Specialist Spall Linings by PAXCON
GET IN TOUCHProtective Spall Lining by PAXCON®
During a ballistic attack, most severe injuries occur and a significant amount of lives lost are due to ballistic fragmentation or spalling. PAXCON® solves this problem by encapsulating the fragments, which will remain trapped in the PAXCON material, posing no secondary damage.
Spall Protection
see how AR500 body armor coated with paxcon® measures up against three 12-gauge slugs at just six feet away.
What is Spall?
Spalling occurs when an object fractures and fragments upon impact of another surface, for instance when a bullet hits metal armour plating part of the bullet breaks up into tiny shards of metal that fly out at high pressure. It is these shards of the bullet that cause injury or even death. Listen to Steve Decker, vice president of business development talk about the effects of spall in the video.
Saving Lives
PAXCON's anti-spalling capability has already helped save the life of a soldier that was shot in the back by a sniper rifle. Read the article by the American Forces Press Services.
Anti-Spalling Protection
In 2007, PAXCON PX-2100 was certified by H.P. White Laboratory, Inc., one of the oldest and most respected ballistic and research centers in the nation. Moreover PAXCON was also selected for anti-spalling protection by MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle manufacturers, the Pentagon’s top military personnel protection initiative.
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