With you when it matters: Dyneema® made for Personal Protection
In developing our products for personal protection for the military, we recognize that there are different threats throughout the world. Our products have been developed to deliver excellent stopping power against specific threats.
Our priority is to provide the highest level of protection at the lowest possible weight. Dyneema® Soft Ballistic (SB) systems are developed for use in vests and provide protection against handgun ammunition, fragments and knives.
Dyneema® Hard Ballistic (HB) systems have been specifically developed for use in ballistic inserts and helmets, to provide protection against heavier, more penetrating threats, such as high-speed fragments and rifle threats.
As the threats become more lethal, as new trends develop, you can count on DSM Dyneema to deliver the most advanced material to help protect the men and women at risk worldwide. We're with you - and them - when it matters.
Who benefits by using Dyneema® for personal armor solutions?
No matter what your role or position may be in the field of personal armor solutions, DSM Dyneema is with you when it matters. Let us prove it. Choose a category below for an overview.
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With you when it matters.
As an armor manufacturer, your role in protecting the lives of the men and women risking their lives is direct. The quality of your product can make all the difference.
At DSM Dyneema, we're well aware of that simple, powerful fact.
That's why we make sure that all of our Dyneema® products are of the highest possible quality and do everything we can to ensure that your products attain the performance levels you and your customers specify.
As part of one of the world's leading companies in the field of high performance materials, DSM Dyneema has the technology and the "know-how" to help push your products to new levels. We provide the opportunity to up-engineer material solutions for your products, assisting with technical advice in any hybrid solutions, for example.
By using Dyneema® in your products, you can achieve more efficient solutions, for any order that requires the highest possible level of strength at the lowest possible weight. In fact, when your solutions are driven by weight considerations, Dyneema® is your best choice. This is because DyneemaŽ offers the highest protection-to weight ratio in the world.
Dyneema® also is ideal at a purely practical level. It enables ease of construction in various ways. It can be cut to exact fitting dimensions, and it can accommodate various coatings to the laminate surface. For easy logistics, storing and handling, Dyneema® is delivered in boxes of different roll lengths with a standard width of 1.6m.
Certainly, your armor can help protect the men and women at risk. But by working with Dyneema® fiber, instead of other traditional materials or less advanced composites, you can also significantly upgrade the soldier's performance. Armor made with Dyneema® can achieve maximum protection at a much lighter weight. This can enhance soldier mobility and provides the opportunity to add extra life-saving equipment, without exceeding weight limitations
With you when it matters.
As an end-user or a specifier for end-users, you fully appreciate the importance of high performance body armor. The right level of armor can protect the men and women whose lives are at risk around the world.
At DSM Dyneema, we're well aware of that simple, powerful fact.
That's why we make sure that each of our Dyneema® products fulfills its specifications to enable armor manufacturers to supply end products that fit the needs of the end-user.
Requirement #1: Save more lives
Personal armor using Dyneema® Hard Ballistic (HB) and Dyneema® Soft Ballistic (SB) systems benefit from its unique combination of light weight and exceptional protective ability. Light and effective protection are provided by solutions made with DyneemaŽ products.
Requirement #2: Improve performance
Personal armor made with Dyneema® can achieve maximum protection at a much lighter weight. This increases mobility and comfort, enabling the person to wear the armor for longer periods of time.
Requirement #3: Increase life-saving capacity
By reducing the weight necessary to provide sufficient protection, armor solutions made with Dyneema® (compared to those made with traditional materials and less advanced composites) enable the individual to add on more life-saving equipment - without exceeding acceptable weight limits.
Requirement #4: Reduce cost of ownership
Compared to personal armor solutions made with traditional materials and less advanced composites, those made with Dyneema® can have a positive effect on total ownership costs. Because our products are linked to specific threats, there is a more efficient use of material to achieve the desired level of protection. This can help reduce costs. In addition, the anti-ballistic performance of vests, inserts and helmets made with Dyneema® also ensures a long life and lower overall costs. They simply are made to be used again and again.
Requirement #5: Ensure performance in harsh environments.
Whether it's scorching desert sun and high temperatures, or salt water or icy weather, armor systems made with Dyneema® are able to retain their performance levels. The Dyneema® fiber is exhibits low flammability and is heat resistant. It also is resistant to UV, salt and chemical exposure. It is impervious to distortion when heavily vibrated.
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