Process for making a ceramic armor plate
AssigneeDEW Engineering and Development Limited
InventorFabio deWitt
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for making a ceramic armor plate. A backing element having a known two-dimensional size is provided. A plurality of ceramic armor tiles are placed side by side to form a layer of ceramic armor tiles on a front surface of the backing element, and the layer of ceramic armor tiles is affixed to the backing element. An abrasivejet cutter is used to cut continuously through at least two adjacent ceramic armor tiles of the affixed layer of ceramic armor tiles, and through a corresponding portion of the backing element affixed thereto, so as to delineate a portion of a ceramic armor plate.
Claims17
A process for making a ceramic armor plate, comprising:
- affixing a plurality of ceramic armor tiles side by side to form a fixed layer of ceramic armor tiles having a known two-dimensional size;
- and,
- using an abrasivejet cutter, cutting continuously through at least two adjacent ceramic armor tiles of the affixed layer of ceramic armor tiles, so as to delineate a portion of a ceramic armor plate, the ceramic armor plate having a two-dimensional size that is smaller than the known two-dimensional size.
A process for making a ceramic armor plate, comprising:
- providing a backing element having a known two-dimensional size;
- placing a plurality of ceramic armor tiles side by side to form a layer of ceramic armor tiles;
- affixing the layer of ceramic armor tiles to the backing element with an adhesive;
- and,
- using an abrasivejet cutter, cutting continuously through at least two adjacent ceramic armor tiles of the affixed layer of ceramic armor tiles and through a corresponding portion of the backing element affixed thereto, so as to delineate a portion of a ceramic armor plate, the ceramic armor plate having a two-dimensional size that is smaller than the known two-dimensional size of the backing element.
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