BALLISTICS
For the high end of threat levels,
we utilize the only certified armor plate manufacturer in the market
today. Clifton's High Hard Ballistic Steel is the only actual armor
plate on the market today. Competitors of this manufacturer use
steel renamed as "wear plate" as their version of armor
plate. Wear plate is used in the mining industry to protect dump
truck beds and bucket liners. This material is manufactured from
start to finish to meet MIL-A-46100D and MIL-A-46177B Armor Plate
as per the rigorous U.S. Military's Armor Specifications. It is
tested at Aberdeen Proving Grounds to meet the military standards.
Once the product conforms to the MIL standards, it must pass additional
ballistic testing to meet the Underwriters Laboratory and National
Institute of Justice standards. These standards are met through
independent tests at certified laboratories.
Kevlar, (a registered product of DuPont)
and / or Spectra, (a registered product of Allied Signal) is utilized
when total overall weight is a manufacturing concern or requirement.
These lightweight armor materials can be laminated to varying thicknesses
to deflect the high end of threat levels as well.
For our glass armor, we use a lightweight combination
of laminated glass, chemically strengthened glass and lightweight
polymer compounds. This product called "glass clad polycarbonate"
provides increased ballistic protection over what the industry used
to call "bulletproof glass." Glass clad polycarbonate
weighs approximately one third of the total weight and is one third
as thick as the old bulletproof glass. This bulletproof glass also
offers significantly higher light transmission, and significantly
less distortion over the old glass. The end result of this product
is years of service without the burden of the higher weight while
still maintaining superior ballistic protection.
The threat level of protection you seek can be determined
from the various domestic and international standards, or bulletproof
protection can be custom crafted to defeat a specific threat that
you have identified.
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