U.s. Air Force Tests Line-x For Bomb Blast Protection

Imagine how great LINE-X is at protecting truck beds from impact.

(Wednesday, May 09, 2001) - At the F.P.E.D. (Force Protection Equipment Demonstration) show on May 9-11 2001 at the Quantico Marine Base in Virginia Line-X was featured at the Air Force Research Laboratory booth and was demonstrated daily. Air Force representatives told LINE-X that we can tell "the world" that LINE-X product was the only one, out of 27 coatings selected, to pass all of their tests.
At the demo site, two walls 9' x 9' were erected. "They were the typical construction that one would find on mobile military buildings... used extensively in Southwest Asia by the US Military." These were constructed using 2x4 studs, 16" on center, corrugated aluminum siding, and particle board paneling. As you can see from the photos, one of the two walls was coated with Line-X. In this test, 50 pound of TNT was used at a distance of 35 feet. The uncoated wall is destroyed while the Line-Xed wall is unharmed. As you can see from one photo, the TNT left a substantial crater.

The Line-Xed wall in the photos was actually used twice. This was the second impact. The destroyed uncoated wall was replaced and a new-uncoated one was installed for the test shown.

The Air Force Research lab, during a previous test, found that it took at least 1,000 pounds equivalent of TNT to "make Line-X fail and even then it only tore the coating... fragmentation was still averted." "Line-X could save lives if applied to buildings subjected to bomb force."

According to the Air Force Research Lab, a 1/8th inch coating, front and back, reduces the "stand off distance by over 50%." And that Line-X should be used for any buildings, structures or vehicles that might get exposed to bomb impact.

For more information contact:
Scott Jewett, General Manager
LINE-X FDC
(800) 831-3232
scott@linexcorp.com

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