Battelle Memorial Institute

Scott Versluis

Jay R Sayre

Kary L Valentine

A composite armor panel and a method for making the armor is disclosed. In one embodiment the armor consists of a plurality of ceramic tiles () individually edge-wrapped () with fiber or edge-wrap fabric, which are further wrapped with a face-wrap fabric, and encapsulated in a hyperelastic polymer material () permeating the fabric and fibers, with a back plate () adhered to the encapsulated tiles. In one embodiment the hyperelastic polymer () is formed from a MDI-polyester or polyether prepolymer, at lease one long-chain polyester polyol comprising ethylene/butylene adipate diol, at least one short-chain diol comprising 1,4-butanediol, and a tin-based catalyst.

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Scott Versluis