WO1999039153A1 - Stab and bullet protection material - Google Patents
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- WO1999039153A1 WO1999039153A1 PCT/US1999/002091 US9902091W WO9939153A1 WO 1999039153 A1 WO1999039153 A1 WO 1999039153A1 US 9902091 W US9902091 W US 9902091W WO 9939153 A1 WO9939153 A1 WO 9939153A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
- F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
- F41H5/02—Plate construction
- F41H5/04—Plate construction composed of more than one layer
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
- F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
- F41H5/02—Plate construction
- F41H5/04—Plate construction composed of more than one layer
- F41H5/0442—Layered armour containing metal
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
- A41D31/00—Materials specially adapted for outerwear
- A41D31/04—Materials specially adapted for outerwear characterised by special function or use
- A41D31/24—Resistant to mechanical stress, e.g. pierce-proof
- A41D31/245—Resistant to mechanical stress, e.g. pierce-proof using layered materials
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- This invention relates to the field of stab and bullet protection material.
- PSDB The United Kingdom police Scientific Development Branch (PSDB) standard, for example, adopted in 1993, allows that for a threat of PSDB blades No. 1 and No. 5, shot with air cannon (90°) at an energy of 20 to 65 Joules, there should be a maximum blade penetration behind the armor of 5 mm if the energy is less than or equal to 42 Joules, and there should be a maximum blade penetration behind the armor of (1.2 x energy in joules - 45) mm if the energy is greater than 42 Joules.
- PSDB The United Kingdom Police Scientific Development Branch
- EP 0 670 466 Al describes a ballistic and stab-resistant system where the stab resistance is imparted by embedding a chainmail system in a polymeric resin.
- the system offers less than maximum stab resistance as anyone skilled in the art of chainmail systems would be aware that restricting the relative movement of rings in a chainmail system adversely affects its stab resistance.
- the resin used for imbedding the chainmail undesirably increases the areal density of the overall protection system. What is needed, therefore, is a flexible and lightweight protective material that is both bullet resistant and that offers the knife protection at relatively high stabbing energy levels such as those specified by the UK PSDB and Germany.
- the present invention relates to a flexible and lightweight material with an enhanced stab protection at high stabbing energy levels, that is, greater than 30 joules; the stab protection material may optionally be combined with a ballistic pack to form an integral stab and bullet protection material.
- the stab protection material includes (a) a metallic based structure which is itself flexible and which may have interlocked rings or a combination of rings and plates and (b) an impact energy absorbing material, a secondary layer of stab-resistant material, or a combination thereof.
- the stab protection material includes (c) a ballistic pack.
- Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the stab test device used in the Examples to test the stab resistance of the inventive protective material.
- the present invention relates to a flexible and lightweight material with an enhanced stab protection at high stabbing energy levels, that is, levels greater than 30 joules.
- the stab protection material may optionally be combined with a ballistic pack to form an integral stab and bullet protection material.
- the stab protection material includes two components that form an integral protective material: (a) a metallic based structure which is itself flexible and able to block and stop sharp objects, and which may have interlocked rings or a combination of rings and plates,; and (b) an impact energy-absorbing material, a secondary layer of stab-resistant material, or a combination thereof, wherein the impact energy-absorbing material is placed normally but not exclusively next to component (a) and away from the striking face.
- the stab protection material 4 includes (c) a ballistic pack, which is a ballistic resistant component, to form a stab and bullet protection material.
- the ballistic pack comprises multiple layers of woven or non-woven fabrics which are based on high-strength fibres such as para-aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, ballistic nylon and the like.
- Component (a) is a metallic based structure which is itself flexible and which is itself able to block and stop sharp objects. Typically, this structure will have interlocked rings or a combination of rings and plates.
- the structure may be in the form of a steel or a titanium based chainmail. The chainmail should be light and flexible, yet stab-resistant.
- the chainmail is made from metallic rings, it is preferred that the metallic rings have a diameter of from about 1.0 mm to about 20 mm.
- the diameter of wire used to fabricate the rings may range from 0.2 to 2.0 mm.
- Component (b) is an impact energy absorbing material, or a secondary layer of stab-resistant material, or a combination thereof.
- the impact energy-absorbing material may be a soft material that has a dimensional stability and in which the thickness thereof reduces dramatically on energy impact.
- Preferred materials include woven, knitted, or non-woven textiles such as needle- punched felt or non-textile materials such as rubber or elastomer sheets or foam. A combination of textile and non-textile materials may be used. Further, single or multiple layers of the material may be employed.
- the secondary layer of stab-resistant material may be a metallic based structure such as component (a) . If this material is chainmail there are no other special requirements for this layer.
- the welded rings have a diameter of about 1.0 mm to about 20 mm.
- the diameter of the wire used to fabricate the rings can range from 0.2 to 2.0 mm.
- the wire diameter and hence the overall areal density used in the second chainmail layer will be less than that of the first chainmail layer.
- the secondary layer of stab-resistant material may also be single or multiple layers of a flexible impregnated fabric based on high- strength fibres such as para-aramid, high strength polyethylene, nylon and the like. This is a preferred embodiment of the secondary layer of stab-resistant material.
- the flexible coated fabric layer comprises a plurality of fibres capable of resisting penetration and a support material, said fibres being at least partially embedded within the support material to restrict relative movement of the fibres therein.
- This flexible impregnated fabric may be further defined as a fabric which, when tested at an areal density of 9.1-9.2 kg/m 2 , stops a Metropolitan triangular knife at 25 joules of attacking energy, leaving no more than 16-20 mm of penetration of a Plastiline Roma backing material conditioned according to NIJ 010103 placed behind the fabric.
- the areal density of the fabric that forms part of component (b) may vary, provided that the areal density of the stab protection material of the 6 invention is within the overall limits as set forth herein. Examples of such a flexible impregnated fabric include DuPont Kevlar® Comfort AS Style 288, which is a thermoplastic coated Kevlar® woven fabric.
- Component (b) may be a combination of the impact energy-absorbing material and one or both of the secondary stab-resistant materials. That is, component (b) may be a combination of the energy absorbing material and a metallic based structure; a combination of the energy absorbing material and single or multiple layers of a flexible impregnated fabric; or a combination of the energy absorbing material, a metallic based structure and single or multiple layers of a flexible impregnated fabric.
- the third component (c) which is optional, is a ballistic pack.
- "Ballistic pack” is defined as one or more layers of a stab-resistant and bullet-resistant fabric comprising a network of high strength fibers. These fibers may be coated or uncoated. The fibers in such a fabric are typically of the type that have a high tensile strength and a high stretch resistance.
- the fibers may comprise high strength polyethylene fibers, aramid fibers, ballistic nylon or the like.
- the fibers comprise aramid fibers, particularly fibers of poly (p-phenylene terephthalamide) .
- An example of aramid fibers that may be used are Kevlar® fibers available from E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
- the order in which components (a) and (b) or (a) , (b) and (c) are arranged is not critical. Further, component (b) may be placed on both sides of component (a) , and component (c) may be placed on both sides of component (a) .
- the stab protection material which includes components (a) and (b) , has an areal density of not greater than 10 kg/m 2 , preferably not greater than 6.5 kg/m 2 , and most preferably not greater than 4.6 kg/m 2 .
- the stab and bullet protection material which includes components (a) , (b) and (c) , has an areal density of not greater than 14 kg/m 2 , preferably not greater than 12 kg/m 2 , and most preferably not greater than 10.5 kg/m 2 .
- PSDBHG1/KR42 High Gun 1/Knife-Resistance -42 joules
- component (b) an energy- absorbing layer, behind the chainmail layer significantly increases the stab resistance of the stab protection material. It is well known in the art of stab-protection that the stab resistance of a chainmail system depends on the ability of the system to absorb energy.
- a secondary layer of stab-resistant material such as a chainmail layer or a multiple layers of a coated Kevlar® fabric prevents the occurrence of "catastrophic failure", a term used to describe the residual energy of a knife that penetrates a protection systems completely.
- coated Kevlar® fabrics are used as the secondary layer of stab-resistant material, as those fabrics are bullet-resistant themselves, the areal density of the stab protection material is reduced because the ballistic pack ⁇
- (c) is either not necessary since the stab- resistant material alone gives adequate protection against bullets, or the ballistic pack may be of a lower areal density than would otherwise be required.
- stab-tests in the following examples were conducted on a "Drop- weight" test device shown in Figure 1. Such machine is based on the vertical free fall of a sabot and dead weight 10 which holds a blade 11.
- the weight (m) of the projectile (sabot + blade + dead weight) and the height from which the projectile drops (drop height 12) defines the stab energy:
- Test pack 13 of protective materials were horizontally mounted on a plastiline block 14.
- the type of the plastiline was Plastilina Roma No.l conditioned so that the drop-test according to NIJ 0101.03 gave 25 +/- 3 mm indentation. After each drop, test pack 13 was removed from plastiline block 14 and the penetration depth of blade 11 was measured. This penetration depth was determined as being the length of blade 11 protruding from the rear surface of test pack 13.
- Examples 1-2 and Comparative Examples 3-4 In Examples 1 and 2, a flexible stab and bullet protection material was constructed of (a) chainmail of 3.2 kg/m 2 ; and (b) a secondary stab- resistant pack made of 26 layers of Kevlar® Comfort AS Style 288 of 6.3 kg/m 2 .
- the units "kg/m 2" or "g/m refer to the areal density of a material.
- the total areal density of the protective material in Examples 1 and 2 was 9.5 kg/m 2 .
- a protection material was constructed of (a) as above; and (b) 32 layers of a uncoated Kevlar® HT fabric of 200 g/m 2 each for a total of 6.4 kg/m 2 .
- a flexible stab and bullet protection material was constructed of: (a) chainmail pack of 2.4 kg/m 2 under slight tension in both vertical and horizontal directions; (b) 3 layers of Kevlar® needle-punched felt of 185 g/m 2 each for a total of 0.555 kg/m 2 ; and (c) a ballistic pack made of 48 layers of uncoated Kevlar® fabric of 120 g/m 2 each, for a total of 5.76 kg/m 2 , designed for NIJ Level IIIA protection. The total areal density of this system was 8.715 kg/m 2 .
- a flexible stab and bullet protection material was constructed of (a) chainmail of 3.2 kg/m 2 ; (b) two layers of Kevlar® felt at 185 g/m 2 each for a total of 0.37 kg/m 2 , and chainmail at 3.2 kg/m 2 ; and (c) ballistic and trauma pack for HGl PSDB Protection level which comprised Kevlar® HT fabric style 363 and backface control material, said pack having an areal density of 5.4 kg/m 2 .
- the total areal density of the protection material was 12.2 kg/m 2 .
- the material was tested 5 times at varying energy levels with a PSBD No.l Knife mounted in an air cannon stab-resistant test device as specified in the PSDB standard. The results were as follows:
- a flexible stab and bullet protection material was constructed (a) one layer of chainmail of 4.0 kg/m 2 ; (b) three layers of
- Kevlar® felt at 185 g/m 2 each for a total of 0.56 kg/m 2 and (c) ballistic and trauma pack for HGl PSDB Protection level having an areal density of 5.9 kg/m 2 which comprised 20 layers of Kevlar® HT fabric (style 363) and a backface control material that included 4 layers of a laminated Kevlar® HT fabric (style 363) .
- the total areal density of the protection material was 10.5 kg/m 2 .
- the examples show that the protection material of the invention shows an unexpected improvement to knife penetration compared to conventional protection materials. 12
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JP2000529573A JP2003518234A (en) | 1998-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | Protective material against stabs and bullets |
IL13758299A IL137582A0 (en) | 1998-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | Stab and bullet protection material |
BR9908133-4A BR9908133A (en) | 1998-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | Protective material flexibly and clothing formed from it |
CA002317805A CA2317805A1 (en) | 1998-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | Stab and bullet protection material |
EP99904497A EP1053445A1 (en) | 1998-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | Stab and bullet protection material |
AU24884/99A AU2488499A (en) | 1998-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | Stab and bullet protection material |
KR1020007008374A KR20010040511A (en) | 1998-02-02 | 1999-02-01 | Stab and Bullet Protection Material |
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