Unmatched Protection With Silicon Carbide Plates

Silicon carbide plates and inserts are key elements of bulletproof body armor that offer protection from high-velocity threats. In comparison to other ballistic protective materials, silicon carbide offers superior performance against all potential threats.

Reaction-bonded SiC is an amazing material. It outshines alumina on a weight-to-performance ratio against all threats, outclassing even boron carbide for steel core and tungsten carbide threats. Learn more about this incredible material!

Exceptional Hardness

Silicon carbide plates are known for being strong, durable and lightweight – providing unrivalled protection for soldiers and vehicles against all forms of threats.

SiC is one of the hardest synthetic materials, ranking between boron carbide (9.5 on Mohs scale) and diamond (10). It offers outstanding erosion and wear resistance as well as high temperature resistance, making it one of the preferred choices.

Silicon carbide plates are produced through mixing it with a binder material and shaping using a process known as sintering, in which heated temperatures cause silicon carbide particles to bond together into dense structures that make for hard, strong and durable ceramic materials ideal for applications including armor and ballistic protection, cutting tools, wear-resistant components as well as being corrosion resistant making it suitable for high performance particulate control ceramic filtration systems.

Superior Energy Absorption

Silicon Carbide Plates have become a critical component in defense and security applications, used in military vehicles, body armor solutions, ballistic shields and barricades, ballistic shields. Their exceptional hardness and multi-threat protection capabilities help defend against threats such as small arms fire, shrapnel fragmentation and chemical warfare threats.

Silicon Carbide Plates’ resilience and performance is further enhanced by their ability to withstand extreme temperature variations and mechanical stress, making them popular materials for ceramic heat exchangers and furnace components transferring high-temperature steam and gas efficiently. As such, these resilient materials are used extensively within ceramic heat exchangers and furnaces.

Silicon Carbide is a durable ceramic material, used as part of refractories due to its excellent resistance against oxidation and thermal shock. Additionally, its exceptional hardness, high modulus of elasticity, and low thermal expansion coefficient make it an excellent material choice for lining plates in harsh environments and supporting parts in demanding settings.

Lightweight

Silicon carbide is one of the strongest and most durable technical ceramic materials currently available, making it suitable for armor/ballistic protection, cutting tools, wear-resistant components and wear resistance applications.

Silicon carbide’s hard and elastic nature make it resilient enough to withstand significant amounts of physical abrasion without degrading over time, and has exceptional resistance against corrosion, oxidation and harsh environments.

Silicon carbide plates are widely utilized by the military for several applications. First, they serve to reinforce vehicle armor against small arms fire, shrapnel and other projectile threats; and secondly they create protective barriers during hostage rescue or riot control operations.

Silicon Carbide Plates Are Reliable Choices for Aerospace and Automotive Applications These qualities make silicon carbide plates a reliable choice for aerospace and automotive components that demand high-performance material resilience, including thermal stability at extremely high temperatures, resistance to acid corrosion, oxidation and chemicals that cause degradation, making silicon Carbide plates an excellent alternative to boron carbide and alumina plates for these uses.

Durability

Silicon carbide plates are an invaluable asset for applications that demand resilience against mechanical stress. Not only can these strong plates withstand extreme temperatures, they are also highly resistant to corrosion.

Therefore, they make an ideal material for use in cut-off wheels or grinding wheels, refractory materials and automotive components. Furthermore, semiconductor substrates, electrical insulation plates and wear resistant components often incorporate them as part of their makeup.

Silicon carbide’s exceptional hardness enables it to absorb considerable energy from ballistic impacts and make it an excellent material for personal protection, such as body armor. Certified to NIJ standards with rigorous testing protocols that evaluate its ability to stop projectiles and protect personnel against blunt force attacks and ballistic threats, silicon carbide is also key in creating protective shields and barricades used by police officers and security personnel in high-risk situations.