Sub-micron grain structure
Milling and sintering regimes are controlled so grain size stays below one micron — 0.5–0.7 µm after vacuum sintering. Alloying components are selected specifically to inhibit grain growth during the sintering cycle.
Titanium diboride composite armor
Ceramic armor built to stop tungsten-carbide AP rounds.
Modern armor-piercing ammunition defeats standard composite plates. Our titanium diboride material system delivers boron carbide-class hardness through vacuum sintering — at a fraction of the material cost, and at production volumes that make wide deployment realistic.
- 3300–3600kg/mm²
- Microhardness
- 4.0–4.4g/cc
- Density
- 0.5–0.7µm
- Grain size, sintered
- $30–50per kg
- Material cost
The threat
Hardened steel cores are no longer the benchmark.
In current-generation armor-piercing ammunition, the hardened steel core has been replaced by a tungsten carbide–cobalt hard alloy at 91–92 HRA. At identical calibre and energy, this raises penetration of standard armor plate by 60–70%.
The consequence is direct: body armor, combat helmets and vehicle armor qualified against earlier threats no longer hold. The one structure that reliably defeats these rounds — hot-pressed ceramic backed by multilayer high-molecular organic fibre — carries a cost and production-capacity penalty that has kept it out of general issue.
Threat cartridges in NATO service
- 7.62 × 51 mm AP M993
- 7.62 × 51 mm SWISS P AP
- 8.6 × 70 mm AP485
- 8.6 × 70 mm AP529
Armor-piercing, tungsten carbide core.
The solution
A titanium diboride composite material system.
Produced by low-temperature vacuum sintering — both liquid-phase and solid-state — the system yields roughly forty technical ceramic compositions, of which fourteen to sixteen are new-generation armor materials developed specifically to stop tungsten-carbide-core rounds.
Boron carbide performance, without the price
Hardness and strength are targeted at no less than boron carbide, while material cost lands at $30–50 per kilogram — making the material a direct substitute rather than a premium alternative.
Thermo-hydro formed backing
The second element of the armor structure is addressed by an industrial thermo-hydro forming unit, pressing multilayer fabric under high pressure and temperature into composite plates of complex geometry.
Production at volume
Low material cost and a repeatable powder-metallurgy route together remove the capacity ceiling that has restricted ceramic armor to limited issue.
Applications
Where the material is deployed.
Body armor
Hard armor plates for personal protective equipment, sized to standard carrier geometry.
Combat helmets
Ceramic composite elements for head protection against high-velocity fragmentation and AP threats.
Armoured vehicles
Appliqué and integrated ceramic armor packages for all classes of armoured combat vehicle.
Technical documentation
Test data, on request.
Material property data, threat cartridge specifications, live-fire shooting reports and VPAM protection-level classification are available to qualified enquiries.
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AP WC-core cartridges
Threat cartridge data for armor-piercing rounds with tungsten carbide cores.
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Composite material properties
Full physical and mechanical property data for the material system.
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Ballistic shooting reports
Live-fire test documentation across the qualification calibres.
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VPAM protection levels
Protection level classification against the VPAM standard.
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