About
Tori Technologies develops and manufactures titanium diboride ceramic composite armor in Tbilisi, Georgia — built on powder metallurgy expertise and directed at a specific, well-defined threat.
What we do
Ceramic armor capable of defeating tungsten-carbide-core armor-piercing ammunition exists, but it has been constrained by three linked problems: high material cost, low production capacity, and limited firmness of the armor ceramic itself. Together these have kept effective protection out of general issue — for infantry and for armoured vehicles alike.
Our work targets that constraint directly. By developing a titanium diboride composite system sintered under vacuum, we aim to match the hardness and strength of boron carbide while bringing material cost down to $30–50 per kilogram and raising achievable production volume.
The result is intended as a direct substitute rather than a premium alternative — a material that can be specified widely instead of selectively.
Approach
Ballistic performance in sintered ceramics is governed by microstructure. The design target is a grain size below one micron, reached by controlling the milling and sintering regimes and by selecting alloy components that inhibit grain growth during the sintering cycle.
Cost is treated as an engineering requirement, not a commercial afterthought. A material that protects but cannot be afforded in volume does not solve the problem it was built for.
Material claims are settled on the range. Sintered plates are tested across three calibres, recorded in shooting reports, and classified against the VPAM protection-level standard.
Capability
The full production route is handled in house: wet milling of titanium diboride-based powders, vacuum drying, cold-press forming, high-temperature vacuum sintering, and ballistic qualification of the finished plate.
Holding every stage internally is what makes the material system adjustable. Composition, milling regime and sintering cycle are developed together rather than inherited from a supplier — which is the only way to hold sub-micron grain structure across roughly forty distinct ceramic compositions.
At a glance
We will respond to qualified enquiries with applicable property data and ballistic test documentation.