Materials in bulletproof vestsA bulletproof vest consists of a cover and an implant. The cover does not protect you from being shot, but the implant will protect you. The implant is made of extremely strong fibers that absorb and distribute the energy from a projectile throughout the vest. By distributing the energy, the impact strength – also called blunt trauma – is minimized, and therefore it will hurt less by being shot.Please note that we are writing “less hurt”. Even though you protect your life with a bulletproof vest and even if you do not die of being shot, it does not mean that it won’t hurt. Because it hurts to be shot by a gunshot. The implants may consist of aramid (including Kevlar and twaron) or UHMWPE (EA-TEX and Dyneema). Regardless of which type of fiber the implant is made of, then the fibers are woven crosswise until they are impenetrable. |