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Guides & Briefs

Manufacturer-neutral reference content for body armor procurement professionals. New briefs published automatically when regulatory monitoring agents detect a material change.

Guide·Apr 20, 2026

How Ceramic Strike Faces Are Made — Pressing, Sintering, Tile Arrays

Ceramic strike-face manufacturing — pressing, sintering, tile array vs monolithic — is more expensive and finicky than the chemistry of the ceramic itself suggests. This guide covers the two dominant production paths, why boron carbide is still expensive, and what the ceramic suppliers (3M, Morgan, CoorsTek) actually do differently.

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Guide·Apr 20, 2026

Ballistic Ceramics — Alumina vs Silicon Carbide vs Boron Carbide

Hard armor plates use ceramic strike faces to fracture bullets before they reach the fiber catch layer. Three ceramic families dominate — alumina, silicon carbide, and boron carbide. This guide covers weight, cost, and performance tradeoffs and the suppliers behind each.

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