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    High-performance carbon fiber material body armor comes out!

    • Last Update: 2022-08-21
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Using a carbon fiber reinforced composite material called Auxilam, the British PPSS Group has developed a new protective breastplate product that can help the wearer dodge the most violent and ferocious weapons imaginable


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    Combining the high strength of carbon fiber, the auxetic properties of Auxilam composites (referring to the vertical expansion when stretched and/or the vertical contraction when squeezed) and special structural properties, the new generation of protective breastplate , protection, defense and durability found the perfect balance


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    Compared to its acclaimed polycarbonate-based stab-resistant vest, the new product is 19% thinner (using a 3.
    9mm-thick carbon fiber composite material), with a 6.
    6% reduction in areal density and weight, according to PPSS Group


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    Of course, the product still needs to be certified to the KR2/SP2 standard, NIJ level 2 and VPAM K2/D2 standard, according to the UK Home Office's body armor standard, which means it will be able to provide a higher level of knife and stab protection


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    Government departments and security companies will be able to choose from concealed, exposed, fully exposed and other >


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    Robert Kaiser, CEO of PPSS Group, said: "The officers of law enforcement, border control, customs and immigration can be injured every day by a variety of knives and hypodermic syringes, and this product was developed to protect them more effectively


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    The British company has delivered its acclaimed polycarbonate stab vests to security agencies around the world for the past decade


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