Ballistic Materials Resistance Laboratory
In 1988, the Saint-Etienne Test Facility created the Ballistic Materials Resistance Laboratory to determine the resistance of materials: glass, steel, plastic, textiles, ceramics, paints, composite materials, machine tooling housing...
Companies who innovate in the new materials sector need to know the resistance of their products subject to voluntary or involuntary projectiles, stones, bullets, standardized fragments and various other projectiles.
Ballistic testing
Impact testing
Bladed weapon testing
One of the most modern ballistic laboratories in Europe
The National Test Facility equipment enables accurate testing to be carried out to reproduce these impacts and therefore determine the type and optimum thickness of products to be used to stop the projectiles, to avoid any damage or to reduce the speed of a projectile and make it less dangerous.
Since 2001, the Ballistic Materials Resistance Laboratory is certified AFAQ ISO 9001, that guarantees the services' quality.
This is the check-list of the standards we can follow for the tests:
Sophisticated equipment
16 and 300 bar, laser-guided pneumatic cannons allow so-called "gravel projection" tests to be carried out (e.g. standardized SNCF projectiles for glazing resistance tests) and reproduce speeds with an accuracy of ± 1% up to 720 m/s.
A new pneumatic barrel allows shots of projectiles up to 2 Kg weighted in a velocity range from 10 m/s to 1200 m/s.
Speed measurement infrared barriers and DOPPLER equipment accurately assess the projectile's speed before and possibly after impact.
All calibers of small arms and munitions, from the 20 mm 22LR and Stanag fragments from 5.56 to 20 mm FSP caliber.
Ballistics metrology software
4 shooting ducts: 2 x 10 m ducts and 2 x 30 m ducts
Standardized frames and supports suitable for French, European and American requirements
Many different French, European and American standards.
Moreover, we are member of the GICAT network, GICAN network and of the European Defense Economics Network
www.gicat.com
www.gican.asso.fr
www.eden-defense-cluster.com
Z.I. Molina Nord - 5 rue de Méons - BP 147
42004 Saint-Etienne Cedex 1
Fax : +33 (0)4 77 37 70 46
e-mail : info@banc-epreuve.fr