injected with either epoxies, silicones, urethanes, vinylesters or polyethylene resins, then placed in a hydraulic hot press or autoclave to form flat rigid sheets of opaque ballistic resistant armor. End use applications dictate type of injection and method of manufacture.

Ballistic resistant polyethylene armors are the lightest ballistic resistant opaque armor panels that current technology can produce. They are excellent for vehicle, vessel and all types of aircraft applications, due to lower weights, molding and shape forming capabilities. Ballistic resistant polyethylene armor will encapsulate the impacting projectile as it penetrates the various layers, thereby eliminating the typical richochet that is inherent in hardened steel armors.

Ballistic Resistant Steel Armor Plate

Our ballistic grade steel is mostly compared to either Mil-A-46100 and/or Mil-A-46177 armor plate for its ballistic defeating properties and is used in a wide variety of armoring applications. Test plates from each heat lot of material are subjected to stringent ballistic testing before being qualified and approved for use.

The manufacturing facility for our ballistic grade steel is approved to Mil-I-45208A. Specified Mil-A-12560 CL.I., steel plate is also available, Mil-A-46100 steel is available up to 6" inches in nominal thickness. Mil-A-12560 CL.I., is available up to 22" inches in nominal thickness. Our ballistic grade steels are offered with variable toughness, hardness and workable chemical properties, dependent upon usage requirements.

Ballistic Resistant Fiberglass Panel

Ballistic resistant fiberglass armor is manufactured from two specific types of starch-oil woven ballistic E grade fiberglass cloth that is injected with a polyester resin, then placed in a hydraulic hot press to form flat rigid sheets of opaque ballistic resistant armor.

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The use of the more expensive starch-oil fiber permits thinner finished opaque armor sheets, resulting in lighter weights for every protection level tested. Quality control is maintained by providing single user manufacturing, eliminating any possible use of inferior grade cloths or excessive resin accumulations. Ballistic resistance fiberglass panels offer shear and structural strengths, combined with sustained multiple impact capabilities. Ballistic resistant fiberglass armor is designed to encapsulate the impacting projectile through controlled delamination and energy absorption, thereby eliminating the typical ricochet that is inherent in hardened steel armors.

S2 grade fiberglass armor is also available where exceptional increased strengths over E glass and other aramid fabric armors are required such as impact resistance, stiffness, tensile strength, temperature resistance, fatigue resistance and radar transparency.

Ballistic Resistant Woven Rigid Aramid Panel

Pinnacle Armor offers all types of aramid fabrics for rigid hard armors meeting often diverse and specialized threats. Ballistic resistant rigid aramid armor panels are structurally strong and offer shear resistance. Rigid aramid panels are manufactured by layering multiple plies of woven fabric sheets with various elastomers, thermoset, phenolic or thermoplastic resins to form highly strong and dense impact absorbing sheets capable of defeating numerous attacks. Ballistic resistant rigid aramid armor is designed to encapsulate the impacting projectile through controlled delamination and energy absorption, thereby eliminating the typical richochet that is inherent in hardened steel armors.

Specified fragmentation resistant rigid panels are available to meet the MIL-C-44050A standard or other required threats.

Ballistic Resistant Woven Soft Aramid Fabric Panels

Pinnacle Armor offers all types of aramid fabrics for soft armors meeting numerous specialized threats from ballistics, thrust resistance, fragmentation to limited explosive blast resistance. Ballistic resistant woven aramid soft armor is manufactured by layering multiple plies or woven fabric sheets with a diamond quilting, that eliminates "puffing up" of the soft ballistic fabric resulting from multiple shots impacting at multiple angles and through varied quantities of uninterrupted impacted shots.

One type of ballistic resistant soft armor aramid fabric is comprised from extremely high denier yarn (1000 filaments per strand as compared to 840 standard), that when woven with an appropriate yarn count in a plain weave, consistently produces the highest V-50 testing results of all aramid ballistic resistant fabrics. This exceptional performance can exceed the polyethylene LCR fabric by 4.5%, yet still maintain breathability combined with unequaled flexibility. Specified fragmentation resistant rigid panels are available to meet the MIL-C-44050A standard or other required threats.

Ballistic Resistant Soft Polyethylene LCR Fabric Panels

Ballistic resistant polyethylene LCR soft armor is manufactured by layering multiple plies of polyethylene fabric sheets within a moisture resistant nylon rip-stop carrier, that reduces the "puffing up" of the soft ballistic fabric resulting from multiple shots impacting at multiple angles and through varied quantities of impacted shots.

Ballistic resistant polyethylene LCR soft armor is comprised from fibers that are laid down into unidirectional tapes. Two layers of the tape are then cross-plied at right angles (0o/90o) and fused into a composite structure between two polyethylene sheets under heat and pressure. This produces an extremely light weight, soft and flexible opaque fabric armor that dissipates impact energy with water and chemical resistance.

Ballistic Resistant Aluminum Armor Plate

Our ballistic grade aluminum armor is a military standard MIL-A-46063 heat treated aluminum armor plate designed for its ballistic properties and is used in a wide variety of armoring applications. Test plates from each lot of material are subjected to stringent ballistic testing before being qualified and approved for use.

The manufacturing facility for our ballistic grade aluminum armor is approved MIL-I-45208A. Specified MIL-A-46027 aluminum plate is also available, where weldability is of critical importance.

Ballistic Resistant Ceramics

Our ballistic grade ceramics are offered in three ranges of materials: Silicates, Oxides and Nitrides, offering lighter weight options for ballistic capabilities than metals for armor. Ceramics are very hard and are therefore capable of dissipating projectiles. Ceramics work well in composite forms, and can be durable within extreme temperature ranges that often affect other armors.

We currently offer multiple types of ballistic grade ceramics for body armor and other armor configurations. Ceramic composite armor reduces weight and can be utilized to aid in the flexibility of armor configurations. Other capabilities of the ballistic grade ceramics are corrosion resistance to various types of chemicals, abrasion and wear resistance, non-toxicity, and heat resistance.

Ballistic Resistant Composites

Ballistic grade composite armors provide levels of protection not available in standard armor configurations due to weight, nominal thickness, rigidity, flexibility, chemical, flame or other resistances. Composite armors provide protection against higher ballistic threat levels and also explosive blast and forced entry threats.

Ballistic Resistant Exotic Metals

Other ballistic grade exotic metals offer lighter weight options to steel and nominal thickness reductions to that of aluminum, and offer multiple sustained hit capabilities over ceramics without structural durability loss. Exotic metals offer a combination of hardness and toughness without the nominal thickness or weights of conventional hard armors. Our ballistic grade exotic metals such as titanium and other highly modified alloy steels offer greater threat resistance versatility through metallurgical manipulation.

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• Front impact face. Steel modified for high corrosion resistance.	• Back protected side. Steel also modified for multiple repeat hit resistance through ductility.