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Metal & Glass Armor
Armor steel is a high-strength low-alloyed structural steel which has been processed to give high penetration resistance and blast protection. The steel’s properties are reached by quenching and tempering to reach the desired balance between hardness and toughness.
Armor steel properties make them more versatile than ceramic plate. They are easier to shape and install on different types of equipment that need protection against incoming projectiles and explosives.
The required protection performance naturally depends on the levels of threat. The harder the steel, the higher the protection level against ballistic and high-velocity projectiles. Although, high hardness makes the steel harder to process into any shape other than flat. That’s why all installations of ballistic steel plate have to consider hardness, toughness and thickness for the actual application.
Applications for armor steel
Armor and ballistic steels areis used in a lot of application areas requiring additional protection, such as:
- Buildings
- Vehicles
- Infrastructure
- Marine vessels
- Containers and mobile shelters
Blast protection steel
Blast protection steel has a relatively low hardness of around 400 HBW (Brinell hardness) and is also tough in freezing conditions since it needs to absorb the energy of a blast without cracking. Rolled homogenous armor (RHA) belongs to this category.