Looks like its held up very well considering. Does delaminated mean the layers came apart from each other?
Looks like its held up very well considering. Does delaminated mean the layers came apart from each other?
Thanks for the picture Steve. Having spoken to Ed today, it does sound like the laminations have come apart. Firstly, it was never proposed that a laminate was going to be the preferred route for armour but a solid piece instead. Problem was the laminate was all that was available at the time.
Regretfully it was not a good clean hit in the centre of the piece as the the retaining frame has clearly been hit. This frame buckled under the force but the Nanoflex looks okay. I need to get my hands on the piece for a closer look as I am interested in the surface fracture? lines leaving the impact area. The surface of this piece was plasma treated. Steve, do you have a pic of the rear so I can see the delamination?
More testing needed with the right material to reach a final verdict. We do have another piece of untreated plate that is being tried out for weldability.
Paul
HA HA!
Armox 600 is better! Yeesss!! Or atleast I hope so...
Found:
1 piece of slightly damaged Nanoflex in extremely bent steel frame.
Its on my living room table at the moment Paul, you can have it back as soon as I get chance to get it to you.
We got a right rollicking off Enginuity over the test, apparently the block of iron that got half inched from the pit area to get it to the correct hit height, was a 200 year old relic of some sort... luckily it wasnt damaged so I got away with an ear bending :sad:
Nanoflex looks busted to me.. but then Ill leave the final verdict to others.
Sam
Sorry Paul - thats all I have, I just took it cause it looked cool
bloody hell. Thats nearly as good as my hardox!
Mike.
It is delaminated.So the second hit could do more damage, or less, as the whole setup is more flexible.
More tests please.
Im sure i heard Arfa (motis) saying it might not be the laminate but heat generated from the force of the blow melting the area around the impact zone.
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